File:Hawking (2004) - Omer gold watch scene.jpg

Summary

Description: Close-up insert shot from the 2004 BBC television film Hawking. A vintage gold-cased Omer dress watch on a black leather strap is held between fingers/thumb, turned to face camera. The dial clearly reads "OMER" with a smaller line beneath (partially legible, consistent with "Ancre 17 Rubis") and "ANTIMAGNETIC" near 6 o'clock, applied Arabic numerals at 10/12/2 alternating with faceted baton indices — all matching the watch documented on the Omer gold watch page. This is a held/handled shot, not worn on the wrist: only a thumb and part of a hand are in frame, and the actor's face is not visible in this frame. Identity of the hand as Benedict Cumberbatch (playing Stephen Hawking) rests on the single-source attribution from watch-id.com, which captions the frame "In the film Hawking, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who portrays Stephen Hawking in the film, wears a vintage gold Omer watch" and credits the photo to the BBC; this is the same source and identification already used for the infobox image on the local Omer gold watch page, which independently describes the watch as "held in close-up by Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Hawking ... turned over in the fingers." No competing identification or disclaiming source was found. Treat the actor identification as reasonably but not ironclad confirmed given the absence of face-in-frame. Source URL: https://www.watch-id.com/sightings/omer-gold-watch-benedict-cumberbatch-hawking Source publisher: Watch-ID.com (frame credited "photo © BBC") Retrieved: 2026-08-11 License or editorial purpose: Editorial/identification commentary — non-free screencap used to document an on-screen watch sighting, consistent with existing use of the same source image on the Omer gold watch infobox. Modifications: None (no letterbox/pillarbox bars present; verified row/column mean and std at all four edges, all read well above near-zero/low-std thresholds). Related page: Hawking (2004)