Robert Pattinson has revealed exactly what watch he will be wearing as Bruce Wayne in the upcoming The Batman II.
Unveiled as the new face of Jaeger-LeCoultre, Pattinson did the media rounds to talk about his new partnership while he was filming the hotly anticipated superhero sequel.
Speaking to GQ, Pattinson revealed that Batman himself will be wearing the endlessly elegant Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso in the film, saying: “When I was just starting to look them up and trying to decide which model to have for it, I realised that Christian had them as well. It is weird – as soon as you put the Reverso on, it definitely has a Bruce Wayne feel. There’s something that felt so incredibly correct for it, even the strap we chose. It’s the last thing I put on when you put the costume on, and there’s a guy who’s looking after the watch, and it all feels extremely Bruce Wayne-coded.”
In a separate interview with Esquire, Pattinson was asked which of his roles could be most associated with Jaeger-LeCoultre, with the Twilight star replying: “Bruce Wayne, no doubt. In fact, we were filming last week on the set of Wayne Manor and the scene required the maximum Bruce Wayne look, and the last thing they put on was a Reverso. They even had one guy who was specifically there to handle the watch. It felt like Alfred the butler was getting me dressed!”
While The Batman II is still more than a year away from cinemas, we now know what watch he will be wearing and it continues a strong tradition in Gotham City of the superhero billionaire being a fan of JLC.
As Pattinson pointed out, Bruce Wayne wears JLC in every one of the Christopher Nolan directed Batman movies with Christian Bale’s take on the iconic character wearing a Reverso in each of the trilogy.
Val Kilmer also wore a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande Taille in 1995’s Batman Forever, meaning the watch has been synonymous with the Caped Crusader for more than 30 years. Kilmer’s watch also features some movie magic with Batman using it to communicate with Alfred on a mission by flipping up the face to reveal a screen. Sadly, this James Bond-esque twist on the watch was only for the film and likely achieved with CGI.
However, in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Bruce Wayne opts for a far more bombastic Breguet Tradition Tourbillon, which not only costs more than ten times the Reverso but is an in your face kind of watch full of technical bravado and happy to show it off. It’s a watch so big it was impossible not to notice it on Ben Affleck’s wrist throughout the movie and he also wore it again in the ill-fated Justice League.
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