#bucks watch

[stagefoureddiediaz]

hey did you notice when they show buck looking at his watch at the end of the ep, the minute indicators(idk what its called) on the outside of the watch dont match up with their correct places? is that a design choice™ or is it broken in some way? does it mean anything?

Hey Nonnie

I did indeed notice that the numbers are out of alignment around the outside of the watch

those numbers are on a turning bezel and I would guess its just something that happened naturally rather than being a deliberate choice (although at this point i wouldn't count anything out when it comes to this shows set, props and costume teams!)

I used to have a watch that did this and it messed with the ocd aspect of my ADHD something fierce - I hated if the dial wasn't in the correct place!

This type of bezel comes from diving watches - the idea being that you line up the 60/0 (or in the case of Bucks watch the + in a box) with the minute hand when undertaking a dive so that you can see how much oxygen is left in your tank (a tank usually has around 60 minutes of supply in it) based on how long you've been under water and so you can make sure you end your dive at the right time.

If we did take a moment to spiral and speculate and go with the idea that it's been set up to that location intentionally then the suggestion is that Buck has used up nearly 40 minutes of his 1 hour time limit/oxygen supply. Now considering there is supposedly an episode with water coming up in 6b the diving analogy and the idea of running out of air/time isn't actually that far fetched - and you know what happens when you run out of air - you become unconscious - so maybe the dial is trying to foreshadow coma Buck as a result of whatever happens in the episode involving water. The tsunami callbacks have been increasingly loud in season 6 so it's actually not beyond the realms of posibility!

Hell if this insane theory plays out I will really be screaming and sending the costume team all of the flowers. However I'm inclined to remain sensible and say this is just a bit of fun and that dial is just in that location by coincidence!

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Hey Kym! Hope you're having a great week. Costume question about 5x18. I know you've talked alot about Eddie's watch but I thought it was really interesting how prominent Buck's watch was during the breakup. Do you think that was intentional and if so, what do we take from it? Or am I just reading too much into it! As always, love your work! ♥

Monique!!!

Bucks watch is so interesting to me so I'm glad you asked about it!! I'm still ploughing my way though my full costume plot for all the mains, so I don't have fully formed thoughts or a theory on it, but something I've noticed about Buck and his watch is that he doesn't seem wear it outside of work (that we can see) generally. so if he is wearing it outside of work, then it gains more significance. It's almost like its a physical manifestation of the idea of time - its the same idea we see with Eddie and his watch - not having time, or not feeling like he has enough time - that he's constantly racing against the clock. Eddie nearly always has a watch on and we see it more prominently when Eddie feels time is racing. With Buck we get the same concept, just presented slightly differently, so with Buck we get him wearing a watch outside of work only when he is in scenes where the idea of time is important in that scene time is moving on, or when he is with people for whom time is running out. This is why we see him wearing a watch around Taylor a lot but less frequently with Eddie or Maddie.

With Eddie and Maddie it tends to be more when there is change or evolution in their relationship - so when Maddie moves out of Abbys place and into her own, or for Eddie when Buck takes him to get Chris after the earthquake (the beginning of Buddifer), or the shooting and the will scene (also when Buck tells Chris about Eddie being shot).

Like I said its not a fully formed theory at the moment, but there is definelty something interesting going on with Bucks watch - especially in relation to his romantic relationships and also Eddie!!! so its something to keep an eye on in S6 (although there are so many things to keep an eye on that I'm not sure I can see straight anymore 😂)