Tenet (2020)

Tenet

Christopher Nolan's time-inversion thriller. Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time. (IMDb)

Watches

Hamilton Khaki BeLOWZERO

Worn by John David Washington as The Protagonist. Modified BeLOWZERO watches with colored seconds hands mark which direction their wearers move through time. Time+Tide corroborates the placement and its function, calling the BeLOWZERO "a crucial instrument for the characters while traversing timelines", the red and blue seconds-hand tips "signalling whether the character was progressing into the past or the future", and notes that whenever Washington and Pattinson "suit up in battle gear for a mission, the Khaki BeLOWZERO is always the watch on their wrists". (Time+Tide) Monochrome adds that the screen watch "was in development for 18 months at Swatch Group's Swiss lab" and that production designer Nathan Crowley was "instrumental in the on-screen watch's design". (Monochrome) Hamilton's product page for the titanium Khaki Navy BeLOWZERO H78505330, the production watch its watch-spotting feature calls the base for the prop, carries the credit for The Protagonist. (Hamilton; archived 2026; Hamilton watch spotting)

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Hamilton Jazzmaster Seaview Chrono Quartz

Worn by John David Washington as The Protagonist. The Protagonist's dress watch, worn in place of the modified BeLOWZERO when he needs to read as wealthy enough to earn a meeting with Andrei Sator. It is Hamilton's Jazzmaster Seaview Chrono Quartz, ref. H37512131, a 44mm steel quartz chronograph on a black dial, a real catalogue watch rather than a prop, unlike the inverted BeLOWZERO elsewhere in the film. The joke is that the disguise does not hold: the film has other characters read straight through his borrowed styling. (InsideHook; Hamilton; Montres de Luxe) Monochrome reported the Seaview before release: "a second Hamilton model appears in the movie as well – the Jazzmaster Seaview Chrono Quartz. Pay close attention to the trailer and you'll see it on the wrist of John David Washington." (Monochrome)

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Omega De Ville

Worn by Robert Pattinson as Neil. Neil wears a yellow-gold Omega De Ville with a co-axial movement; Montres de Luxe names no reference. (Montres de Luxe)

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Hamilton Khaki BeLOWZERO

Worn by Robert Pattinson as Neil. Neil wears the same modified BeLOWZERO as the Protagonist on the film's missions: Time+Tide's survey of Hamilton on screen states that "when John-David Washington and Robert Pattinson suit up in battle gear for a mission, the Khaki BeLOWZERO is always the watch on their wrists", the red or blue seconds-hand tip "signalling whether the character was progressing into the past or the future". No frame-level detail of Neil's colour is given. (Time+Tide)

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Hamilton Khaki Navy BeLOWZERO Tenet H78505331

Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Hamilton released two 888-piece BeLOWZERO editions with the film, blue-tipped seconds hands referencing the film's markers of temporal direction, in packaging by production designer Nathan Crowley; the watches worn on screen were modified stock BeLOWZEROs, not these editions. (Professional Watches)

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Hamilton Khaki Navy BeLOWZERO Tenet H78505332

Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Hamilton released two 888-piece BeLOWZERO editions with the film, red-tipped seconds hands referencing the film's markers of temporal direction, in packaging by production designer Nathan Crowley; the watches worn on screen were modified stock BeLOWZEROs, not these editions. (Professional Watches)

Official partnership product · Not shown in the work