The Watches of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Part by Part

Manga watches

Parts 3–6 give Jotaro a named TAG Heuer, Giorno a Bvlgari-like watch and Rohan a Gucci confirmed by Araki. A later Jotaro watch remains unidentified, despite its resemblance to an Aquaracer.

ByIMWDb Editorial25 October 2026

VIZ’s Diamond is Unbreakable volume 1 cover. The original manga panels below span Parts 3–6.

Part 3: Jotaro’s TAG Heuer

The dialogue in the Steely Dan encounter identifies Jotaro’s watch as TAG Heuer. The narrower attribution is disputed: IMWDb’s Stardust Crusaders record calls it a 2000 Professional, while 1016watch-style proposes the S/el. The dialogue settles the maker; the two family attributions remain in conflict.

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

A bracelet can distinguish these candidates only when the links are drawn clearly enough. Substituting a frame from the later anime would answer a different question. The adaptation has its own watch drawings and its own identification problems.

Part 4: Rohan and the Gucci attribution

Rohan’s watch in Diamond is Unbreakable has a legible GUCCI name above its hands. Its Roman numerals and plain dial are visible in the manga close-up. In a 2011 interview with Houyhnhnm, Araki confirms the Gucci watch in Part 4’s climax, while explaining that Rohan was not conceived as a particular fan of the brand.

Rohan’s manga watch carries readable GUCCI lettering. Its Roman-numeral dial differs from the anime watch used in 5500M comparisons. Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha.

The brand is established; the model remains unresolved. Taokasu’s 5500M identification belongs to the differently drawn anime watch. It does not settle the reference in Araki’s original.

Part 5: Giorno’s Bvlgari-like watch

The close-up in Golden Wind chapter 572 comes after the group falls asleep under Requiem’s influence. Narancia is in Giorno’s body when he checks the watch. The wrist and watch are Giorno’s; the person reading the time is Narancia.

The dial and broad, lettered bezel resemble a Bvlgari Aluminium. The large numerals and date window strengthen that comparison, but the drawing’s altered lettering and stylized proportions make AL32TA a proposed reference. Case diameter cannot be recovered reliably from the size of a drawn wrist.

Digitally colored edition, chapter 572, collected in volume 62: the body swap makes Narancia the reader of Giorno’s watch. Its altered lettering keeps the Bvlgari reference a comparison. Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha.

Chapter 572 appeared in 1998, and Shueisha dates collected volume 62 to March 4, 1999. The series’ 1995 start date is not the date of this watch appearance.

Part 6: Jotaro’s unresolved diver

Jotaro’s late Stone Ocean watch has a numbered dive bezel, a triangular zero marker and a bracelet with narrow central links. The dial is distorted by rapidly moving hands. It supports a description of the design more readily than an exact identification.

The late Stone Ocean close-up shows the bezel and bracelet more clearly than the dial. The watch remains unidentified. Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha.

An Aquaracer comparison also runs into chronology. The manga ended before TAG Heuer introduced the Aquaracer name in 2004. A later Aquaracer may resemble the drawing, but that resemblance cannot establish it as Araki’s source. The watch remains unidentified.

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