American Sniper (2014)

American Sniper

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. (IMDb)

Watches

Casio G-Shock DW6600

Worn by Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle wears a Casio G-Shock DW-6600, the resin square issued to Navy SEALs through the 1990s and 2000s, Kyle's own era, after the Rolex Submariner fell out of the kit list. Introduced in 1994, it followed the earlier DW-5000 and DW-5600 squares SEALs had carried since the 1980s. The choice is grounded in the source material rather than styling: Kyle's own autobiography, which Clint Eastwood's film draws on, records his preference for a G-Shock on active service. (Time and Tide) Watches of Espionage captions a frame of Cooper's Kyle with the DW-6600-1V in its G-Shock history and, profiling astronaut Jonny Kim, says the film made the DW6600 famous with "several prominent onscreen appearances"; its survey of digital watches in the Global War on Terror calls the DW6600-1V the GWOT Navy SEAL watch through its association with Kyle. (Watches of Espionage; Watches of Espionage; Watches of Espionage)

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