I've been watching the most recent series of Alan Partridge, absolutely hilarious. I sometimes think there's something a bit Partridge-esque about having a posh watch. I can only guess that Steve Coogan himself is a bit of a watch guy because if he put that in the script I think it could put a lot of people off and have real detriment to the current values of certain watches!
I can just imagine him telling a young intern that his Rolex Submariner was 'the watch that James Bond actually wore in the novels, not an Omega as depicted in the recent films as that's just a sponsorship deal'.
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A man who drives the 'Japanese Mercedes' wouldn't have a Rolex, he'd have something more accurate and needlessly function heavy that is quite pricey but not 'expensive'. I submit a Citizen Promaster. I could imagine him explaining to someone that it includes more than 24 time zones because of half answer quarter time zones whilst also trying to time everything on the Chronograph
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Grand Seiko surely?Originally Posted by Parabola
He might well be partial to a good watch, because he wears a Blancpain Bathyscaphe in (the excellent series) The Trip (the one where they go to Italy). It's even briefly mentioned, I believe.
One of the more gratuitously vulgar and shiny Breitlings.
He'd have managed to wangle a complimentary Citizen for presiding over the re-opening of the local H Samuel.
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Bi-metal Datejust.
Great question !
It’s got to be a TT, possibly a Datejust (as above) but maybe a Tag Heuer 2000 (38mm).
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I’d say he's a Tag man too.
No doubt but he'd have lost it in the divorce.
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I reckon he would go for a Sekonda or a Bremont if he was feeling flush
Two tone Tag
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One of those big ugly Bremonts with bits of Titanic or a Sopwith Camel in it.
Christopher Ward maybe? Tag also a good shout.
Another vote for Bremont, especially if they’ve an SAS model.
Gotta be a circa. 1992 "Tag" he bought on the beach in Tenerife
Ha great that's it
Accurist, Timex or lorus in gold plate
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Tudor.
So he can tell everyone it’s a Rolex (that he can’t afford)
Which it isn’t.
Really, it’s not.
He’d wear a multi-coloured Swatch given to him by a member of Bros at a charity fundraiser circa 1986.
But it wasn’t given to him by either of the Goss brothers, but Ken Logan the bassist that everyone’s forgotten.
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A Casio data bank, obviously
Apple watch.
Grand Seiko...
“It’s the Japanese Rolex”
https://youtu.be/YllyBr_4Kxk
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This.
One of the older Day-Dates
Alan Partridge wears a Rolex Submariner. Souce: 'Alan Partridge: Nomad' (audio book)
A fake Hublot Big Bang.
Great audio book that one, must have listened to it ten times already.
I’d put the character wearing a Citizen too, I can almost here him saying “Ecodrive” with a wiggle of the head as he tries to belittle a Rolex wearer.
Spot on. Lines like "I was sucked into that world once then bang '£500 to oil it, sir.' I won't be mugged again. One word for you [Flashes wrist] Eco-drive. Accurate and good for the environment. And I had enough change for an hd-dvd player."
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haha I can just imagine it now! That is spot on
"I'm not wearing a Junkers watch, I'm not wearing a Junkers watch, I'm not wearing a Junkers watch,"
"No, no - it's different.It's called an Iron Annie now"
"They've rebadged it you fool!"
Exactly what I thought when I read the thread title
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
He wears it in almost all of his other series.
I've had three Lexus cars and I've always had Rolex watches. Does that mean I'm not Partridge-esque?
Depends... do you wear Lynx anti-perspirant?
And do you refer to your Lexi as Japenese Mercedes? :)
I’d imagine that he used to have the Tag Heuer Link below, from his sports reporting days - he just really liked the bracelet. It’s a very clever design.
However more recently since appearing on TV again he could have been approached by TW Steel to be a brand ambassador. So when showing people the watch he could explain that it’s fairly expensive but he didn’t even have to pay for it. And what’s more, their previous brand ambassador was David Coulthard, who actually won 13 times in F1, more than you’d think. And this was in the Schumacher era too so that’s actually really good.
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This. Close the thread. :)
Ha! Bingo.
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TAG Heuer.
I believe we've already established that he wears a Submariner.....
Alan, being of the progressive persuasion, might wear an Apple Watch.
We have, seems this is an uncomfortable fact for many 😂
Well smelt...Voodoo.
Java!
Craig Logan. He's a mate. Made a lot of money in music management (he was head of RCA records for a few years) and property so I wouldn't feel too sorry for him.
SGR
Africa, surely ?
He'd wear the suicide bombers watch of choice - Casio FW-91, bought from Argos with 'cash-back'
A sekonda
You just know if he actually did wear a Grand Seiko or similar that every single Grand Seiko thread to appear on this forum would have an Alan Partridge reference from a Rolex fan-boy in it :D
Breitling Emergency - just so he could go into the technical details and expand upon how Ross Kemp suggested it to him while filming the latest series of Ross Kemp - Gangs of London Town.
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Exactly. Funny really. The Sub, choice of the great AP 😂
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