A good friend and former mentor who?s a massive fan of early-era GNR has a milestone birthday coming up in a few months.
I?m tasked with buying him a wristwatch on behalf of the family, and as a more casual follower of the band, humbly seek the assistance of serious fans in finding watch models with a strong GNR link.
Specifically, those worn by Axl Rose between the start of GNR and probably the release of Chinese Democracy, I know he?s more into the early material from eighties through into the nineties UYI tours. Investigations show he?s not a forum reader so hope this is a safe way to gather intel.
I understand Axl currently wears an Audemars Piguet, I don?t know if he wore that brand back then though.
What gave me the idea for theming the gift was a photo I saw of Axl Rose with his chin on his hand, leather jacket, woven leather bangles and a watch shown very prominently, I think it had a dark dial, white metal case and tan strap with white stitching, but try as I have, been unable to find that photo again. It looked like it was taken at an airport because I remember Axl looked bored af.
But I know he?s been into wristwear for a lot of his career and hope you good folks have some suggestions on this. If anyone has photos with a watch shown in them but not sure of the manufacturer or model, please link me or post them and I can undertake research maybe hit some wristwatch forums for more.
Open mind on price range, I?m interested in getting something authentic even if it?s more entry-level than the AP watches he?s rocking these days because we can pad the gift out with a pricier diver or something.
Also, if anyone has any other wristwatch-related information, brands worn by Slash, Duff, Izzy, or anything else from the earlier days that would also be sweet.
Thanks in advance!
(And the last topic I found for this was
here, eleven years old but if I should have bumped that my bad.
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