The Sandpiper (1965)

The Sandpiper

A free-spirited single mother clashes with the married headmaster of the Episcopal boarding school her son attends, and the two begin an affair set against the Big Sur coastline. (Wikipedia) Directed by Vincente Minnelli, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor as Laura Reynolds and Richard Burton as Dr. Edward Hewitt; it was released by MGM in June 1965, the fourth of eleven films pairing Taylor and Burton, then recently married.

Watches

Patek Philippe watch

Worn by Richard Burton as Edward Hewitt. BAMF Style describes Hewitt's "gold wristwatch, possibly the Patek Philippe that Elizabeth Taylor had gifted him during the production of Cleopatra a few years earlier," an automatic watch with a champagne gold dial and woven gold bracelet; the identification is not confirmed further and no reference number is given. (BAMF Style)

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