"Drive" used rep Patek

[woof*]

I watched the movie "Drive" and noticed the lead character's watch was in the movie alot.

That got me curious because I couldn't quite make out what it was..google revealed it was a Patek.

In the article I read they said it was a fantasy watch and they used replicas. Pretty good movie I guess.

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2011-09/16/gq-watches-ryan-gosling-watch-from-drive-film-movie

[Jkay]

I read it was a very cheap Asia watch that they delivered to a screen printer who wrote PATEK on them .. I believe they had 10 watches prepared.

[jmb]

That IS low budget!

[tabularasa415]

Did you post that on the geek, too, or was that someone else? I watched drive this afternoon and thought it looked Patek-ish, but it didn't really fit the character or his personality so I dismissed the thought. Looks like the back story of how he acquired it wasn't mentioned in the movie as it was in the book. Another case of great book, bad movie... go figure :-P

[txcollector]

ironic, isn't it? The Hollywood crowd pushing for the stupid SOPA so they can protect their interests while using reps to reduce their costs.