Chow Yun-Fat wearing Heuer Night Diver in City on Fire
Possible sighting

Chow Yun-Fat wears a Heuer Night Diver

Spotted as Ko Chow in City on Fire, 1987.

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Film
City on Fire (1987)
Actor
Chow Yun-Fat
Character
Ko Chow
Watch
Heuer Night Diver
Status
Possible

Quentin Tarantino has acknowledged borrowing the undercover-cop-among-thieves structure of Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987) for Reservoir Dogs, and the debt is plain when the two are watched together. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chow, an undercover Hong Kong police officer infiltrating a jewel-theft gang while his personal life comes apart: his girlfriend wants to leave, his handler pushes him deeper, and the thieves he is betraying have become real friends. Lam shoots it with the street-level intensity that marks Hong Kong crime cinema of the era.

The watch on Ko Chow has been identified as a Heuer Night Diver, a pre-1985 Heuer dive watch from before the TAG merger, when the brand's divers were plain steel tool watches. That identification comes from a single enthusiast source, and the watch is not clearly visible in available stills.

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Chow Yun-Fat wearing Heuer Night Diver in City on Fire
Copyright 1987 Cinema City. All rights reserved.

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