A franchisee asked what he had to do to get that watch from me, and I told him, ‘Turn in a twenty-thousand-dollar sales week.’ He did it.”Īfter that, Managhan began giving away Seikos to top earners. In his 1986 autobiography, Pizza Tiger, Monaghan wrote, “I wore a Bulova with our Domino’s logo on its face. Other exercises in horological employee rewards? The Coca-Cola and Winn-Dixie dials.ĭomino’s began incentivizing its franchisees with Rolex in 1977 when Domino’s Pizza founder and CEO Tom Monaghan gave a high-earning franchise owner the watch off his wrist. So how did one of the world’s foremost watchmakers end up producing a watch for the official pizza of laser-tag parties? Look on any number of online vintage watch dealers and you’ll see them pop up from time to time: Domino’s Rolexes. I wonder how Baldwin’s character would feel about a Rolex Air-King - the 34mm dateless three-hander that, until being discontinued in 2014 (and subsequently revived at a large diameter), was Rolex’s entry-level watch - loudly branded with the familiar red-and-white logo of the world’s second-largest pizza chain. Baldwin’s particular model of Rolex is nicknamed the “ President,” for God’s sake. A character who defines himself so much by his wealth would wear the one brand that is universally synonymous with status, power and success. Of course Baldwin’s venomous “motivational” diatribe would include a gold Rolex. I made $970,000 last year…that’s who I am.” He waves his gold Rolex DayDate in front of Ed Harris’s face before setting it down on his desk. “You see this watch?” a smug, young and skinny Alec Baldwin asks during his “ Always Be Closing” speech at the beginning of Glengarry Glen Ross. Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a column highlighting little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence.
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