

Throughout the game, Joel keeps the watch as a reminder of his daughter and the loss he has suffered.

The watch was a gift from Sarah on Joel’s birthday, and it has the inscription “Dad’s Watch” on the back. In “The Last of Us,” Joel’s watch is a memento of his daughter Sarah, who was killed during the early stages of the outbreak that turned most of humanity into infected monsters. What Is The Significance of Joel’s Watch? The lens is made up of sapphire with double-sided anti-reflective coating and covers an ETA Unitas 6498-1 watch movement. The Lüm-Tec Super Combat B2 comes in a rugged 45mm Titanium case that “brings to mind classic military and modern stealth aesthetics and dial designs that are clean and purposeful.” It does have the large 12, 3, and 9 markers that jump up at you just like they do on the video game’s watch model. Worn & Wound writes a lengthy description about the Lüm-Tec Super Combat B2 and another similar timepiece from the same series in their article, so we’re breaking down the highlights for you. There have been many speculations that the watch gained inspiration from this field watch: the Lüm-Tec Super Combat B2, which was out during the time of the video game’s production. Fans on the internet have been expressing obsession over Joel’s watch and speculating on what the watch model was based on actually years before the show premiered. However, the fan community behind The Last of Us pays even closer attention. neil druckmann, the official the last of us podcast /R5okIPxx8C- daily tlou July 2, 2022 "the watch actually came from the concept art (…) there was this drawing of a watch on joel's wrist and it seemed kinda interesting (…) ok, what if he's carrying the watch that his daughter gave him…?" Yes, if you pay close attention to the details from both the video game and HBO series, you’ll be able to make a conclusion on what this model was based on yourself. There is a lot of inspiration that obviously could have been drawn when creating the watch model in the video game series, and there are many different types of watch models that many are forming a theory about. Though, one specific discrepancy amongst others for example, is that there is a fluted bezel in the video game, but not in the HBO series.Īccording to the series creator Neil Druckmann on an interview with The Official The Last of Us Podcast in 2020, “the watch actually came from the concept art.” This prop watch was intended to be a replica of that 3D rendering that was referenced from the video game, so that establishes that the watch itself wasn’t a model that already existed.

Comparing the prop watch worn by Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel Miller, to the one in the video game, you can see how much detail they paid attention to when styling his character.
