The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)

Oscar Wilde's Gothic novel follows Dorian Gray, whose portrait ages and decays while he remains outwardly youthful. (Open Library)

Watches

Waterbury keyless watch: Lord Henry jokes that Basil "always wore a Waterbury watch", using the inexpensive American watch as a social tell.

Source text: Lord Henry yawned. "Basil was very popular, and always wore a Waterbury watch." (Project Gutenberg ebook 174, Chapter XIX)