Films, TV & Media: Heuer / TAG Heuer

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Now in London promoting Black Adam. This time with a black Carrera Sport.

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Are we thinking TH fan, or sponsorship? I think the latter.
 
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Are we thinking TH fan, or sponsorship? I think the latter.
Not sure, but I'd like to think the former. This guy has a huge collection of cars and watches. Could be he's just going through a TAG Heuer phase at the moment. Also, he just doesn't seem to fit the profile of young Ambassadors that TH has sponsored recently.

During his appearance on Good Morning America, Oct 12, looks like he was also wearing a Carrera.
 
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In Jacob Elordi's case, perhaps someone at TAG took notice of him wearing the Monaco at the Oscars and then decided to approach him to be an Ambassador. Same thing might happen with the Rock. Hard to know which came first, the chicken or the egg. But I do know in Dempsey's case he was already a fan before becoming an Ambassador.
 
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Not sure, but I'd like to think the former. This guy has a huge collection of cars and watches. Could be he's just going through a TAG Heuer phase at the moment. Also, he just doesn't seem to fit the profile of young Ambassadors that TH has sponsored recently.

During his appearance on Good Morning America, Oct 12, looks like he was also wearing a Carrera.
If he's such a TH fan, then we surely should be on the lookout! Let me know if you see someone with a suspicious avatar. 😉
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I’m just happy seeing the Carrera Sport getting some attention. 😁
 
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I’m just happy seeing the Carrera Sport getting some attention. 😁
The Rock is one if the few people who can make a 44m Carrera look perfectly sized for their wrist. 👍
 
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The Rock is one if the few people who can make a 44m Carrera look perfectly sized for their wrist. 👍

I love mine, but I am built the opposite of The Rock.

I’m more like The Pebble. ::rimshot::
 
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In all seriousness, I’m really happy with the way the Carrera Sport feels on the wrist.
 
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Guess that makes me The Stone. I can't really consider anything below 41mm.
 
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In all seriousness, I’m really happy with the way the Carrera Sport feels on the wrist.
I consider 39mm to be my sweet spot. When I tried on the Sport it wasn't overly huge. Perhaps I could live with the size if I was head over heels in love with the looks.

But the Elegant felt more comfortable for my 6.7" wrist.
 
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The 2017 Baywatch movie featured TAG Heuer. Although I don't believe the Rock or Zac Efron wore TAGs in the movie.
 
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Frederic just posted these via his Instagram stories. This actually makes me think that the Rock isn't being paid by TAG to wear these watches. Because had he been sponsored, I don't think Frederic would've waited so long to post something. Plus some of the pics in Frederic's story posting aren't that recent. Seems more like Frederic/TAG just found out and did some digging.

Also, in the 4th pic, the Rock mentions he had a fake TAG Heuer back in '98. Looks like the Rock has been a long time fan of the brand.

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Frederic just posted these via his Instagram stories. This actually makes me think that the Rock isn't being paid by TAG to wear these watches. Because had he been sponsored, I don't think Frederic would've waited so long to post something. Plus some of the pics in Frederic's story posting aren't that recent. Seems more like Frederic/TAG just found out and did some digging.

Also, in the 4th pic, the Rock mentions he had a fake TAG Heuer back in '98. Looks like the Rock has been a long time fan of the brand.


Great detective work
 
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Frederic just posted these via his Instagram stories. This actually makes me think that the Rock isn't being paid by TAG to wear these watches. Because had he been sponsored, I don't think Frederic would've waited so long to post something. Plus some of the pics in Frederic's story posting aren't that recent. Seems more like Frederic/TAG just found out and did some digging.

Also, in the 4th pic, the Rock mentions he had a fake TAG Heuer back in '98. Looks like the Rock has been a long time fan of the brand.

You beat me to it. I had collected those screenshots from Frederic's IG yesterday, but ran out of time time to post them here. Here's one more.


While your argument has merit, I find myself still skeptical and think there's some unannounced sponsorship.
 
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I really think that Frederic just found out that the Rock has recently been wearing the TAG due to the timing & progression of his posts.

Frederic first spots the Monaco on The Rock's IG account. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj47E7GuOmn/


Then it seems he spends the next 5 hours searching social media for pics of the Rock wearing TAG, as his next posts are 5 hours later. He also posts them in reverse chronological order.

This one from an Instagram search, dated Oct 12: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjnxrY1DEGt/

Then this one from a Google search, dated Oct 10: https://www.gqmagazine.fr/montres/a...-johnson-the-rock-est-tout-simplement-superbe

Then this one from a Twitter search, dated Dec 2020: https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/1340482697295134720

Then finally he concludes with the "Thanks" post that you shared, but again 5 hours later after first spotting the Monaco on The Rock's IG account. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj474t5Ov_m/
 
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Don’t get me wrong but The Rock certainly has wider international appeal. Better than Lalaland Ryan 😗 And Dwayne Johnson has been known to sport alot of different watches over the course of his Carreer(a) 😉

It would be nice to know the story behind The Rock’s love affair with TAG Heuer. 👍 Did we saw a pic of him wearing a TAG Heuer during his WWE heyday? 😉
 
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Don’t get me wrong but The Rock certainly has wider international appeal. Better than Lalaland Ryan 😗 And Dwayne Johnson has been known to sport alot of different watches over the course of his Carreer(a) 😉

It would be nice to know the story behind The Rock’s love affair with TAG Heuer. 👍 Did we saw a pic of him wearing a TAG Heuer during his WWE heyday? 😉
Here you go...


Although I think it might be the fake one he referred to on twitter in this pic:
 
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I must be the only one that thinks that it’s more than borderline cringy when the CEO of a brand posts a public “Thank you” message like a 6-yr old schoolgirl. But that’s maybe just my disdain for social media in general talking… 🙄

Just spotted this one on YouTube: Taran Killam (ex-SNL) wearing a Monaco in HIMYM. But which one? 👎