Name a more iconic duo than Harrison Ford and his Rolex Datejust - British GQ

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Amazingly, neither Indiana Jones nor Han Solo wore a watch. What a missed opportunity for two of the coolest characters to have ever blessed the silver screen, especially when you think of all the millions of watches James Bond has sold over the years. Indy’s wrist would surely have screamed out for a vintage Rolex Oyster – he was always getting dunked in some kind of swamp, swirling rapid or tomb quickly filling with water. And surely Han Solo would have required some kind of futuristic chronograph when making his way through the galaxy at warp speed. Something by Richard Mille or Urwerk would have gone down a treat and sent demand for those brands even further into the stratosphere.

Happily, in real life, Harrison Ford is one of those rare actors with a genuine sense of his own style. It’s worth googling pictures of him out and about during his late-1970s and early-1980s heyday, just as he was coming into his own. His style back then took the basics of men’s style: blue blazer, jeans, loafers, polos, shirts unbuttoned to the sternum – and he wore them with an all-American easy breezy elegance. Laid-back yet refined, it’s a look that not only gets you into the best restaurants in town but also backstage at the gig of your favourite band. His watch of choice during these golden days was more often than not a stainless-steel Rolex Datejust on a jubilee bracelet with Roman numerals – a soon to be icon, wearing a similarly iconic watch.

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Even better, for a man whose most famous roles involve him doing dangerous things in an aircraft – intergalactic missions on the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars, fights with Nazis on the wings of biplanes in mid-flight in Indiana Jones – Ford is a keen aviator who has thousands of hours of flight time under his belt. His aircraft hanger contains a Ryan PT-22, which was used to train US military pilots in the 1950s, and a De Havilland Beaver and so he uses a watch that has legitimate aeronautical functionality: the Breitling Aerospace. Launched in 1985, it was one of the first watches to blend digital displays with analogue craftsmanship for functions such as chronograph, minute-repeater and alarm. Perfect for when your plane malfunctions and you have to make an emergency landing on a golf course, as Ford had to in 2015.

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Name a more iconic duo than Harrison Ford and his Rolex Datejust - British GQ

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