"Amelia" Earhart Movie - Longine Watch?
Just came back from watching the movie "Amelia". Not sure of the brand she is wearing but it looks like a Longine's Weems or Hour Angle. In any case I believe it was a quartz watch. You get to see it a couple of times and the center seconds hand moves like a quartz watch. Since the movie is set in 1937, it would be a prop mistake if it were quartz.
Anyone else notice?
Last edited by robrobin; November 1st, 2009 at 03:20.
Only you and maybe 6 other ppl. saw the movie.
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I will see it when it arrives here next week. I will look for that watch.
Originally Posted by Tragic
I love movie goofs...it'll be interesting to see if this is one of them...
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If they couldn't be bothered to really develop the story and the character why would they bother with technical accuracy?
It's a G-Shock.
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Too many watches, only two wrists and never enough time...
Believe it or not, the general public tends to forget how old technology works rather quickly.
How many movies set prior to the transitor age, have radios come of instantly, instead of waiting for the tubes to warm up? (TVs also)
Or typewritten documents with variable spacing and in new courier, especially Government documents, which were usually in "Pica".
There are many others...
Those misstakes are a joy to spot.
i belive one of the earlist ones was an actor in Ben Hur that sported a Wristwatch.
Being an ex soldier, i just love to point out stuff to my family in War movies. They do not love it, but I do it anyway.
I'm afraid they DID fully develop the character and the story. To have done more would have made it a work of fiction.
:oops:
On the other hand . . . I can wear another watch!
Have you seen the movie?
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