Watches in Music Videos: A Visual Guide
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In Vibez, the camera gets close enough to Zayn’s Omega Constellation 39 mm Sedna Gold to show the star, date window and Roman numerals on the bezel. In Rude Boy, Rihanna wears several Casios together while enlarged digital watches fill the background. Both videos make watches conspicuous, but they ask the viewer to notice different things.
A Constellation gets its own close-up
The pale dial in Vibez is surrounded by a broad polished bezel and attached to an integrated bracelet. Against Zayn’s tattoos, the smooth metal and geometric markers are unusually easy to separate. The close framing keeps those details visible as reflections cross the case.
WatchPro identifies reference 131.50.39.20.02.001. The report names the exact reference; the frame resolves the Constellation’s case and dial features.
Casios linked into a bracelet
In Rude Boy, Rihanna links several watches into a bracelet. Their straps connect square and rounded cases, with pink, yellow, white and black housings visible around her raised wrist.
Watch-ID identifies the wrist pieces as Baby-G and G-Shock Mini models. The linked pieces alternate Baby-G squares with more rounded G-Shock Minis. Their different orientations leave some dials visible and others turned away.
An Autodromo chosen for a road trip
Aly Michalka discussed her watch in Aly & AJ’s Pretty Places with Hodinkee. Hodinkee’s Talking Watches interview identifies the Autodromo Intereuropa as the watch Aly wore for the video and subsequently kept. The interview connects the choice to the road-trip setting and the brand’s automotive theme.
The lyrics refer to a Rolex Daytona, which the interview discusses separately among Aly’s watches. Her account identifies the Intereuropa as the video choice. The song’s named watch and the one selected for the wardrobe are different objects.
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