{"id":21570,"date":"2022-03-18T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubberb.com\/blog\/?p=21570"},"modified":"2023-01-04T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:20:32","slug":"robert-redford-watch-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubberb.com\/blog\/robert-redford-watch-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Redford Watch Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rubber B has become well-known as a highly respected crafter of custom rubber watch bands for timepieces from some of the most respected watchmakers in the field, including such brands as Patek Philippe, IWC, and Breitling. Rubber B has a variety of straps in different colors and styles in our product portfolio that are appropriate for both business\/formal wear and more casual situations as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this particular blog entry, we are going to be learning more about the life, career, and watch collection of actor, director, producer, and activist Robert Redford. Since beginning his career in 1958, Redford has been one of the most storied figures in American cinematic history and has been come to be beloved by audiences across generations for his work in film, television, and the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Redford retired in 2020 from show business, after working steadily in the industry for an astounding six decades, so in honor of all of his accomplishments, let\u2019s take a closer look at the life, work, and watches of Robert Redford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is Robert Redford?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Charles Robert Redford Jr. was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, an accountant, and Martha Hart. His family moved to Van Nuys while his father worked in El Segundo, and Redford would attend Van Nuys High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has previously described himself as being a \u201cbad student\u201d who was far more interested in art and sports. Regardless, he would manage to do well enough to graduate in 1954 and then attend the University of Colorado Boulder, for a year and a half. During this time, he would work at a restaurant called The Sink to support himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While in Colorado, Redford began drinking heavily and lost his half-scholarship, resulting in him being kicked out of school. He would later travel to Europe to study art, then come home to study painting at the Pratt Institute and take acting classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Redford\u2019s Early Show Business Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Redford\u2019s first professional acting job would come on Broadway, where he would appear in a small role in the play \u201cTall Story\u201d in 1959. That same year, he would go on to appear in the play \u201cThe Highest Tree\u201d and then return to the stage two years later in 1961 for \u201cSunday in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theatrically speaking, he is most remembered for his role as the stuff husband in the original Broadway cast of Neil Simon\u2019s \u201cBarefoot in the Park,\u201d which premiered in 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Mainstream Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Redford\u2019s first film appearance would be in 1960, in a film adaptation of \u201cTall Story,\u201d which was the same play he had appeared in on Broadway the year before. The film also notably served as the screen debut of Jane Fonda, with whom he would go on to work with again several times in his career, including in 1967\u2019s \u201cBarefoot in the Park,\u201d again seeing him in the film adaptation of a play he had previously appeared in on Broadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Redford made several films between those two, and during this time, he was starting to become concerned that he would be stereotyped as a handsome, oafish type who was not capable of playing characters with any depth to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That would all change in 1969, when he would appear in George Roy Hill\u2019s \u201cButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,\u201d which would see him teaming with veteran actor Paul Newman for the first time. The two became fast friends during the filming of the movie, and the film was both a critical and commercial success as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two would reteam for 1973\u2019s \u201cThe Sting,\u201d which would again be directed by George Roy Hill, and see Redford receive his only Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1976, he would appear in \u201cAll The President\u2019s Men,\u201d a drama about the journalists investigating the Watergate scandal alongside Dustin Hoffman, which was also critically and commercially successful as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Redford as Director<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1980, Redford made his directorial debut with the domestic drama \u201cOrdinary People.\u201d The film would go on to win four Oscars, including one for Redford himself for Best Director and one for Best Picture, and effectively launch his directing career in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He would not step behind the camera again until eight years later with The Milagro Beanfield War, which would also see him produce a film for the first time as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sundance and More Recent Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Redford was most recently seen on screen as Alexander Pierce in a cameo in 2019\u2019s \u201cAvengers: Endgame,\u201d in what will likely be his last onscreen appearance. However, Redford is still keeping busy as the head of the Sundance Film Festival, which he initially founded as the Utah Film Festival in 1978, before it changed its name to the Sundance Film Festival in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The noted film festival is known for launching the careers of independent luminaries such as Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, and Robert Rodriguez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Kind of Watches are in Robert Redford\u2019s Watch Collection?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Robert Redford seems to have been wearing the same watch, both on-screen and off, for the past forty years \u2013 a red Rolex Submariner. Supposedly, someone offered him a gold Rolex Submariner as a gift, to which he simply said \u201cI\u2019m not a gold kind of guy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are You in Need of a Custom Rubber Watch Band For Your Luxury Watch? Visit Rubber B Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every Rubber B custom rubber watch strap is made only from 100% vulcanized rubber, and all of our products are FDA and BVGG compliant as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to learn more about our complete product catalog, shipping policies, pricing, or have questions about our custom rubber watch straps, please visit the Rubber B website<\/a> today for more information. One of our valued associates will be happy to answer your inquiry in a prompt manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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