These Are 13 of Cinema's Coolest Watches

Generally, collectors are most interested in watches from before the era of product placement - it's no surprise that the pieces picked for ad money just aren't as cool The Bond name carries so much weight that it essentially launched watch marketing in movies with Pierce Brosnan's Bond debut in Goldeneye; thanks to Jean-Claude Biver, Omega's marketing genius, the laser-equipped Seamaster set a precedent in promotional agreements that today is commonplace Stallone can be seen wearing Panerai watches in numerous movies, including as recently as, The Expendables 3.

The "King of Cool" basically has a Midas touch when it comes to watches The brand produces an entire family of Ventura watches today with the funky "Shield-shaped" case, and it's continued its on-screen career most recently featuring in the latest installment of the Men in Black franchise Given how many movies he's been in, it may have the widest range of movie appearances out of any single watch.

Back to the Future: Michael J Fox's Casio CA53-W Like the franchise, the geek-tastic Casio digital calculator watch is to this day an enduring symbol of the '80s.

During this time, affordable and inherently accurate electronic watches were quickly displacing traditional mechanical watches. . Source