Showing posts with label Hamilton Khaki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hamilton Khaki. Show all posts

22.12.09

Hamilton together with Conservation International and Harrison Ford gave birth to the “Khaki Conservation” Edition





Hamilton recently teamed up with Conservation International and Harrison Ford in order to create the “Khaki Conservation” edition. Created as an “eco-friendly” version of the Khaki Navy GMT, this unique timepiece features special design elements. It is a limited edition of recycled material for the packaging, Hamilton pledged to donate the proceeds to Conservation International.


Harrison Ford is an American film actor and producer. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Apocalypse Now, Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. At one point, three of the top four box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
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Khaki Conservation Automatic GMT: Harrison Ford & Conservation International Special Edition - Diving watch, Swiss-made automatic movement featuring Greenwich Mean Time 2nd time zone, Main dial warm khaki hour/minute hands with luminous accents and khaki sweep seconds, 2nd time zone displayed by black/khaki-tipped hand, Main dial tan/yellow luminescent Arabic numbers, Interior rotating 2nd time zone marked by white 24-hour display, Tan/yellow numbers reveal quarter seconds and inner/outer minute track, Analog date display at 3, Brushed silver-tone stainless steel round bezel and case with polished steel brown accents, 2 polished screw-in logo crowns for time setting, Polished screw-in crown at 9 selects Conservation International 'focus locations', Stainless steel screw-in skeleton caseback marked with Mr. Harrison Ford's signature and 'Conservation International' logo, Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, 200 meters/660 feet water resistant













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7.12.09

Watches and Celebrities: Elvis Presley's and Will Smith's Ventura Chrono Wristwatch and Harrison Ford's Kakhi Twilight Hamilton

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. was born on September 25, 1968. He is an American actor, film producer and also a rapper. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and he has won multiple Grammy Awards.
Smith rose to fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince in the late 1980s and his role in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. His most notable films include Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black, Ali, I, Robot, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, Hancock, and Seven Pounds. He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as being the only actor to have eight consecutive films open at #1 on the domestic box office as a Lead Actor.


( Will Smith's Ventura Chrono, Men in Black.)

Men In Black (1997)
The adventures of two federal agent men Agent Kay and Agent Jay also known as “The Men in Black,” who keep an eye on aliens in New York City must try to save the world after the aliens threaten to blow it up.




Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 and died in August 16, 1977. He was an American singer and actor. Cultural icon, widely known by single name Elvis. Often referred to as the King of Rock and Roll or simply the King.
Presley began his career in 1954 as one of the first performers of rockabilly, counting with such a versatile voice and he had unusually wide success encompassing many genres, including rock and roll, gospel, blues, country, ballads and pop. To date, he has been inducted into four music halls of fame.
Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling solo artists in the history of popular music, with sales between 600 million and one billion worldwide, and he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Among his many awards and accolades are 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at age 36, and being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees.


(Elvis Presley's Ventura Watch, Blue Hawaii )


Chadwick Gates (Presley) has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His mother wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but Chad is reluctant. So Chad goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.



(Harrison Ford's Kakhi Twilight Hamilton)

Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942. He is an American film actor and producer. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Apocalypse Now, Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. At one point, three of the top four box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
In 1997, Ford was ranked # 1 in Empire's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. As of July 2008, the United States domestic box office grosses of Ford's films total almost $3.4 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $6 billion, making Ford the third highest grossing U.S. domestic box-office star.











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25.8.09

TOP FIVE: Sports Watches at BASEL 2009


HAMILTON Khaki GMT Air Race Watch

Model Number - H77695733

Case - Stainless Steel

Bracelet - Leather

Sapphire Glass

Dial Colour - Black

Movement Type - Auatomatic Cal. 2893-1

Case Width 42mm

Water Resistant to 200m

Swiss Made

Available - February 2010

Price: $1.045







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Longines Weems Second-Setting Watch

Tribute to American captain Philip Van Horn Weems.

Movement: Automatic L699 /ETA A07 111)

Functions: Hours, minutes and seconds, moving central dial to synchronize the second with the radio time signal.

Case: 47.5 mm rose gold

Dial: Lacquered white with silvered opaline central dial and blued steel hands

Bracelet: Brown alligator with Charleston buckle and an extension piece

Price: $3,950.



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Omega Seamaster Ploprof 1200M

Created to withstand deep dives.

Movement: Omega Co-Axial calibre 8500, COSC certified.

Case: 45-mm x 54 mm steel with automatic helium escape valve, locking bezel with orange pusher.

Bracelet: Brushed mesh or rubber strap in a choise of black or orange, divers extension with safety claso.

Dial: Lacquered black

Price: $8,800 to $9,000.









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TAG Heuer Aquaracer 500M

Movement: TAG Heuer Calibre 5 (ETA 2836-2) automatic

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds and date

Case: 43mm steel with rubber-topped unidirectional bezel and six gripping studs, 500 meters water resistace, automatic helium release valve, rose gold case available

Dial: Blue or black with vertical streak effect

Bracelet: Steel or black rubber with driving extension

Price: $2.450.





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Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Diver Titanium

Movement : Automatic UN-26 Caliber, COSC-certified

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, large date, power reserve indicator

Case : 45mm titanium and pink gold, 200 m water resistance

Dial: Black guilloche with wave motifs and red accents

Strap: Rubber with two elements in pink gold or titanium with matching folding clasp

Price: $18,900



























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18.5.09

Watches in Movies: Click, Bridget Jones’s Diary , Crank and Hollywood Homicied.

Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) wears a Hamilton Khaki in Click (2006).
Michael Newman is a workaholic married guy who doesn’t have much time to spend with his wife and children as he wants to earn a promotion. He meets Morty (Christopher Walken), a sales clerk that gives to him a magical remote that allows him to bypass life as it begins to programme on its own.



(Adam Sandler wearing a Hamilton Khaki Watch in Click)



Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) wears a Panerai in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001).
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man and her many imperfections. As a New Year's Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though scandalous boss (Hugh Grant) takes an interest in the peculiar Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance that Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.



(Hugh Grant wearing a Panerai Watch in Bridget Jones’s Diary)



Chev (Jason Statham) wears a TAG Heuer Carrera in Crank (2006).
Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is a professional assassin working for the West Coast crime syndicate. Chev's girlfriend Eve doesn't know what Chev does and Chev is planning to quit the crime syndicate so he can spend more time with her. But for Chev, things about to get very bad, when he learns he has been injected with a poison called "The Beijing Cocktail" by his rival Verona, which will kill him if his heart rate drops. Trying to stay alive and seeking help from friends, Kaylo and Doc Miles try to keep his heart pumping. Chev sets out to find answers as well as protecting Eve, and get his revenge on those who have betrayed him before the poison kills him.



(Jason Statham wearing a TAG Heuer Carrera Watch in Crank)



Det. K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) wears a Panerai in Hollywood Homicied (2003).
Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett are LAPD’s (Los Angeles Police Department) detectives on the case of a rap group assassination while attempting to juggle their moonlighting gigs as real estate broker and willing to be actor (respectively) with a more-miss-than-hit attempt in the laughs department.



(Josh Hartnett wearing a Panerai Watch in Hollywood Homicied)












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