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Old 26 August 2014, 07:39 PM   #1
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A genius who started the 'big watch ' trend.

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Old 26 August 2014, 07:45 PM   #2
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Old 26 August 2014, 07:50 PM   #3
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Old 26 August 2014, 08:22 PM   #4
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I believe that was a prototype of the Tudor Advisor.
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Old 26 August 2014, 08:38 PM   #5
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Old 26 August 2014, 08:48 PM   #6
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Looks like a Panerai.
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Old 26 August 2014, 10:03 PM   #7
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Old 26 August 2014, 10:28 PM   #8
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I believe that was a prototype of the Tudor Advisor.

Yeah he needed an early wake up call to the sound stage. But he started quite a trend
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Old 26 August 2014, 11:06 PM   #9
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Yes...but is it waterproof or water resistant???
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Old 26 August 2014, 11:38 PM   #10
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He should receive royalties from Invicta and Panarai.
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Old 27 August 2014, 01:09 AM   #11
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I think that's where he got his inspiration from for Psycho
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Old 27 August 2014, 01:12 AM   #12
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I'd have "Vertigo" from trying to tell the time on that... or maybe I'd be "Spellbound"?
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Old 27 August 2014, 08:26 AM   #13
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Old 27 August 2014, 08:44 AM   #14
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Old 27 August 2014, 09:54 AM   #15
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I am going to go hide under my bed now. Let me know whe Uncle Alfred has gone home.... .... .....

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AH was amusingly playful in all aspects of moviemaking. In one moment making you laugh; the next cringing with the characters he'd put into impossible terror.
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