Doctor Strange (2016)

Doctor Strange

After a car crash damages his hands, neurosurgeon Stephen Strange searches for a treatment and begins studying the mystic arts. (IMDb)

Watches

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Perpetual

Worn by Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange. Strange lifts the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Perpetual from his watch winder for a closer look; later in the film its shattered case survives the car crash that ends his surgical career. Montres de Luxe notes the case back is engraved "Au fil du temps tu comprendras combien je t'aime. Christine" ("Time will tell you how much I love you. Christine"), tying the piece to Christine Palmer. (Montres de Luxe) Hodinkee, crediting props to Barry Gibbs, times three looks at the watch: 00:10:34 as the tuxedoed Strange takes it from the drawer and the dial reads clearly, 00:34:15 as he pulls it from a tattered pocket, and 01:44:33 as he straps it on over his costume for the final act. It reports that "According to JLC, this is a truly one-of-a-kind watch, a piece unique", that the caseback marks it a Special Edition, describes a white dial on a black strap under a sapphire shattered in the crash, and renders the engraving as "Time will tell how much I love you – Christine", a slightly different wording from the back-translation above. (Hodinkee) Bob's Watches, reviewing the film on release, likewise puts the Master Ultra Thin Perpetual on Strange "for most of the movie" and reads the drawer as a mechanical enthusiast's collection, each piece "stored in watch winders". (Bob's Watches) Wrist Enthusiast gives the reference as "Ref. 130842j". (Wrist Enthusiast)

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Rolex Daytona 116520

The winder Strange opens holds more than the perpetual calendar he lifts out of it, and a steel Cosmograph Daytona sits among the rest: the pre-ceramic generation with an engraved metal bezel, which Rolex replaced the year the film opened. It is displayed in the winder rather than worn in this shot. (SwissWatchExpo; Bob's Watches) Hodinkee reads the drawer's clearest piece as "what looks like a white dial pre-ceramic Daytona", naming no reference. (Hodinkee) Wrist Enthusiast likewise sees in the box "a stainless steel Rolex Daytona 116520 with steel bezel and white dial". (Wrist Enthusiast)

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 Rouge Q278856J

The same watch-winder drawer that holds the Master Ultra Thin Perpetual and the steel Daytona also carries a red-dial Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931, its distinctive rouge dial legible on screen. thewatchblog.net identifies it as the 2012 Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi boutique-exclusive execution of the piece, ref. Q278856J, a limited colorway sold only through JLC's Tokyo flagship. It is displayed in the winder rather than worn in this shot. (thewatchblog.net) Bob's Watches also picks a Reverso out of the drawer without naming a model: "we did spot a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, TAG Heuer Monaco, and our favorite, a Rolex Daytona". (Bob's Watches) Wrist Enthusiast weighs the red-dial watch as either a Cartier Tank or a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso and favours the Reverso "due to the wideness of the top and bottom of the case". (Wrist Enthusiast)

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TAG Heuer Monaco CW2112.FC6177

A silver-dialled, square-cased Monaco also sits in the drawer. thewatchblog.net proposes the 2003-era re-edition CW2112.FC6177 but hedges its own identification, writing that "the image isn't clear enough to say for certain" and that it is only "likely" this reference; the reference remains uncertain. (thewatchblog.net) Bob's Watches names a TAG Heuer Monaco among the drawer's pieces, giving no reference. (Bob's Watches)

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