"Jason Statham owns and buys all his IWCs himself," says IWC CEO in playful interview about the 2020 Portugieser Collection
“I haven’t read your article yet about which action stars are wearing which watches,” IWC CEO Chris Grainger-Herr begins the interview by saying. “I just very much hope you haven’t got Jason Statham in there with his one Rolex in that one film, even though he buys and owns all his IWCs himself and wears them in all the other movies.” To which I point out, as gently as possible – because we have indeed got Jason Statham wearing precisely that watch – that Jason appears to be a Richemont man, with many other notable Panerai watches worn in multiple action films over the years. “It’s the same with The Rock. It’s a bit of an internal CEO joke because we text each other images of The Rock wearing various watches. It goes around and around. You have almost every brand covered. But it’s true that he [The Rock] mostly wears Panerai these days. “Jason wore an IWC in that silly shark movie, what was it called?” The Meg, where Statham wore an IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition La Cumbre Volcano (photo courtesy Warner Bros) as spotted by our friends at Quill & Pad. “That was also his personal watch.” This banter…
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