You already know Sylvester Stallone because the Oscar-winning writer-director-star of Rocky, a fixture of schlocky ’90s motion motion pictures like Demolition Man and Cliffhanger, and a mafioso-turned-weed baron on Tulsa King, however his cultural contributions aren’t restricted to the display screen. Along with being one thing of an artiste, Stallone can also be an enormous watch man (as in, he’s actually into watches—particularly large ones.) Stallone’s penchant for sporting burly Panerai divers onscreen is credited with serving to the model soar to worldwide fame within the aughts, and earlier this yr he made headlines when he auctioned off his factory-sealed Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300 for a cool $5.4 million.
In the event you share Stallone’s style in tough-guy tickers however not his price range, the brand new Momentum UDT Eclipse provides a extra inexpensive approach so as to add a Sly-approved timepiece to your assortment. Based mostly on the Chronosport UDT worn by John Rambo within the 1982 anti-war basic First Blood, the Momentum UDT Eclipse combines a classic ana-digi look with a bunch of military-grade specs for simply $369.
A detailed cousin to the Seiko famously worn by fellow ’80s motion star Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando, the unique UDT (or Underwater Demolition Workforce, a WWII frogman unit) was utilized by particular forces together with the Navy SEALs, and featured a motion made by famed Swiss model Breitling. This helps to clarify how the watch earned the approval of John Rambo, a grizzled former Inexperienced Beret whose notorious survival abilities—together with a set of rippled biceps, a large knife, and a candy bandana—made him an icon of Twentieth-century cinema.
In the event you’ve heard of Momentum, it’s seemingly because of the model’s Sea Quartz 30, a reboot of the dive watch Tom Selleck wore within the first season of Magnum PI. The UDT Eclipse is an analogous concept, with an early-’80s look drawn straight from the Chronosport archives, and up to date specs together with an ion-plated chrome steel case, a scratch-proof sapphire crystal, and a ceramic bezel. Along with a barely bigger digital show than the unique, the brand new Momentum UDT Eclipse provides a solar-powered quartz motion to the combination together with a beneficiant coating of C3 Swiss SuperLuminova on its arms and hour markers. Higher nonetheless, because of its 42mm case, you don’t want Sylvester Stallone-sized arms to put on it.
