We are at the end of the 1970s. It is enough for the name of Jean-Paul Belmondo to appear on a poster for the whole family to go to the cinema.
In
Fear city
Henri Verneuil in 1975, quickly succeed
L'incorrigible
(1975),
Hunter Will Get You
(1976) and
The Animal
(1977).
Four.
Films, but one and the same watch: Bébel's own Rolex, a Cosmograph Daytona in steel, with black dial and white counters, today nicknamed the Paul Newman.
A watch bought in Paris, and one more mark of taste from the man once described as
“the most stylish Frenchman of all time”
by GQ magazine.
Cerito Films / Christie's
By appearing on the actor's wrist even on movie posters, this Daytona has become the most famous in French cinema. But where is it today? At the end of 2013, the Christie's auction house organized an auction going back over half a century of Daytona (1963-2013), and bringing together no less than 50 exceptional watches. Among them was the one brought to the screen by Belmondo himself. This watch is nicknamed
"Big Red
", referring to the inscription
"Daytona
", in red at 6 o'clock. Estimated between 50,000 and 100,000 € before the sale, this 1971 Oyster Cosmograph reference 6263 cut for action will have finally sold for 165,000 €. With the disappearance of the
Ace of Aces
, it has now become a legend, as immortal as the one who wore it on the wrist on the big screen, and to whom France pays homage to the Invalides.