SKY Castle (2018)

This is the 2018–2019 Korean original. For the 2024 Japanese remake, see Sky Castle (2024).

SKY Castle

SKY Castle (Korean: SKY 캐슬) is a 2018–2019 JTBC satirical black comedy about the wives of doctors and professors living in an exclusive residential complex, SKY Castle, who ruthlessly maneuver their children toward Seoul National University with the help of a college-admissions coordinator boasting a "100 percent success rate." Yum Jung-ah, Lee Tae-ran, Yoon Se-ah, Oh Na-ra, and Kim Seo-hyung lead as the wives; Jung Joon-ho plays orthopedic-surgery professor Kang Joon-sang, the husband of lead Han Seo-jin (Yum Jung-ah). The 20-episode run, airing Fridays and Saturdays from November 23, 2018, to February 1, 2019, became the highest-rated series in Korean cable television history and won four awards at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards. (IMDb; Wikipedia)

Watches

TAG Heuer Monaco

Worn by Jung Joon-ho as Kang Joon-sang. Two independent personal Naver blogs predating a later 2024 celebrity-watch survey name Jung Joon-ho's Monaco in SKY Castle: a TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 11 product review opens "최근 드라마 스카이캐슬에서 정준호 시계로 유명했던 제품입니다" (recently famous as Jung Joon-ho's watch in the drama SKY Castle), and a celebrity-Monaco-wearer roundup separately states "스카이캐슬에서 정준호님이 착용하셨었어요!" (In SKY Castle, Jung Joon-ho wore this). Jung plays Kang Joon-sang, an orthopedic-surgery professor and the husband of Han Seo-jin, per the drama's cast record. Only the product-review post ties the appearance to the specific Calibre 11 generation, and it does so without comparing against a frame from the drama, so the case reference and execution remain unconfirmed. A square chronograph consistent with the general Monaco case shape, twin white sub-dials, and a red chronograph hand is visible on Kang Joon-sang's wrist in a hallway scene reproduced in the roundup post. (bjstour; sellina_o)

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