Jeremy Renner wears a Victorinox Airboss

Denis Villeneuve's Arrival (2016) is built around time and language: twelve alien craft appear around the world, and Jeremy Renner's theoretical physicist Ian Donnelly is paired with Amy Adams's linguist Louise Banks to work out how to talk to the heptapods inside. Donnelly handles the math and the physics while Banks handles the words.

The watch on his wrist has never been pinned down by the brands or the watch press. The identification comes from enthusiasts on a watch forum, who read it as a Victorinox Airboss chronograph, reference 241599: a 42mm titanium automatic pilot's chronograph made in a limited run of 300. No stronger source confirms it.