Adam Buxton wears an unidentified watch

Tim Messenger checks his watch at 2:58 p.m. Two minutes later, a piece of the church steeple lands on his head. Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz (2007) is a comedy about a perfect English village that stays perfect by murdering anyone who lowers the tone, and Adam Buxton plays the local newspaper journalist who gets eliminated before he can tell Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) what he knows.

The watch is a vintage-style piece with a cushion-shaped silver case, cream dial with Arabic numerals, and a small seconds subdial at six o'clock, on a black leather strap. Wright is precise about timing in his films, and the close-up of Messenger's watch reading 2:58 is part of that precision. The Sandford conspiracy runs on schedule. Messenger arrives on time for his own murder, and his watch confirms it.