It was a real Prévert-style inventory: the auction initiated by Michel Hazanavicius at Artcurial last December raised a total of 250,000 euros for United 24, a donation collection platform set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , as well as for the foundation of First Lady Olena Zelenska.
Part of the funds will be used for the reconstruction of the Central City Hospital in Izium.
What could we afford during this highly cinematic sale?
Fifty prizes including the César for best director awarded to Jacques Audiard in 2010 for his film
A prophet,
or that of Michel Hazanavicius for
The Artist
in 2012. But also the helmet of one of Daft Punk, sold for €35,000 or the Buzzers originals autographed by Alain Chabat from the first season of
Burger Quiz
(€3,600).
The Tissot Heritage 150th anniversary worn by Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, nest of spies.
Artcurial
But for watch lovers, it's another lot that could only hold the attention: the watch worn by Jean Dujardin in
OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions.
Starting at €500, like all the lots in the sale, it was sold for €8,500: a Tissot Héritage 150th anniversary, from 2003, a 39.5 mm diameter steel chronograph n° 2725 from a limited series to 8888 copies.
The watch worn by the actor in the film directed by Michel Hazanavicius in 2006 now sits on the wrist of a fan of cinema… and OSS 117.
But is Jean Dujardin a watch lover?
You should ask him the question... If he donated the one worn in OSS 117 for a good cause, the timepiece he wears on screen still corresponds precisely to his character, whether it's a an Omega Speedmaster Professional in the fashionable skin of Frédéric Beigbeder (
99 Francs
), an elegant Hermès Arceau in the film by Nicole Garcia
A balcony on the sea.
And especially in the
Möbius
by Éric Rochant, in 2013, where his character - Grégory Lioubov, FSB secret agent sent to Monaco - wore a magnificent FPJourne Octa Calendar.
An idea from the film's producer, a fan of the great watchmaker.
Closer to home, when he received his Oscar, a mythical moment, it was a Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea worn by the mute interpreter of the character inspired by Douglas Fairbanks.
A superb vintage reissue as stylish as his tuxedo, which he still wore the following year to present his Oscar to Jennifer Lawrence for
Happiness Therapy
.
But during his last theatrical film, the superb
November
signed Cédric Jimenez, even if few have noticed it because of its tense subject (the hunt after the attacks of November 13), Jean Dujardin is wearing a French watch this time, a Newport automatic chrono from Herbelin.
A very different choice from the white gold Chopard LUC XPS he wore in
La French,
by the same director.
But which always corresponds to the embodied character.
One question remains: did the young fifty-something French filmmaker keep them once filming was completed, like Daniel Craig having only kept from his 007 years the Omega watch worn in the opening of
Spectre.
