The Story Behind Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer Watches (Tick, Tick... Boom)

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The Story Behind Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer Watches (Tick, Tick... Boom)
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Time – or at least a big countdown – is key to the plot of Christopher Nolan's new filmNolan is noted for his exacting approach to the costumes and props, something that also extends to his character's watches.– a model that felt like a retro piece but was designed for the film with Nolan’s input, amalgamating details from watches in the back catalogue of its makers, Hamilton.

Even given all that history, to get the watches just-so Hamilton apparently found its own museum stock wanting. Instead it tapped instead into its 'network of enthusiasts and collectors' to source 'six vintage references, leveraging period-specific timepieces from the 1930s and 1940s'.1930s Cushion BA gold-plated 1930s Cushion B model, named for its pillow-shaped chase, and measuring just 26.7mm x 26.7mm with a white cream dial on a brown lizard skin strap.

The watches are all tiny by today’s standards. Hamilton says it has no plans to reissue any of them, even upscaled. That's a shame – though, unlike, the company hasn't always been so quick to leverage the marketing opportunities of a movie tie-in.watch’, the 42mm Khaki Field Auto Automatic, nicknamed ‘the Murph’ after Mackenzie Foy’s character Murphy Cooper, eventually went into production in 2019 – a whole five years after the film came out.

After solid petitioning from fans, a smaller version – more befitting the field watch genre – was released in 2022. The so-called ‘Smurf’ measured 38mm and was

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