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Help Identifying a wristwatch [The Big Bang Theory Sheldon]

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#1 ·
At last, a "help ID" thread - guess I must be the first :-d LOL :-d

I am a fan of the Big Bang Theory. Season 1 I watched and enjoyed. As with any other TV show, since I am into watches, I am eager to ID what I see/like

So, here is the question: what wristwatch is Sheldon Cooper wearing?

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My first two guesses were Bernhardt Officer and UNION Glasshutte Belisar GMT but my gut feeling is - it is neither one of those.

What would you say it is?

:think:
 
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Watch? Guy? All I see is a girl. A pretty girl.







(Definitely not a Bernhardt Officer. That bezel isn't even close, and the Officer would likely look huge on his nerdy, tiny wrists.)
 
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Watch? Guy? All I see is a girl. A pretty girl.







(Definitely not a Bernhardt Officer. That bezel isn't even close, and the Officer would likely look huge on his nerdy, tiny wrists.)
 
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^ I don't think we have to worry about Jim Parsons being fired. He really makes the show, and he's doing a terrific job to boot. The show had a weak spot in season 4, but thankfully recovered. I still think there's a lot of potential and much more to tell. Hopefully it'll continue on for a good solid 8-9 seasons.

I don't think Sheldon's watch is a Stauer. The Titanium Atomic linked is not it... similar, but there's a difference in the number of pushers. From what I could tell, he wears two different models, both analog. Both are black faced dials. One has a tan leather strap and the other a nylon mesh strap with leather accents. The nylon strap watch looks mostly plain, with a garish silver/gold bezel. It could very well be a cheap no-name. The tan leather one looks to have a more expensive design and might be a large chronograph. It has one crown and a pusher, at 3 and 4 o'clock positions. Decent lume covered hour and minute hands.

I put together a montage from a few hi-res photos I found on the Internet. None of them had any really good shots of the watches, so I had to upscale them. Hopefully there are enough visual cues that someone may be able to identify at least the chronograph.



Looks like Rajesh is wearing a Casio calculator watch. Howard wears some innocuous thin white faced analog. And Leonard might be wearing a Suunto (rather large negative display LCD with silver casing).
 
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Looks like Rajesh is wearing a Casio calculator watch. Howard wears some innocuous thin white faced analog. And Leonard might be wearing a Suunto (rather large negative display LCD with silver casing).
Leonard wears an Suunto X-Lander.
 
#22 · (Edited)
I am a fan of the Big Bang Theory. Season 1 I watched and enjoyed. As with any other TV show, since I am into watches, I am eager to ID what I see/like

So, here is the question: what wristwatch is Sheldon Cooper wearing?
My first two guesses were Bernhardt Officer and UNION Glasshutte Belisar GMT but my gut feeling is - it is neither one of those.

What would you say it is?

:think:
I didn't think Sheldon would wear anything as INACCURATE as a meCHAnical watch. It would have to show the correct time all the time... or ELSE!
Try saying that with a Texas Twang.
 
#24 ·
^ Yep, good call. I can appreciate Leonard wearing one of those. He's into gadgets. Sheldon on the other hand would probably find all of that functionality superfluous (he doesn't hike, probably finds out the weather on-line, and never needs a compass because someone is always with him who knows where they are going). I could see him wearing a GW-M5600, though (classic G-Shock design, conservative in appearance, and featuring solar recharging for far fewer battery changes and atomic sync for superb accuracy).
 
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"The Big Bang Theory: The Loobenfeld Decay (#1.10)" (2008)

Penny: Sheldon, have you any idea what time it is?
Sheldon Cooper: Of course I do. My watch is linked to the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. It's accurate to one-tenth of a second. But as I'm saying this, it occurs to me that you may have again been asking a rhetorical question.
 
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#33 · (Edited)
Alright guys, big fan of Big Bang and watchuseek. Like you all, I myself was wondering about the time piece that Sheldon's been featuring but when I searched the net I hit a wall. No one have yet figured it out. So, I did my own reasearch and after, doing some extensive digging, I think I have cracked the Sheldon's wrist watch mystery.

In the current/later production of the show, he has been wearing a Swiss Military Wenger Commando City Dual Time Watch (#74714):



In the early episodes, however, he was wearing a Wenger with Green Nylon Strap.

Hope this helps some of you satisfying your curiosity. Have fun!
 
#34 · (Edited)
Alright guys, big fan of Big Bang and watchuseek. I was also wondering about the time piece that Sheldon's been featuring but when I did the search I hit a wall. No one have yet figured it out. So, I did my own reasearch and after, doing some extensive research, I think I have cracked the Sheldon's wrist watches mystery. In the current/later production of the show, he has been wearing a Swiss Military Wenger Commando City Dual Time Watch:



In the early episodes, however, he was wearing a Wenger with Green Nylon Strap.

Hope this helps some of you satisfying your curiosity. Have fun!
 
#44 · (Edited)
Alright guys, big fan of Big Bang and watchuseek. I was also wondering about the time piece that Sheldon's been featuring but when I did the search I hit a wall. No one have yet figured it out. So, I did my own reasearch and after, doing some extensive research, I think I have cracked the Sheldon's wrist watches mystery. In the current/later production of the show, he has been wearing a Swiss Military Wenger Commando City Dual Time Watch:

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Bingo! That has to be it. Pushers are spot on. And in some of the photos, it looks like there is a silver bordered red square at the 12 o'clock position. The subsequent photo you posted also makes it clear that there's a date window at 6 o'clock, not to mention that the dual time subdial on the left is larger than the right subdial. Great work and thanks for all the effort to figure this out! :-!
 
#37 · (Edited)
I have seen it from every angle possible but the sub-dials are not that legible because of the matching background color matching the main dial. You can also see the flush crystal to the bezel in the pics. In one of the episodes I could also clearly see the Wenger's red cross emblem on top of the watch dial. I am quite sure this is it. Thanks,