James Spader wears a Rolex Day-Date

Lee Woods kills people for a living and dresses like he is heading to a gallery opening. James Spader plays the meticulous assassin in John Herzfeld's 1996 ensemble crime thriller, a film that weaves a dozen characters across two chaotic days in the San Fernando Valley. The cast is stacked: Danny Aiello as a washed-up hitman partnered with Spader, Charlize Theron in an early role as a scheming model, Jeff Daniels as a suicidal screenwriter, and Teri Hatcher as an ex-wife caught in the crossfire.

A watch-spotting site identifies the watch on Spader's wrist as a Rolex Day-Date, which would be the most on-brand choice possible for this character. Rolex introduced the Day-Date in 1956 as its flagship dress watch, the first wristwatch to spell out both the day and the date in full, and it has only ever come in precious metals, gold or platinum, never steel. On a hired killer who takes professional pride in his appearance, that kind of cold vanity is exactly the point, the sort of man who would care about the difference between a steel Datejust and a gold Day-Date.