File:Darkest Hour (2017) - Breguet Pocket Watch No. 765 scene.jpg

Summary

Description: Official production still from Darkest Hour (2017). Gary Oldman, in character as Winston Churchill, sits in a leather armchair in a wood-panelled study (Chartwell), cigar in hand, hands clasped over his waistcoat. The gold Albert-style chain of the Breguet Pocket Watch No. 765 prop is clearly visible, hooked through a waistcoat buttonhole and draped down into the watch pocket at his waist -- this is the standard worn position for a pocket watch (chain external, case carried in the pocket). IMPORTANT CAVEAT: the watch CASE itself is not visible in this frame -- only the chain/fob is shown, tucked into the pocket. I could not locate any official production photo or screencap (checked several other stills from this same production photo set, plus SJX Watches' and aBlogtoWatch's coverage) in which the case/dial is actually shown; the chain appears to be the recurring visible costume element for this prop across the material I found. The task brief for this item explicitly anticipated the watch might be "shown held, on a chain, or being checked, rather than worn on the wrist," so this is offered on that basis -- but a reviewer should confirm a chain-only view meets the bar before wiring it in, since the identifying case/dial is not visible. Source URL: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1NDI1NjU5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDczODA1NDM@._V1_.jpg Source publisher: Focus Features (photo by Jack English, per IMDb credit: "Photo by Jack English - © 2017 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED."); hosted at IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/mediaviewer/rm729108992/ Retrieved: 2026-08-10 License or editorial purpose: Copyrighted film/TV still used for identification and commentary on the watch worn in the scene (editorial fair use). Modifications: None. Delivered exactly as served by IMDb's image CDN (2048x1366, JPEG, ~2.8MP, under the 12.5MP thumbnail limit -- no resize, no crop, no format conversion). Related page: Darkest Hour (2017)