Big trouble in Little china - Jack's watch

[CHROMIUMDIOXIDE]

http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/wp...ohn_carpenter_big_trouble_in_little_china.jpg

Anyone able to identify this watch?

 

[charlie98210]

The link was dead.

Was this the photo?





here's an enlargement of the watch (very blurry, sorry)

 

[CHROMIUMDIOXIDE]

yeah, that's the one. thank-you & sorry about that.

 

[franz bolo]

Probably a Seiko. I'll check when I get home.

FB

 

[Ron Jr]

Looks like a Seiko 6105

 

[MooCriket]

Love the character, love the film Def. looks like a Seiko. I think I may have had one of those too.

 

[Luke Skyvader]

Looks like a Seiko 6105

The crown placement doesn't look right.

 

[tain669]

Its a Seiko alright. I owed one a while back...

 

[Akira]

Definitely not a Seiko. Could be just an obscure '70ies brand dive watch.

There's two Seiko 6105, 6105-8110, 6105-8000

Both had crown at 4:00. Seiko 6217 had crown at 3:00, none of the Seiko divers had numbered indices.

Too bad not a sharper pic to get some more details out of it.

Tim

 

[LeAngeSolitaire]

I'm pretty sure that's a 70's Breitling Superocean.

 

[CHROMIUMDIOXIDE]

Thanks to everyone who investigated this. My God, I really hope it's NOT the 70's Breitling Superocean! the price is outrageous! I thought the custom boots were expensive.

 

[Akira]

I'm pretty sure that's a 70's Breitling Superocean.

I think you are correct. Looks like it could most likely be that, as they had quite a few with numeric indices, and the layout of the logo/writing on dial, and bezel seem to match.

Tim

 

[franz bolo]

Not a Breitling Superocean. If so, post the pic of the correct watch. Too many details don't match up.

Akira's comment about an obscure 70's dive watch could be correct.

FB

 

[LeAngeSolitaire]

Not a Breitling Superocean. If so, post the pic of the correct watch. Too many details don't match up.

Akira's comment about an obscure 70's dive watch could be correct.

FB

That is a Breitling. That winged logo is unmistakeable.

I'm pretty sure that it's an earlier version of this watch:

 

[franz bolo]

That is a Breitling. That winged logo is unmistakeable.

I'm pretty sure that it's an earlier version of this watch:

It's definitely not any of those 3. Can you find a pic of the earlier version? The logo looks similar but the details aren't there.

FB

 

[LeAngeSolitaire]

Here is a 1982 variant:

 

[Akira]

Logo on older models was basically just an anchor in a circle, which is about size/shape of the one in the pic that he's wearing.

I've just not found a pic of one vintage, that has the numeric indices. But overall feel, it seems close to a Breitling.

What bugs me about the original pic, is that it does not look like the watch has open ended lugs, looks like a hooded lug case. (but could just be hard to see in that pic)

Tim

 

[franz bolo]

I've just not found a pic of one vintage, that has the numeric indices. But overall feel, it seems close to a Breitling.

There's the larger numbers 1-12 and also 13-24 on the face.

FB

 

[ARKM]

The movie has been released on blu-ray. Perhaps there is a close-up of the watch in one of the scenes.

 

[Sigma-LS]

I was just watching the Bluray and it doesn't actually seem to be much crisper than the DVD to me. I'll look around as I'm interested in this too.

EDIT: pulled from the scenes I remembered where the watch was front and center. Tried my best guys. Point out any scenes you would like me to go back and check out.