My points are literally that this is people’s jobs, with their day job being actors at the end of the day. In my humble opinion this shouldn’t be treated as anything more than what they are honest and upfront about doing. They are Ambassadors…who are paid to sell watches…
Or they’re making sure they learn from his mistake. 😉
Oh, am not suggesting that I know they are not definitely genuine. You could well be right.
I am just putting it out there that these alleged candid shots, showing them wearing the brands that pay them, might not actually be so candid like many of the above posts suggesting it’s fact.
Reading some of the older interviews from when Dempsey had just started as their ambassador, he mentions he wasn’t aware of Steve McQueen’s link to the Monaco until after he joined TAG Heuer. He is also quoted as saying he starting to look at vintage Monaco’s in interviews in 2020/21. That doesn’t sound like someone who has been into the brand on a personal level before joining their paid up members.
My points are literally that this is people’s jobs, with their day job being actors at the end of the day. In my humble opinion this shouldn’t be treated as anything more than what they are honest and upfront about doing. They are Ambassadors…who are paid to sell watches…
I certainly agree with your points but what I interpreted you as saying is because they are getting paid to promote the brand, they can't love it on their own or have a passion for it. If that's the case then, by default you can't love what you do for a job because your getting paid for it...
All that said, yes, they are ambassadors that get paid to promote the brand and help sell watches, totally agree.
Didn’t ever say that those things were mutually exclusive. I just said that none of the posted social media posts can be trusted to honestly be able to 100% say either way. I was never the one saying that my opinion was the only opinion.
If you asked for my gut feeling, I think that Alexandra Daddario is just doing her job and promoting whatever she’s paid for, be it Movado, TAG Heuer or whatever brand follows.
As for Patrick Dempsey, I think it definitely started out as a paid role but that he found it real easy to do, as he is a motorsport fan and participant and there were sponsorship links already. Since then, I think he’s warmed to the Monaco somewhat, but we will never really know as he is still paid to be seen wearing TAG Heuer no matter what. Let’s put it another way, it’s not a hardship for him to keep being photographed wearing a different Monaco every time when he is likely to be gifted them to keep whilst still paid handsomely in the process.
Is that a fair interpretation?
Thanks for the clarification. at the end of the day, it's only our opinions...
Totally. This is what my previous point about being naive was about. I just phrased it badly by applying my sense of humour as I misread the banter. Simply as that really.
Someone took offence. I apologised publicly and privately. Said person ignored both. Nothing more I can do.
Sometimes words and phrasings don't always land with the intended purpose. Especially in online format. It's a real pity that this has resulted in the loss of a Valued and respected contributor to this forum.
Didn’t ever say that those things were mutually exclusive. I just said that none of the posted social media posts can be trusted to honestly be able to 100% say either way. I was never the one saying that my opinion was the only opinion.
If you asked for my gut feeling, I think that Alexandra Daddario is just doing her job and promoting whatever she’s paid for, be it Movado, TAG Heuer or whatever brand follows.
As for Patrick Dempsey, I think it definitely started out as a paid role but that he found it real easy to do, as he is a motorsport fan and participant and there were sponsorship links already. Since then, I think he’s warmed to the Monaco somewhat, but we will never really know as he is still paid to be seen wearing TAG Heuer no matter what. Let’s put it another way, it’s not a hardship for him to keep being photographed wearing a different Monaco every time when he is likely to be gifted them to keep whilst still paid handsomely in the process.
Is that a fair interpretation?
So it looks like Dempsey was indeed a Tag Heuer fan prior to becoming an Ambassador.
A photo from 2006 Indy shows him wearing a Monaco. Well before his Ambassadorship.
I still find it difficult to differentiate between real love for a brand and someone being paid to represent them.
So he is wearing a wrist watch while in character.
If we assume it's a Heuer, it could be a black dial ref. 404 or 2444 or 3336.
