Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)

This is the original TV Asahi series. For the 2024 franchise finale, see Doctor-X: The Movie Final (2024).

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (ドクターX 〜外科医・大門未知子〜) is TV Asahi's long-running medical drama, premiering in October 2012 and running seven seasons through 2021 before closing the franchise with the 2024 theatrical film. Ryoko Yonekura stars as Michiko Daimon, an unaffiliated freelance surgeon who moves between hospitals rather than climbing any one institution's hierarchy, taking on the operations staff surgeons refuse and closing every episode with her catchphrase: "I never fail." The show pairs that structure, an outsider cutting through medical-establishment politics case by case, with Daimon's own flamboyant wardrobe and manner, deliberately at odds with a surgeon's usual buttoned-down image. (IMDb)

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Cartier Ballon Bleu

Worn by Ryoko Yonekura as Michiko Daimon. Daimon wears a steel Cartier Ballon Bleu through the first season, given a several-second close-up in the second episode that Montres de Luxe calls clear product placement; the outlet also notes the character switches to a Cartier Tank Anglaise from season two onward. No reference is given. (Montres de Luxe)

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Cartier Tank Anglaise

Worn by Ryoko Yonekura as Michiko Daimon. Montres de Luxe's Ballon Bleu article also records Daimon's watch change: from the second season onward she wears a Cartier Tank Anglaise, again with no reference stated. (Montres de Luxe)

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Cartier Panthère de Cartier SM WGPN0006

Worn by Ryoko Yonekura as Michiko Daimon. For the sixth season (2019), Konta Watch Blog identifies Daimon's watch as a small 18K rose gold Panthère de Cartier, Ref. WGPN0006. Its frame shows a small square gold case on a gold link bracelet at her wrist; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony 1110U/000R-B085

Worn by Ittoku Kishibe as Akira Kanbara. For the sixth season (2019), Konta Watch Blog identifies the watch on Akira Kanbara, the head of the physician-placement office who sends Daimon out, as a pink gold Vacheron Constantin Patrimony manual-winding model, Ref. 1110U/000R-B085. Its frame shows a thin round rose-gold case with a white dial on a dark strap as his hands rest on a pale wooden box; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Dual Time 112541

Worn by Masao Kusakari as Kagenobu Uchikanda. In the fifth season (2017), Konta Watch Blog identifies the watch on Japan Medical Club chairman Kagenobu Uchikanda as a Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Dual Time, Ref. 112541, the steel version with a red gold bezel. Its frame shows a steel case with a silver dial on a black strap, half under the cuff of his striped suit as he hands over a document; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Cartier Tank Must

Worn by Ryoko Yonekura as Michiko Daimon. Probable identification. For the seventh season (2021), the Nakano Broadway watch dealer Renzu, writing on the night of the season premiere, identifies Daimon's watch as the small steel Cartier Tank Must on its bracelet, Ref. WSTA0051, from the 2021 relaunch of the line, while allowing that it could be the large model, Ref. WSTA0052; the case size, and with it the reference, is not settled. Konta Watch Blog, posting a week later, names the same small-model WSTA0051; its frame shows a small rectangular steel case with a pale dial on a steel link bracelet at her wrist. Precious's episode-by-episode wardrobe columns for the season credit Daimon's watch to Cartier in episodes 3 and 5, without naming a model. (Renzu; Precious; Precious; Konta Watch Blog)

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Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic M0A10468

Worn by Mansai Nomura as Ryutaro Hachisuka. In the seventh season (2021), Konta Watch Blog identifies the watch on Ryutaro Hachisuka, the internal-medicine chief running Toutei University Hospital as acting director, as a Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic, Ref. M0A10468. Its frame shows a round steel case with a dark blue gradient dial on a steel bracelet as he steeples his fingers over his white coat and hospital lanyard; the reference is not legible in the frame and rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Raymond Weil Freelancer 2780-STC-20001

Worn by Mansai Nomura as Ryutaro Hachisuka. Later in the seventh season, Konta Watch Blog identifies a second watch on Hachisuka, a Raymond Weil Freelancer with an open balance aperture, Ref. 2780-STC-20001. Its frame shows a round steel case with a black dial, the aperture visible below the hands, on a black leather strap as he holds a tablet against his white coat; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Bvlgari Aluminium Chronograph 103383

Worn by Kei Tanaka as Hikaru Morimoto. Returning to the seventh season (2021) as Hikaru Morimoto, now a surgeon turned medical influencer, Kei Tanaka wears what Konta Watch Blog identifies as a Bvlgari Aluminium Chronograph, Ref. 103383. Its frame shows a chronograph with a pale dial and three black sub-counters inside a black rubber bezel, on a black rubber strap at the cuff of his white coat; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Hamilton American Classic Spirit of Liberty H42415551

Worn by Kazutoyo Koyabu as Tadashi Kuwagata. In the seventh season (2021), Konta Watch Blog identifies the watch on Tadashi Kuwagata, Hachisuka's internal-medicine sidekick, as a Hamilton American Classic Spirit of Liberty Auto, Ref. H42415551. Its frame shows a round steel case with a white dial on a brown leather strap as another character's hand rests on his across a table; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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Tendence Gulliver Medium TY939002

Worn by Mayu Miyamoto as Risa Abukawa. In the seventh season (2021), Konta Watch Blog identifies the watch on first-year resident Risa Abukawa as a white Tendence Gulliver Medium, Ref. TY939002. Its frame shows a white silicone strap and a pale dial ringed by large raised silver numerals on her crossed wrists, over a red top and hospital lanyard; the reference rests on the blog alone. (Konta Watch Blog)

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