London, 27th July, 2006 – Day of the European Premiere of the movie Miami Vice … Michael Mann, writer and director of the movie Miami Vice, had decided to acquire for his own personal collection, a Malte chronograph Perpetual Calendar in Platinum, by Vacheron Constantin, the same timepiece worn by the character Sonny Crockett in the movie.
Juan-Carlos Torres - CEO of Vacheron Constantin – in London for business that day, took the opportunity to personnally present the watch to Michael Mann.
For the evening, on the Leicester Square red carpet for the London European Premiere of Miami Vice, Michael Mann was wearing an another Vacheron Constantin timepiece: the Overseas black dial chronograph, the same as he was wearing on the red carpet of the Miami Vice Premiere in Los Angeles - Michael Mann had got Naomie Harris, British actress who plays a supporting role in Miami Vice, to go with him.