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On Wednesday, Andrew Garfield attended the Costume Designers Guild Awards to accept the
Spotlight award, which is awarded to an actor with “an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special awareness of the role and importance of costume design.” While getting ready for the event, which watch did Garfield—his head swelling with the importance of clothing and accessories and a special awareness for their impact—choose? His trust Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra. That’s a big honor for Omega; you know Garfield really cared about this night, because he wept while receiving the award!
Good week for the Aqua Terra, by the way, which was one of the highlights to come out of Omega’s announced 2022 releases. Garfield’s, in black, may be the staid simple choice, but there’s a lot of fun on the way, as Omega is going to start churning out the watch with a handful of dials in colors like shell pink and lagoon green. No word on if they’re CDGA-worthy yet but they sure look nice. Also this week: Kristen Stewart extends her love of Chanel to the wrist, and Ben Simmons picked up multiple wins in his return to Philadelphia on Thursday night.
Everything went well for Ben Simmons, as he faced the Philly fans for the first time since his very public playoff meltdown last year. His new team, the Brooklyn Nets, blew out the 76ers; he took the same amount of shots and scored the same amount of points as James Harden in the fourth quarter, despite sitting on the bench; most importantly, he looked great doing it, as he paired a yellow-and-black Louis Vuitton football jersey-inspired knit with a gold-and-black Rolex Sky Dweller. This is the benefit of being a pro basketball player: the ability to coordinate the watch with your outfit the way high schoolers match their tops to their sneakers.
The Premiere is the first watch Chanel ever made: In 1987, the house took inspiration from the column in Paris’s Place Vendôme, and the stopper on its bottles of perfume. Chanel relaunched the watch in 2013 and