Charlton Heston wears an unidentified watch

Charlton Heston plays Captain Matthew Garth in Midway, a naval officer caught between duty and family as the American fleet prepares to intercept the Japanese at one of World War II's decisive battles. Jack Smight directed this 1976 war film, which mixes historical footage with new scenes featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, and Robert Mitchum. Heston's character has a son dating a Japanese-American woman who gets sent to an internment camp, adding a personal storyline to the large-scale military action. The film recreates the June 1942 battle where American dive bombers sank four Japanese carriers and shifted the balance of the Pacific war. Heston was at the height of his career playing men in uniform, and Garth fits that mold: competent, conflicted, and stuck in a situation bigger than himself. His watch has not been identified.