Calling all watch lovers and watch savants. Just post your answers in the thread. Correct answers will be noted and liked. Give it a go....
Still need answers for 3, 8 (second feature)
1. USA President Bill Clinton was criticized by one Swiss watch company for wearing a watch deemed unworthy of high office. Name the watch and the Watch Company.

2. What watch brand was John F Kennedy wearing when he was assassinated?

3.Winston Churchill appears in a print advertisement for what watch brand?

4. If not for an error by a Rolex employee, the first watch worn on the moon might have been a Rolex. What was the mistake?

5. The world's first TV commercial was for a watch brand. Which one?

6. In which Alfred Hitchcock's film does a character refer to the watch she owns as a "Philip Pateek"?

7. What watch did Elvis Presley wear in the film Blue Hawaii?

8. In the film, "Live and Let Die", Roger Moore's James Bond wears a Rolex Submariner with two special features, What are they?

9. In 1851 Queen Victoria visited the famous Great Exhibition at London's Crystal Palace and bought herself a watch. What company was it and what color was the dial?

10. The royal in the name of Audemars Piguet's best known watch, the Royal Oak, refers to what member of royalty?

11. Which watch company timed the famed 1936 Olympics where Jesse Owens won four gold medals?

12.Who designed Omega's Constellation and Seamaster models, Patek Philippe's Nautilus among others?

 

I am too ashamed of my performance to quote it - but the exercise is awesome

 

Q8 as I’m pretty sure everyone knows it anyway. 1) a strong internal magnet useful for unzipping dresses, and attracting canoes and compressed air pellets, and 2) a special feature whereby he could immediately collect it from Q without first having to purchase a couple of precious metal references.

Do I get half a point ?

 

6. In which Alfred Hitchcock's film does a character refer to the watch she owns as a "Philip Pateek"?

I could only think of one Hitchcock in which a watch plays a part in the plot, but it's not what Grace Kelly wears in Dial M for Murder. So big fail 'cos I've got all but a couple of Hitchcock's talkies


7. What watch did Elvis Presley wear in the film Blue Hawaii?

Hamilton Ventura.


10. The royal in the name of Audemars Piguet's best known watch, the Royal Oak, refers to what member of royalty?

King Charles II ?


11. Which watch company timed the famed 1936 Olympics where Jesse Owens won four gold medals?

Everyone here knows that!

 

Gerald Genta?

 

No. 6 ..... Lifeboat. Tallulah Bankhead said it, and then used the bracelet watch as fish bait, eventually losing it in the water shortly before they were rescued. Easy come, easy go.

No. 5 ..... I'll guess Timex.

 

1/2 point.... hyper intensified magnetic field activated by pushing a button or turning the bezel

 

7. Correct
10. Correct... King Charles II of England, according to legend, sought refuge from Oliver Cromwell's troops in the hallow of an oak tree, which came to be known as the Royal Oak.
11. Correct... Omega

 

12. Correct Genta also designed the Seamaster models too.

 

6. Is correct... impressive
5. Is incorrect

 

No. 5 .... how about Bulova?

 

5. Correct...Damn... you're good
The ad aired on July 1, 1941. It showed an outline of a map of the United States and in its center was a watch dial labeled "Bulova Watch Time". The image remained on screen for 20 seconds while a voice announced the time. The commercial was aired by WNBT during the Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Phillies baseball game at Ebbets Field

 

Timex Ironman Triathlon, and Omega according to this, however I can't seem to find the ad in question...

I googled the answer as I was intrigued as to which brand would publicly state something like that, I was rather hoping it wasn't Omega.
I'm looking forward to the answer to #4!

 

On Fratello podcast, head of Omega brand heritage department said that there is no direct evidence that GG designed Constellation

 

Wow.

Now I feel like a poser hahaha

11. Omega

12. Gerald Genta

That's all I know

 

1. Correct. Omega, in a radio ad, suggested Clinton give up his Timex and don something a bit more dignified.

 

9. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it was a white-faced Patek Philippe, with a blue enamel back. (I'll bet she didn't actually buy it though: no doubt Messieurs Patek and Philippe were discreetly invited to present it to her...)
9.(i) Q. Which small child was among thousands of horrified people who witnessed the destruction by fire of the Crystal Palace in 1936? A. My mother! Wish I could have seen that building - it sounds wonderful, and I know it had a place in architectural history. She spoke of it often, even though she had been small at the time.

 

2. An 18k gold Louis Cartier Tank given to him by Jackie on their 4th anniversary with his initials inscribed, as well as, the Kennedy family arms and their wedding date.......according to the internet.

http://blog.watchdoctor.biz/2015/11/08/u-s-presidents-and-their-timepieces-john-f-kennedy/

 

9. Correct. The piece was a keyless-winding, baby-blue enamel pendant watch ( the color was said to match Victoria's eyes) adorned with diamonds. Victoria also bought a Patek for her beloved husband Prince Albert. You are correct white dial, I meant what color was the watch.

 

2. Correct..., but, next time I will need to add... closed books and no internet searching