About Watch Cameo

Watch Cameo is a catalogue of the watches worn by fictional characters in films and TV series. Costume designers choose watches deliberately — a wrist can tell you as much about a character as a line of dialogue. We track down those watches, document the scenes they appear in, and explain why they fit the character.

The site was founded by a watch enthusiast who wanted to identify every timepiece on screen — and got tired of digging through forum threads to do it.

How we verify identifications

Every entry carries one of two badges:

• Confirmed — the reference has been verified via an official source: a production interview, a behind-the-scenes photo, brand press material, or solid watch-forum consensus.
• Unconfirmed — the watch has been visually identified from screen frames but not officially confirmed. We tell you exactly why we think it's the right call, and we update the entry if better evidence appears.

Know a watch we haven't covered? Submit a sighting — tips from viewers are how the catalogue grows. Spotted a mistake or have a better screen grab? Use the contact page.

Affiliate disclosure

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy a watch, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This is how the site stays free and ad-light. Affiliate links never influence which watches we cover, how we identify them, or how we label verification status. Entries are researched and written first; links are added after.

Support the site

If Watch Cameo helped you put a name to a wrist, the best support right now is free: share an entry with a fellow watch or film nerd, or send us a tip about a watch we haven't covered via the contact page. A proper way to chip in financially is in the works and will appear here.