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Does anyone recognize these watches from the late 90s, probably between 1997 and 1999?
Late 90s Bulgari Watches in Film
In the Peter Greenaway film "8 1/2 Women" from 1999 one of the main characters wears two watches (at once) for the duration. I was trying to ID them, and saw that Bulgari was thanked in the end credits, so I started down that rabbit hole. They look like they could be a match for chronometers from around that time but I haven't found any examples in these colours. One is black, with numbers on a black bezel. The other appears to be steel or some other metal with a white face and three black subdials.
Here are the cropped photos and then contextual photos. The resolution is awful but it's the best I could find. Appreciate any leads, thanks!
Thanks for looking!
I appreciate that you had a look at them to check! I'm betting there is someone who remembers bulgari watches from the late 90s somewhere, hopefully they're in here! I did quite a search through all the resale sites and found some similar watches from a bit later but no matches. 😁
The watch in the first photo looks suspiciously like a 90’s era Tag Heuer Formula 1 ref. WA1214
Well-spotted!
The resemblance is hard to ignore, thank you!
While most of those seem to have a metal case with a plastic bezel, I found this one that is all black just like the one in the film and this could be it. I thought the watch in the film had arabics on the dial but that could be an illusion.
And it's possible the other watch is also a Tag from that era, perhaps from the Series 2 chronographs, though I haven't found a match yet for the second one.
Glad I could help!
I think the second watch may be a Swatch chronograph, which have the prongs similar to watch in your frame captures and were also very popular in the 90s as well…
