Pedro Pascal wears a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control

Harry Castillo's second JLC in Materialists. Where the Reverso Tribute Chronograph is a conversation piece with its flipping case, the Master Control Chronograph Calendar ref. Q413257J is the quieter watch. Calibre 759 movement, round case, chronograph with a full calendar. It costs around $14,500, which is less than the Reverso but still well above what most people spend on a watch. The character wears both across the film, which tells you something about how Celine Song thinks about Harry. He is not a man with one good watch. He is a man with a collection.

JLC made its name in complications. The company has produced over 1,200 different calibres since 1833, more than almost any other manufacturer. The Master Control line is their less showy range, designed to look like a normal dress watch that happens to have several hundred parts inside. The chronograph and calendar functions are useful, but they are also a way of saying "I know what this is" to anyone paying attention. In a romantic comedy about a matchmaker, the accessories are doing character work.