Board Thread:The Reference Desk/@comment-98.183.211.205-20131214034618/@comment-188432-20131215081844

I've checked the relevant episodes of Doctor Who Confidential and DWMSE 11. Nothing there. Obviously the "hero shot" of the watch is at the point of regeneration in The Parting of the Ways, when Nine looks at his glowing hand on the console. But I don't have good enough resolution even on the DVDs to quite see the make and brand. Maybe it someone has the upscaled Blu-ray version, they can blow it up enough to give us something.

But it's safe to assume that it's what's called a "tank watch", so named because tank drivers used to wear them in World War I and II. Certainly looks like either a Rolex or a Cartier. JFK famously used to wear a Cartier version. I can't quite make out the brand name, but I think it's Rolex because there don't seem to be enough letters for it to be Cartier. Also, Cartier fonts for the roman numerals tend to be much heavier than what appears to be the case in POTW. Regardless of manufacturer, you'd definitely call that a "tank watch" — which seems thoroughly appropriate for the Doctor born at the end of war.