Anybody else go and see ‘The Martian’ this last weekend?

Ridley Scott’s epic adaptation of Andy Weir’s book of the same name features a stranded astronaut (played by Matt Damon, nearly reprising his role from Interstellar) left alone on Mars, after a freak storm forces his team to abandon their mission and him, thinking him dead. Mark Watney awakes after the storm, miraculously still alive, and must figure out how to survive for years on supplies meant to last just 60 days.

Seriously, go see it if you haven’t. Or at least read the book – it’s awesome.

Space movies tend to feature some pretty cool wrist watches (that would make a good future post wouldn’t it?). The Omega Speedmaster (commonly known as ‘The Moon Watch’) is probably the most common sighting, but there’s definitely been many others. I hadn’t done any research before the movie concerning what watches were going to be featured, but I was keeping my eyes peeled throughout the film, figuring at some point they’d show Matt Damon looking awesome in his space suit and sporting some kind of awesome timepiece.

Sure enough, about three quarters of the way through the movie, there’s an in your face wrist shot of Watney’s Hamilton BelowZero watch, which he seems to be using to time how long his rover’s batteries need to charge.

In your face wrist shot of the Hamilton BelowZero.