Top Gear

[krusty]

Is it me or have they smudged out JC'S watch a tad in the Jag race?

[The real Apache]

That Jag, that new one, the red thing.....I just came

[The real Apache]

and Prescott really is a isn't he,

[Heathwood]

Yes, I thought exactly the same. Nice clear HD picture, but no clarity at all on JC's watch.

Probably didn't really race the sun and the time on the watch would have given the game away. You'd think the producers would've ensured he didn't wear one, but perhaps they only realised the error in editing.

[Mr Happy]

It looks like a PO big black. When he's talking about the stereo system, it cuts to a view through from the back seats, and it's momentarily unblurred.

[CardShark]

Mr Happy said:

It looks like a PO big black. When he's talking about the stereo system, it cuts to a view through from the back seats, and it's momentarily unblurred.

That'd be where my vote went, on rubber

[Gizmo!]

NeMiSiS said:

The time on his watch was blurred out by the continuity editor.

If you could see the time it would have poo pooed the filmed sketch on racing the sun.

They blurred the clock on the Jags dash too.

This. Always used to be amusing when the time on the celebrity laps in the liana used to skip about.

[RemainAllHoof]

NeMiSiS said:

The time on his watch was blurred out by the continuity editor.

If you could see the time it would have poo pooed the filmed sketch on racing the sun.

They blurred the clock on the Jags dash too.

Ah! The watch geek inside me did notice the blurring.

[Pints]

If you don't bother with HD, you won't notice.

[Juicetin1]

Ah, I was wondering why JC's PO was blurred out in the Jag, that explains it!

On the subject of Top Gear, does anyone know what watch Hammond was wearing in last night's show ?

[itsnotarace]

NeMiSiS said:

The time on his watch was blurred out by the continuity editor.

If you could see the time it would have poo pooed the filmed sketch on racing the sun.

They blurred the clock on the Jags dash too.

They do the races twice, once for real and then actually film the second run. It can take hours of setup to get the shot they want in the right weather / light etc. You can shoot hours of footage and when edited down they might only use seconds of it in the show.

Excuse copy/paste:

Top Gear regularly reaffirms that the races do take place for real, and that many of the shots used in the film are then recorded over a few days by retracing the journey. In the case of the Bugatti Veyron race, the Stig drove the car back to Italy, although these shots are filmed so that it is not apparent that Clarkson is not driving. This 32-minute feature took 33 16-hour days to edit.

[okgo]

It is a planet ocean.

On the recording the other day he went on about how real men wore Omegas etc, but it was cut from the final show.

[okgo]

He's been wearing the Planet Ocean all this series. And the one in the jag was 100% not a railmaster.

[Ikemi]

He does wear a Railmaster, but he was wearing a PO on a rubber strap whilst driving the Jaaaag

ETA: James May is also very into his watches. I believe he challenged Richard Hammond to buy a JLC Reverso Squadra whilst they were passing through duty-free on a trip aboard for TG.

[al1991]

James is the true watch nut in my opinion.

Jeremy just seems to have a load of Omegas.