Anyone have any luck finding Henry Jones Sr's pocket watch?
I'm guessing this one is going to be very hard to find an
exact match.
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That's something I would be very interested in!
What is the source/provenance of the photo above?
The strange thing about Senior's watch is that it seems to be different styles in different scenes.
As we know there are the ordinary open face pocket watches as seen above, and the "hunter case" watches.
With ordinary pocket watches the stem/winder is generally at 12 o'clock.
With Hunter Case watches the stem/winder is generally at 3 o'clock with the hinge at 9 o'clock.
So, in the biplane scene Senior pulls out his watch, the stem is at 12 o'clock and he looks at the face without having to open a cover, thus it's an ordinary open face watch.
But in the sidecar scene it's clearly a gold Hunter Case watch with the stem at 3 o'clock and the hinge at 9 o'clock and Connery flipping open the cover to see the face.
Here are three screen shots from the biplane scene showing the stem at 12 o'clock and Connery appearing to look at the face without having to open a cover, and a screen shot from the motorbyke scene showing the gold Hunter Case watch.
I realise that the sidecar scene was filmed "during post-production" and indeed Senior's hat, tie, and beard style are different in that scene than in the biplane scene. So it could be a different watch.
Or the possibility exists that a Hunter Case watch was used in the biplane scene, and Connery didn't bother to open the cover when he looked at it. We don't see the face well enough to know whether the watch has a cover or not.