Real Watches in Manga

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A Speedmaster lent to Mutta, a TAG Heuer named in dialogue and a Breitling altered for Tonegawa’s cheating: three manga appearances offer different routes to a watch’s identity.

ByIMWDb Editorial25 October 2026

Jotaro on VIZ’s Stardust Crusaders volume 1 cover. The dialogue and panels below provide the watch evidence.

Mutta’s Speedmaster in Space Brothers

Begin’s account of volume 33 identifies the watch passed from Eddie to Mutta in Space Brothers as an Omega Speedmaster Professional. Eddie lends it to Mutta as a commander’s badge; the official character account records his condition that Mutta return it on Earth.

Eddie lends Mutta the watch in volume 33. The Japanese dialogue calls it a commander’s badge and connects its design to Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 watch. Chūya Koyama / Kodansha.

The exact reference remains open. Calling it a Speedmaster Professional does not establish its movement generation or caseback, and the model sold alongside a magazine feature may differ from the one drawn.

Jotaro’s named brand

Jotaro’s watch in Stardust Crusaders is named as TAG Heuer in dialogue. The family is less certain. A Japanese comparison proposes an S/el, while the existing IMWDb record uses 2000 Professional. Neither name should be treated as a settled reference on the strength of the brand mention.

The Steely Dan encounter names TAG Heuer in dialogue. The excerpt establishes the brand, without resolving the watch family. Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha.

That uncertainty carries into comparisons with the television version. A clearer anime frame can show what the animators drew; it cannot supply missing detail in Hirohiko Araki’s original panel.

Tonegawa’s altered Breitling

In Kaiji, the Chronomat’s subsidiary dials become displays for physiological readings used against Kaiji. Fukumoto’s interview with Breitling names reference 13050. The reference is confirmed; the physiological readouts are fictional.

The chapter 123 image rewards a closer look even with that answer in hand. Its subdials, date aperture and raised bezel details survive the drawing’s exaggerated perspective. The watch is enlarged against Tonegawa’s face until it competes with his expression. Here, the mechanism of the deception gets its own close-up.

The chapter 123 image places the Chronomat beside Tonegawa’s face. The real reference supplies the design; the physiological displays belong to the fiction. Nobuyuki Fukumoto / Kodansha.

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