Hamilton watches to appear in last Indiana Jones film

Two Hamilton watches will appear in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, one is worn by Indy himself! Read how Hamilton is connected to James Bond and other movies, and which watches appear in the Indiana Jones film.

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

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Legendary movie character Indiana Jones is returning to the big screen June 30 with the final installment of the iconic franchise: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Indiana Jones, played for the last time by Harrison Ford, wears a Boulton, Hamilton’s iconic timepiece from the 1940s.

Official Hamilton x Indiana Jones ad

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Hamilton and James Bond

Hamilton is a Swiss watch brand with American heritage, owned by the Swatch Group (the global watch company that also owns Omega, Bond's watch brand since 1995).

For over 90 years, Hamilton timepieces have been featured on the wrists of prominent movie characters.

Roger Moore as James Bond wore a Hamilton Pulsar P2 2900 LED, the first ever digital watch, in the movie Live And Let Die in 1971. The groundbreaking watch makes a full-screen appearance in the very first scene of the film.

The watch can be seen on Bond's wrist when M comes knocking at Bond's door and 007 checks his Pulsar watch to see what time it is: 5:48 am.

James Bond wears the groundbreaking Hamilton Pulsar P2 2900 LED in Live And Let Die (1971)

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Bond demonstrates how the watch works: to see the time, he pushes the button on the side of the watch, so that the LED time lights up. Bond demonstrates this twice, to make sure the audience sees this neat feature of the watch.

Pulsar was created and owned by the Hamilton Watch Company in the early 1970s. In 1978, Seiko (a brand also seen in many Bond films) acquired the Pulsar brand.

Several Hamilton watches are worn in later Bond films by other characters: in Quantum of Solace (2008) Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter wears a Hamilton Khaki X-Wind Automatic and Giancarlo Giannini as René Mathis wears a Hamilton Khaki Field.

Hamilton watches have appeared in several recent James Bond films

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In SkyFall (2012), Judi Dench as M wears a Hamilton Jazzmaster Lady Quartz. And in the 2021 Bond film No Time To Die, Dali Benssalah as Primo wears a Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman Auto.
 

Hamilton in other movies

Examples of other Hamilton watch appearances in films are the triangular Ventura model worn by Elvis in some of his 1960s movies (Ventura watches are also worn in the Men In Black movies). A custom Hamilton appears in the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. More recent examples are the Hamilton watches seen in Independence Day: Resurgence, Die Hard 5, Interstellar, and the Hamilton Khaki Navy BeLOWZERO seen in The Martian (2015) and Tenet (2019) where it gets a lot of screen-time.

Hamilton Boulton 

In 2023, Hamilton finds itself once again on one of film’s great adventurers. Hamilton worked closely with prop master Ben Wilkinson (who also worked on the James Bond film No Time To Die), to ensure the watches in Indiana Jones seamlessly tied to the time period of the costumes designed by Joanna Johnston (who has an incredible CV, from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Back To The Future II and III and Forrest Gump to Valkyrie, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Jurassic World: Dominion, just to name a few).

Hamilton Boulton is a fitting accessory for Indiana Jones

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Along with his whip and fedora, the Hamilton Boulton perfectly captures the essence of the Indiana Jones persona. With his inquisitive mind and thirst for noble pursuits, Indy is known for his talent to escape dangers just in the nick of time. In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the Hamilton Boulton accompanies the professor and times his escapes as he tackles new adventures.

Hamilton American Classic Boulton H13431553

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First introduced in the 1940s, the Hamilton Boulton is one of the most quintessential watches within the American Classic collection.

Reinvented several times, the Boulton has been modernized while maintaining its distinctive cushion-shaped case, bringing the Arc Deco aesthetic into today’s world.

Hamilton Boulton with its distinctive cushion-shaped case was first introduced in the 1940s

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The watch features a white dial with a small second subdial and iconic serif style numerals.

The same model Boulton was also worn by Chris Evans in The Gray Man in 2022.

The Hamilton Boulton H13431553 is available online at Hamilton for $695 / €775.

Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba

The other Hamilton watch worn in the Indiana Jones movie is a  Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba, worn by Antonio Banderas who plays Indy's old friend Renaldo, a boat captain in the film.

Rugged and versatile, the Khaki Navy Scuba is ready to face the tough environments on your wrist or make a cameo in a movie. At home in any setting, this adventure-driven piece can be yours in a multitude of sizes and styles.

Not much has been released about which custom changes were made to the Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba in the movie, so we will have to wait and see the film!

The Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba can be ordered on the Hamilton website for $795.

For more on Hamilton in Indiana Jones and other movies, visit hamiltonwatch.com.