George Clooney wears an unidentified watch

In the CBS-TV Studio 41 control room, Clooney's Fred Friendly wears a round-cased watch on a leather strap, barely visible against his rolled shirtsleeves. The whole film is in black and white — Clooney co-wrote, directed, and starred in this 2005 drama about Edward R. Murrow's on-air confrontation with Senator Joseph McCarthy — so the watch's color is lost. David Strathairn plays Murrow, and Clooney plays the producer behind the glass, the one telling the booth to keep rolling while Murrow lets McCarthy damn himself with his own words.

A 1950s newsroom producer would have worn whatever a CBS salary could afford. Clooney's own collection leans Omega (he's been a brand ambassador for years), but the period would call for something more modest. The brand on Friendly's wrist hasn't been identified.