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Do you fancy yourself a watch-spotting savant, particularly in identifying timepieces worn by Hollywood actors and actresses on the silver screen? Well, here’s your chance to prove it. We’ve compiled a dozen questions about watches in the movies for you to test your horological eye. Click here to take the quiz. Answers are at the bottom of the page. –watchtime.com

1. Which watch adorned the wrist of Josh Brolin’s character Bretton James in Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps?

a. Vacheron Constantin Les Historique merican 1921

b. Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionelle Calibre 2755

c. Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph

d. IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar

Bonus question: What did Michael Douglas wear as Gordon Gekko?

Josh Brolin plays Bretton James in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. –moviefanatic.com photo

Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko (left) and Shia LaBeouf as Jacob Moore in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). –Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

2. What was on Denzel Washington’s wrist in The Taking of Pelham 123?

a. Ball Trainmaster

b. Ball Spacemaster

c. Omega Seamaser

d. Victorinox Dive Master

Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham 123 –eonline.com photo

3. How did Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury keep track of time in this year’s hit The Avengers?

a. Lunatic iPod Nano watch

b. Jaeger Le-Coultre Master Compresson Navey SEALs

c. Tag Heuer Mikrotimer

d. Piaget Polo

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in “The Avengers” –watchtime.com photo

4. What was George Clooney wearing when he was Up In The Air?

a. Omega Constellation

b. Omega DeVille Hour Vision

c. Omega Aqua Terra

d. Omega Planet Ocean

George Clooney in Up in the Air Photograph: Allstar/Dreamworks pictures/Sportsphoto Ltd –guardian.co.uk photo

5. Which watch did Leonardo DiCaprio’s character “Cobb” choose for invading dreams in 2010’s Inception?

a. Tag Heuer Link Chronograph

b. Tag Heuer Silverstone Chronograph

c. Tag Heuer Carrera Automatic

d. Tag Heuer Monaco V4

Leonardo DiCaprio in one of the scenes in the movie “Inception” –eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/ photo

6. In Iron Man 2, Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark wore an amazing suit and a…

a. JLC AMVOX 3 Tourbillion

b. JLC Master Grand Tourbillion 1833

c. JLC Reverso Grande 985

d. All of the above

Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in Iron Man 2 –Photo courtesy of comics101.com

7. Playing methodical killer “Vincent” in Collateral, what did Tom Cruise use to track the minutes between hits?

a. IWC Vintage Ingenieur Automatic

b. IWC Aquatimer

c. Tag Heuer Monaco Chronograph

d. Tag Heuer Carrera Chronograph

Tom Cruise in Collateral –ioffer.com

8. In 1985’s Back To The Future, Michael J Fox as Marty McFly traveled in time wearing which watch?

a. Casio CA-50 calculator watch

b. Texas Instruments LED watch

c. Timex digital chrono-alarm

d. Armitron Alpha

Bonus question: What did Christopher Lloyd’s Dr Emmett Brown wear?

Michael J Fox (above) as Marty McFly in 1985′s Back to the Future movie and Christopher Lloyd (below) as Dr Emmett Brown– pocketcalculatorshow.com photos

9. In the movie 2012, John Cusack’s Jackson Curtis tracked what seemed like Earth’s final minutes with which watch?

a. Breitling Navitimer

b. Rolex GMT Master II

c. Omega Speedmaster

d. IWC Pilot Mark XVI

John Cusack in the movie 2012–primaryignition.com photo

10. In The Bank Job, what did Jason Statham’s character Terry Leather wear?

a. Omega Planet Ocean Chronograph

b. Breitling Chrfonomat B01

c. Panerai Radiomir Egiziano Special Edition

d. Tag Heuer Monaco Automatic Chronograph

A still photo from The Bank Job (2008) starring Jason Statham –criticapproved.com photo

11. In 2011’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, actor Jeffrey Wright, who also plays Felix Leiter opposite Daniel Craig’s James Bond, portrayed William Black. Which watch did his character wear?

a. Omega Seamaster

b. Omega Planet Ocean

c. Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer

d. Hamilton Khaki Officer Automatic

Jeffrey Wright as William Black in Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Francois Duhamel –Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

12. Which watch did Tom Cruise rely on as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol?

a. Casio G-Shock Mr. G

b. Rolex Deepsea

c. Tudor Heritage Chronograph

d. IWC Aquatimer Galapagos IE

Bonus question: What was Jeremy Renner’s character William Brandt wearing?

Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, in Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol –Photo courtesy of allmoviephoto.com

Jeremy Renner plays Brandt in Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions –beyondhollywood.com photo

ANSWERS:

1. A

Bonus: Jaeger Le-Coultre everso

2. A

3. D

4. B

5. C

6. D

7. A

8. A

Bonus: Seiko Training Timer

9. D

10. D

11. A

12. C

Bonus: Rolex Submariner

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