![]() ![]() ![]() This wonderful, terrible creature should have been out roaming the savanna, ruling his pride, striking fear into the heart of every wildebeest, bringing down zebras and gazelles whenever the urge seized him. Perhaps it was fear mingled with admiration perhaps it was simply that my heart broke for the big old cat. Yet he was my favorite, and whenever the others would wander on to the monkey house or the tigers, I’d double back just for a few more minutes in the presence of someone so powerful and noble and deadly. Honestly, I felt I ought to shepherd my boys past him at a safe distance, as if he could pounce on us if he really wanted to. Sure, he was caged, but I’m telling you the bars offered small comfort when you stood within six feet of something that in any other situation saw you as an easy lunch. A huge male, nearly five hundred pounds, with a wonderful mane and absolutely enormous paws. I dive with this, it's actually quite valuable.Our local zoo had for years one of the biggest African lions I’ve ever seen. I have this diver's watch," he says in the movie. And in National Treasure, Cage uses a Rolex Submariner as a deposit in order to borrow a $100 bill from a cashier. Woo, buddy, that was a mistake: Rolex Daytonas are currently one of the most sought-after models among collectors, often fetching tens of thousands of dollars at auction. In ‘95’s Leaving Las Vegas-which is not, believe it or not, the sequel to Honeymoon in Vegas-Cage enters a pawn shop and sells his Rolex Daytona for $500. ![]() In 1992’s Honeymoon in Vegas, Cage seems so fond of the brand that he wears three Rolex watches at once (what appears to be a Submariner and Day-Date on one hand, and a Datejust on the other).Ĭage’s characters also have a penchant for using Rolex watches to get out of a jam. On and off-screen Cage have another thing in common: They love Rolex watches. He is playing (an exaggerated version of) himself in the upcoming movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. ![]() He once told the New York Times that he was on a literal grail quest, almost exactly like his character in National Treasure. Nicolas Cage is constantly shrinking the distance between himself and the characters he plays in movies. Welcome to Watches of the Week, where we'll track the rarest, wildest, and most covetable watches spotted on celebrities. ![]()
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