Welcome to the fifth installment of Presidential Watch Sunday. Today, instead of photos I am sharing an MSNBC video documentary with you named "Brian Williams Reports, Inside The White House."
This documentary gives us an unprecedented look inside the White House and inside the real West Wing. I am certain you will enjoy it. By the way, Brian Williams is wearing his stainless steel Rolex in the documentary.
Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound barrier wearing the Rolex Oyster pictured in the photo below. Today the watch is in Geneva in Rolex' private collection.
If this Rolex looks similar to a Panerai it is because the Panerai Radiomir model is based on this same design language that Rolex pioneered back in the 1920s.
Last week I skipped over Episode 8 by mistake, so here it is. This one takes place in Tokyo and there are some beautiful Japanese scenes in this episode. I really enjoyed this episode for some reason. Robert Culp and Bill Cosby's report is great and in this episode you really start to see it congeal.
I don't know what it is about I Spy, but when I watch the episodes, it almost seems like I am hanging out with them...Almost like I went back in time to 1965 in a time machine and am invisible and just observing...and yes, our spies are wearing their trusted, trademark GMT Pepsi Rolex watches...
Yesterday we saw Bernhard's magnificent new grail Rolex Paul Newman Daytona and today we are going to look at two exotic Daytona dials that are perfectly antithetical to Bernhard's watch. Both watches come from Bernhard's pals and this first photo was taken by Philipp of his opposite Daytona pictured on the right, with Bernhard's on the left.
Dr. Strong Daytona
Jeff (Dr. Strong) sent in these next three fantastic shots of his Daytona which is perfectly opposite of Bernhard's.
Jeff is a huge Paul Newman fan and rightfully so!!! All these amazing vintage Rolex Daytona shots are just amazing!!!!!!I would like to thank Philipp and Jeff for sharing these superb photos. They and Bernhard are great Rolex photographer's and their watches are so cool!!!!!!
I don't know what it is about Flipper, but I love this show!!! The whole aquatic them with the speedboats and Flipper the dolphin. When I talk to readers of Jake's Rolex Watch Blog it is amazing how many of them start talking about how they love Flipper!!!
Porter Ricks, played by Brian Kelly is part Father, part GQ model, part Super-Hero, and part Cowboy, and you see him wearing his Submariner in the photo below.
This next photo is a publicity shot from Flipper in taken 1964, and it shows Porter Ricks with his younger son Bud, with Flipper Jumping out of the water.
Just like last week, I am doing Miami Vice Monday on Tuesday. I had to wait until today because there were too many other things going on yesterday.
I am in a really awkward position I am going to share with you. If you are a regular reader of Jake's Rolex Watch Blog you know about Flipper Friday and I Spy Saturday, in which we are examining each episode to see the Rolex watches and to explore the other history including fashion, social moires, and historical content and context.
In many ways, I find the history behind Rolex watches to be just as interesting as the watches themselves. Last week I posted a photo of Don Johnson from Miami Vice wearing a two-tone Rolex Datejust. Marrk, who is a reader of Jake's Rolex Watch Blog commented on the post and said he thought many of the early episodes of Miami Vice were very good and worth watching including the pilot.
I had only seen several episodes of Miami Vice in my life back in the 80s–probably because I was too busy chasing girls ;-)
After Marrks comment, I watched the Pilot and was blown away at how well done the show was and I was equally stunned at how many Rolex watches there were–so I decided to start Miami Vice Monday.
While I was finishing up the article with the screen captures, I started looking at the image below and I thought I saw something strange with the President bracelet, and in particular how the piece between the lugs which is part of the bracelet did not look right.
Then it suddenly hit me!?!?! I vaguely remembered somebody saying they may have used fake Rolex watches in Miami Vice. I was not certain if my memory was correct and then I spoke with Leo and he confirmed it was a fact.
Leo even told me about how he was on the set of Miami Vice and Don Johnson wanted to borrow Leo's yellow gold Rolex King Midas to wear in a scene where Don would be rolling over the hood of a car and they offered Leo $300 to borrow his Rolex. Leo declined because he did not want his prized possession to get goofed up.
Robert-Jan (RJ) from the FratelloWatches.com Wristwatchblog also pointed out Don Johnson likely wore fake Rolex watches as well.
This put me in a strange quandary!?! Do I cancel Miami Vice Monday or keep it going? I decided to keep it going, at least for a while and here is why: I think it is valuable to understand the fake Rolex dynamic. I personally don't like looking at or even discussing fake Rolex watches because I think they are so stupid, but I understand they exist. I think that in many ways the huge fake Rolex market has significantly increased Rolex's mindshare with the international consumer.
As I mentioned earlier in this story, and many times before, I like to explore the story behind the story so for at least a while I will keep exploring Miami Vice. Also, Miami Vice had AMAZING music and excellent acting...
The dial on this very interesting looking Rolex Sea-Dweller [Reference 1665] has the emblem of the Sultanate of Oman which is a sheath over two crossed swords. These very rare watches were made in 1972 and given to the SAS (Special Air Service) regiment soldiers from the Sultan of Oman.
Historically Rolex has always been extremely secretive and discreet, and no journalists in the past have ever been invited "INSIDE ROLEX" to explore and report on all four Rolex Manufacturing faclities in Switzerland.
In November 2013, this changed when Rolex invited Jake to take an unprecdented journey into the heart of Rolex to learn and report on everything he witnessed and learned.
This Super-Detailed 3 Part Story is a "MUST READ" story for anybody who wants to understand what really makes Rolex tick.
