What type of watch does gibb's wear on ncis?
In season 8 of NCIS, when this question was originally asked,
Gibbs wore an OMEGA PLOPROF Seamaster.
The Omega Seamaster PloProf has a very distinctive (some say
"funky") case with a fully enclosed crown. It's a chronometer (not
chronograph) and the currently produced version, released in 2009,
is rated to 1200 meters. The PloProf was the first watch by any
manufacturer which was specifically designed for professional
divers. The original PloProf (from the French "PLOngeur
PROFessionnel" meaning Professional Diver) was designed by Omega in
cooperation with early professional diving company Comex and
Jacques Cousteau. It was released in 1970 and was rated to 600
meters.
In more recent episodes, including the last cemetery scene in
season 9, episode 9 "Engaged, Part 2", Gibbs wears an orange-bezel
stainless steel Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Cronograph (Omega
model number 232.30.46.51.01.002). This watch uses an Omega Calibre
9300 movement with two subdials including a small second hand.
Omega also currently makes a very similar looking Planet Ocean
Seamaster (Omega model number 2218.50.00) with three subdials
rather than two and the date at the 4:30 position rather than 6
o'clock. This one uses an Omega Calibre 3313 movement. The watch in
season 9, episode 9 is clearly the 232.30... version however. Both
watches are chronographs and are rated to 600 meters.
One does wonder how someone on an NCIS senior agent salary
affords a watch that generally sells for between six and seven
thousand dollars. Then again, he doesn't spend much on anything
else. The PloProf is worth about a thousand dollars more still than
the Planet Ocean chronographs. If the character is supposed to have
collected both watches, you have to think he really likes Omegas.
More likely Mark Harmon is fond of them, or the Swatch folks who
import Omega into the US are hard at work on product placement.