Lord of War (2005)

Lord of War

A Ukrainian-American arms trafficker builds a global weapons empire in the chaos following the Soviet collapse, profiting from conflicts worldwide while an incorruptible Interpol agent closes in and the human cost of the trade mounts around him. (Wikipedia) Written and directed by Andrew Niccol, the film stars Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, and Jared Leto; Lionsgate released it September 16, 2005.

Watches

Rolex Day-Date

Worn by Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov. Watches of Espionage identifies arms dealer Yuri Orlov's watch as a platinum Rolex Day-Date "President." The article notes it doesn't match the real-life gunrunner Viktor Bout's own watch of choice, a Hollywood embellishment rather than a documentary detail. (Watches of Espionage) Montres de Luxe independently identifies the watch as a Rolex Day-Date in white gold or platinum. (Montres de Luxe) In its first Hollywood Dispatch Watches of Espionage adds that Cage, "an avid watch collector himself", may be wearing a personal watch, and sets the platinum President against the Breitling B-1 the real Viktor Bout wore at his 2008 arrest in Bangkok. (Watches of Espionage)

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Rolex Datejust

Worn by Ian Holm as Simeon Weisz. Montres de Luxe identifies rival arms trafficker Simeon Weisz's watch as a steel Rolex Datejust, with no reference given. Weisz sells only to buyers who share his politics, a code his rival Yuri Orlov mocks as sentimental, and the plainer steel Datejust against Orlov's platinum Day-Date "President" reads as a piece of that contrast. (Montres de Luxe)

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