Geggie said, because the 23-karat gold case is 27 millimeters by 23 millimeters and would be more visible than the petite women’s watches of that era - and more in line with the character’s ultrachic glamour.Īnd Ms.
Blanchett’s character, the femme fatale psychologist who Stanton becomes involved with as the plot spirals toward its noirish ending, wears a gold-plated Circa CT101TL watch, a new copy of a timepiece from the late 1930s. We had two heroes, and one stunt version that was very similar.” We had three versions of Bradley’s watch. It’s necessary to have another one right there on set to fly in, as we say. This type of thing is common, especially with vintage items. “For example, with an old watch, maybe a crystal falls out. “As a property master, I only offer things that I can get more of, since we always need to have doubles, or even triples, of many items,” he said. It looked right on Bradley’s wrist.”Īnd when shooting a movie, any number of things could go wrong so a backup is always needed - the horological version, in a way, of a body double. “This Hamilton watch was a pretty good size for an old watch. Geggie, referring to the model’s squarish dimensions of 27 millimeters by 34 millimeters. “The thing about watches from this era is that they were much smaller, and so it can be challenging to find a watch that looks correct to our modern eyes,” said Mr. Geggie said, but vintage watches like the Hastings have their own set of challenges when it comes to moviemaking. Cooper has worn as an IWC Schaffhausen watch ambassador since 2018).Īuthenticity is crucial, Mr. Cooper, with the approval of the director, Guillermo del Toro - is a 14-karat gold Hamilton Hastings, a style introduced in 1928 (quite different from the watches that Mr. “It’s an old watch that was once a good watch, and it is possibly the only thing of real value to the character.” “Stanton wears his father’s watch from the very beginning of the film,” Christopher Geggie, the movie’s property master, said in a recent phone interview.
The first wristwatch in the film sets the post-Depression mood. He is a drifter who rises from a carny adept at sleight-of-hand to a charming charlatan, and he eventually cons the wrong people.
The story follows a group of carnival workers into a glamorous world that a few - like Stanton Carlisle, played by Bradley Cooper - manage to penetrate. H/T Bid Square, Treadway Galleries, Watchismo, and The Saleroom.Vintage watch designs are integral to the dark and twisted plot of “Nightmare Alley,” a new film version opening next week in the United States that, much like its 1947 predecessor, has lots of moody film noir ambience. The following selection ranges from Breguet et Fils “ Cavalcade” (1820), which depicts a couple on on horseback, to the mid-20th-century Swiss designs of randy gentlefolk enjoying some outdoor sports. In the 20th-century, companies like Omega and Smiths-Ingersoll continued the tradition producing a limited but highly collectible selection of erotic watches-including one in which Snow White entertained the Seven Dwarves. These pocket watches weren’t just cheap knock-offs, they made by some of the finest and most famous clockmakers in the world like Cortébert, Breguet et Fils, and Doxa. Of course, back in the day, being caught with a porny timepiece could lead to its confiscation and public censure. One such watch, the Henry Capt, Musique d’Amour sold for $216,880 in 2011. These watches usually featured a brightly painted erect penis that swayed back and forth in time with the second hand. Some of these early designs were made as saucy keepsakes for loved ones, while others were specifically manufactured for the Chinese market, in particular the Emperor and his entourage, where many of these naughty timepieces were given as gifts to cement trade and diplomatic agreements.īy the 18th-century, erotic automaton pocket watches-that is timepieces with painted dials and movable parts depicting explicit scenes of sexual congress-were popular with royalty and the upper class. From what I can gather, the earliest erotic pocket watches date back to the 17th-century when they were intended as prized erotica for a small but wealthy market.
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