#uvw

It was only a matter of time (no pun) that I tried to put together just how many watches Mark Harmon wore on NCIS. I wish I’d saved many of these images with the season and episode number (I only started doing that recently); it would’ve helped me figure out the length in which he wore each watch. But we’ll do what we can and maybe come back and edit it as I figure it out. Or maybe you can send the info my way! 

Okay, let’s give this a shot:

S1E1 “Yankee White”

S1E9 “Marine Down”

I dunno, the more I look at the top and middle pic, the more I think they’re 2 different watches. But the middle is definitely a Sinn 144 St Sa due to the red second hand.

Then we get this watch:

S2E1 “See No Evil”

The mystery digital watch that he only wore once, and on the right hand. 

He then changes to this one:

S2E13 “The Meat Puzzle”

Pretty sure that’s a standard white Omega Seamaster with a black band.

And yet another watch in season 3:

S3E19 “Iced” (And if those aren’t quarterback hands, I don’t know what are.) I’ll have to go back and check out this season more to see if I can get a better shot of this watch, because I’m not sure what it is right now.

Then this monstrosity in season 4:

S4E7 “Sandblast” Unidentified ugly watch. Only wears it once. Can’t say I blame him.

Thankfully, he moves back into the Omegas in season 5:

S5E5 “Leap of Faith”

S6E6 “Murder 2.0″

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean.

But by season 7, he’s changed again. We finally get to see my favourite:

S7E19 “Guilty Pleasure”

S8E11 “False Witness” (and a can of beans)

What I love about this episode is, at the very beginning, he’s wearing the watch outside his jacket cuff. There’s a rumour that Mark had a friendly contest with Michael Weatherly about who could get their watch on camera. This was clearly Mark taking any advantage he could. Lol!

But then, he’s back to the trusty Omega Seamaster in season 9:

S9E11 “Newborn King”

Oh, no wait. The return of my favourite in season 10:

S10E11 “Devil’s Trifecta”

Oh, what’s this in season 11?

S11E16 “Dressed to Kill” 

Hmmm. There are more watches with the crown at 4 o’clock than you might think, but unless he bought the compass band separately, there are few watches with both. Honestly, my first answer is a Bertucci or a Fossil! But considering both are under $100 and the number dial looks like a classic font, I’ll have to come back to this one in the future to say for sure.

Now, the second worst watch he’s worn in the series:

S12E11 “Check”

The Breitling Bentley Super Sports Limited Edition Lightweight Titanium 49mm. He wore this for only a handful of episodes, which makes me wonder if it was some kind of product placement. Blech.

Because he changes it by episode 18:

S12E18 “Status Update”

“🥉” - Worst Minecraft moment?

On Tuesday, a group of workers, mostly Peruvian migrants, got in touch with the United Voices of the World union. They had heard of the UVW through a friend and knew that it was a fighting union. By 4pm they were sitting in the UVW offices in a high rise office block above a bowling alley near Elephant and Castle roundabout, discussing what could be done to keep them safe.

At 9.30am on Wednesday morning, 15 workers confronted the site manager. They demanded immediate changes to working conditions to make the plant safe - or else they would walk off the job and begin a wildcat strike. The site manager told them to fuck off, grabbed one of the key organisers and tried to push him about, then threatened to sack them all. By 11am all 15 workers walked out into the rain. Within minutes, the conveyor belts had stopped, the plant was closed, and the boss was out in the yard, negotiating in broken Spanish. The transition from contacting the union to beginning strike action had taken 19 hours.

On the picket line, issues of safety were uppermost. The workers refused to return to work until they had gloves and full-face masks with ventilators. The law gives workers a right to stop work if their safety is at risk, so their strike could be conducted with a degree of security. They also demanded soap and toilet paper for their toilet, showers for after their shifts, and 4 sets of uniforms. The boss began to concede. The masks were ordered with next day delivery, no one would start work until they arrived, the union would be given the chance to approve them and the entire strike would be conducted on full pay. Toilet paper and soap were ordered next, then they were told a shower would be fitted within the month, and finally that 4 sets of uniform would arrive by the end of the week.