File:The American (2010) - Omega Speedmaster Professional scene.jpg

Summary

Description: Scene frame from The American (2010): Jack (George Clooney), bare-handed and dressed in a white shirt, works a flat screwdriver into a metal shaft-and-gear assembly on the workbench during the film's extended rifle-building sequence -- the same workshop stretch Hodinkee's "Watching Movies" feature describes as giving the watch "a clear close-up shot" while Jack times the build. The Omega Speedmaster Professional on its black leather strap is fully visible and in sharp focus on his raised wrist, dial and case legible (OMEGA text, subdials, tachymeter bezel all readable). This is a different moment than the previously used driving frame -- an independently authentic instance of the watch from elsewhere in the recurring-object motif this page's notes already describe, chosen for its dramatically clearer legibility over the previous frame's soft focus. Source URL: https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2013/05/American_Speedmaster.jpg (embedded in https://wornandwound.com/watches-on-the-screen-the-american/) Source publisher: Worn & Wound ("Watches on the Screen: The American", May 2013); the underlying screen capture carried a third-party "watchesinmovies.info / YouTube HD" watermark at retrieval, indicating Worn & Wound itself reposted a capture made by that watch-spotting channel. Underlying film copyright is Focus Features. Retrieved: 2026-08-15 License or editorial purpose: Fair-use identification and commentary on the watch appearance. Modifications: Losslessly cropped the bottom edge from the 1200x490 image as retrieved to 1200x425 to excise the third-party "watchesinmovies.info / YouTube HD" watermark strip (confirmed confined to the bottom-right corner, outside the watch/wearer area); no resize, recompression beyond a standard JPEG re-save, sharpening, upscaling, or reconstruction. Resulting frame is 1200x425 (2.82:1), wider than the film's native 2.35:1 theatrical ratio; this reflects a crop already present in the image as retrieved, not a compositional crop performed for this catalog. Related page: The American (2010)