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Rolex Day-Date
Worn by: Alec Baldwin as Blake
Reference: Rolex Day-Date
Brand: Rolex
Verification: 95% - Confirmed via multiple sources (RolexMagazine, Spotern, PropStore)
Blake’s 18ct gold Rolex Day-Date is the most infamous watch in cinema’s vocabulary of power. When he storms into the real-estate office to deliver the “Always Be Closing” speech, he thrusts the gold watch into Jack Lemmon’s face like a weapon. “You see this watch? This watch costs more than your car.” The Day-Date gleams under fluorescent light as capitalism incarnate: authority measured in carats. The “President” bracelet, long a symbol of executive success, here becomes an instrument of humiliation. Its opulence is inseparable from cruelty. In Blake’s world, time isn’t money—it’s dominance. The watch does not just tick; it taunts, counting down the seconds left for lesser men to make a sale or die trying.
