File:Unidentified Tom Peterson promotional watch.jpg

Summary

Description: Kurt Cobain's personal wristwatch, a novelty promotional item with a caricature portrait dial and "JAPAN MOVT" marking, offered at auction after his death. Source URL: https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/memorabilia/kurt-cobain-s-personally-owned-stage-and-screen-worn-wrist-watch/a/696-50010.s Source publisher: Heritage Auctions Retrieved: 2026-09-05 License or editorial purpose: Editorial identification fair use (auction-lot documentary photograph of the physical object, used to identify the watch cataloged on this page). Modifications: None Note: 474x600 source; this is the only known photograph of this unique, one-of-a-kind personal item, sold at auction, and no higher-resolution version is available. Archival exception to the 800px product-photo floor. Unidentified-page product image: This is a genuine photograph of the actual physical object (an auction-house lot photo of Kurt Cobain's real watch), not a scene frame or a stand-in for a resolved manufacturer identification. The page's brand=Unidentified reflects that the object carries no manufacturer name or mark (only a generic "Japan Movt" movement-origin marking), not that the object itself is unphotographed or unclear; the auction house's documented provenance and this same photograph are the basis for every claim the page makes. Related page: Unidentified Tom Peterson promotional watch