Richard Dreyfuss wears a Seiko Dancing Hands Quartz Chronograph

Dr. Leo Marvin has just published a book called Baby Steps and expects it to make him a household name. Richard Dreyfuss plays him in Frank Oz's What About Bob? (1991) as a composed, self-regarding psychiatrist whose calm comes apart once his patient Bob Wiley refuses to leave him alone, following him to his vacation house on Lake Winnipesaukee.

The watch on Marvin's wrist is a Seiko, a gold-tone quartz chronograph on a black leather strap. It is the 8M25 caliber, the one watch-spotters call the Dancing Hands for the small sub-register whose hands swing around to point at the mode in use, CHRONO, TIMER, ALARM, or TIME. Propstore sold it among Marvin's screen-worn things, his Harvard towel and Polo jacket and appointment book. It is a precise, slightly fussy gadget of a watch, which is the most Dr. Leo Marvin object imaginable.