Philip Winchester on How a Watch Breathed Air Into His Acting Career

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Not long after actor Philip Winchester —who co-stars with Megan Fox in the new hostage-rescue film Rogue —shot the war drama Flyboys in 2005, he received an unexpected gift. “We were given this incredible wrap gift of a Breitling Colt because of the whole aeronautic theme of the movie.

I was renting a room of a friend in a tiny apartment in Santa Monica. I remember the energy and excitement of unwrapping this yellow Breitling box and wondering, ‘Is this really what’s in here?’ Not only did it symbolize finishing something, but it was just an act of kindness [from the producers],” remembers Winchester.

Did he really think that maybe it would be some gift of lesser value just wrapped in a Breitling box? “I really did. I was just starting out..