First Man (2018)

First Man

Damien Chazelle's biopic follows astronaut Neil Armstrong through the space program to his first steps on the Moon on July 20, 1969. (IMDb)

Watches

Omega Speedmaster ST105.003

Worn by Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong. Before the Moonwatch, Gosling's Armstrong wears the earlier pre-Professional 105.003 through the Apollo-program training scenes. Worn & Wound states plainly that "the 105.003 is worn by Gosling's Armstrong during his Apollo training at NASA," distinguishing it from the later Moon-mission reference; BAMF Style corroborates the same two-reference casting, noting Omega provided "four distinct models" and that Gosling would "wear on screen both the ST 105.003... and the ST 105.012." The 105.003 is the exact reference NASA flight-qualified in 1965, before the asymmetrical Professional case existed. (Worn & Wound; BAMF Style) Hodinkee, crediting props to Jonathan R. Hodges, reads the same two Speedmaster references on Armstrong, the 105.003 and the 105.012, both on the calibre 321, as the watches the real Armstrong wore "one to try and the other to fly", and notes the 105.003 was the last 38 mm Speedmaster. (Hodinkee)

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Omega Speedmaster ST105.003

Worn by Jason Clarke as Ed White. Thewatchblog.net identifies a 105.003 on Jason Clarke as Ed White during the training sequences alongside Gosling's Armstrong. Worn & Wound and BAMF Style establish that the real Ed White wore a 105.003 over his spacesuit during the Gemini 4 spacewalk in June 1965, not that Clarke wears one in the film. (thewatchblog.net) Hodinkee's column supplies the corroboration the identification previously lacked: "The film features Ed White himself (played by Jason Clarke), who dons that very eponymous watch." (Hodinkee)

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Omega Speedmaster Professional

Worn by Corey Stoll as Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin wears a Speedmaster at the Apollo 11 press conference, which Hodinkee times at 01:30:38: Armstrong sits flanked by Aldrin and Collins, Aldrin taking most of the questions, and "their Speedmasters – especially Armstrong's – are clearly visible on-wrist". Hodinkee names the Speedmaster and no reference for Aldrin. The real Aldrin's lunar-surface watch was a 105.012, the reference the page assigns to Gosling's EVA scenes, but the press-conference frame does not resolve which Speedmaster Stoll wears, so the appearance is recorded at family level. (Hodinkee) Worn & Wound's pre-release account of the four models Omega supplied says the ST 105.012 "will be worn on-screen by Gosling and the rest of the Apollo 11 crew", naming Corey Stoll as Aldrin and Lukas Haas as Collins, which would make this watch a 105.012 recreation; the press-conference frame does not confirm it, so the family-level record stands. (Worn & Wound)

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Omega Speedmaster Professional

Worn by Lukas Haas as Michael Collins. Collins is the third Speedmaster at the 01:30:38 press conference, where Hodinkee sees all three astronauts' Speedmasters on-wrist as they field questions. The column, written the week the real Collins died, notes that he was known to wear a Speedmaster reference 145.012, but attributes no reference to the film's watch, and the frame does not resolve one, so the appearance sits at family level. (Hodinkee) Worn & Wound's pre-release account of the four models Omega supplied says the ST 105.012 "will be worn on-screen by Gosling and the rest of the Apollo 11 crew", naming Corey Stoll as Aldrin and Lukas Haas as Collins, which would make this watch a 105.012 recreation; the press-conference frame does not confirm it, so the family-level record stands. (Worn & Wound)

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Omega Speedmaster ST105.012

Worn by Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong. For the Apollo 11 mission itself, Armstrong moves to the asymmetrical-case 105.012, the first Speedmaster to read "Professional" on the dial. Worn & Wound and BAMF Style both describe Omega supplying a period-correct recreation of this reference, worn over the spacesuit on an extended strap, for Gosling's EVA scenes; historically this is the same reference (though not the same individual watch) Buzz Aldrin wore on the lunar surface after Armstrong left his own 105.012 in the lunar module as a backup. BAMF Style separately ties this exact reference to a civilian, steel-bracelet appearance in the post-Gemini-8 NASA meeting scene, distinct from the spacesuit EVA context described above. (Worn & Wound; BAMF Style) Hodinkee times the press conference at 01:30:38, Armstrong flanked by Aldrin and Collins with their Speedmasters visible as they field questions, and notes the 105.012 as the first 42 mm Speedmaster, the first with crown guards and the first with "Professional" on the dial. (Hodinkee) Fratello's Speedmaster survey concurs that "Omega created the watch especially for this movie, as it is a mock-up of the original 105.012". (Fratello)

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Omega CK 2605

Worn by Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong. Armstrong's everyday watch in the domestic and early test-pilot scenes, worn where the Speedmaster belongs to training and flight. Omega supplied a period-correct 1954 CK 2605, a steel dress watch with a silver honeycomb dial, small seconds at six, applied rose-gold numerals and dauphine hands on a tan leather strap, standing in for the years before the Moonwatch existed. (Worn & Wound; BAMF Style) Hodinkee dates the CK 2605 only to the 1950s and places it in two early scenes, the NASA interview and the moment at 00:15:10 when the grounded Armstrong brings his hands to his face in disappointment and the watch comes into full view. (Hodinkee)

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