Comments on: Fox Mulder's Wristwatch

Fox Mulder's Wristwatch

burnmp3s — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:07:34 -0800

The Internet's most comprehensive examination of the watches worn by Fox Mulder on TV's 'The X-Files'.

Have a favorite Fox Mulder's wristwatch but don't know which episodes you can see it in? Use this handy infographic. Or delve into the extensive watch brand list and explore such mysteries as the currently unidentified Watch #5.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:27:09 -0800

Items Deleted From Wikipedia #49820

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:27:43 -0800

Cortex?

By: dustyasymptotes

dustyasymptotes — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:28:32 -0800

How appropriate. I just finished watching Quagmire (Victorinox Swiss Army Lancer Black Dial, for those keeping track at home). Scully has her share of documenters. Slide 1: Scully Suits, Slide 2: Oh, Dana Scully, No. (needs moar infographics) X-Files was arguably the first fandom of the internet age, after all.

By: enn

enn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:28:49 -0800

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:35:54 -0800

! And, you know, Scully Suits is basically one of the thing I was thinking about doing at one point as just a roundup post. You know what else needs doing? "Gross Substances Mulder Pokes".

By: maryr

maryr — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:37:26 -0800

I don't feel any need to follow this link, I'm just happy to know it exists. Truly, the internet is the pinnacle of all civilization can hope to achieve.

By: maryr

maryr — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:38:15 -0800

(That was mostly not sarcasm. I really am tickled that this exists.)

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:46:48 -0800

Had he a Casio F-91W the show would've been stopped in series 1. The truth is irrelevant...

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:50:21 -0800

WHO NEEDS SO MANY WATCHES? WHAT THE FUCK SPOOKY?

By: bongo_x

bongo_x — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:51:29 -0800

Wow, Mulder wore a lot of crappy watches. Who knew?

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:52:44 -0800

He tells people it's cause he's worried about alien listening devices but really he got forgets them in the staff bathroom. The janitor has a small pile of Mulder Watches he re-packs as gifts.

By: ErikaB

ErikaB — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:55:08 -0800

Perfect timing! I recently decided to finally bury the hatchet once and for all, and start watching from Season 7 on. I was quite the fan for the first 6 seasons, but the 7th filled me with rage and I quit the show and the fandom in a snit. S7 disc 1 just arrived from Netflix today. I shall watch it with a greater appreciation of Mulder's wristwear.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:58:22 -0800

There's a more comprehensive examination of the watches worn by Fox Mulder on TV's 'The X-Files' on Gopher, but it's kinda underground, you probably haven't heard of it

By: freshwater

freshwater — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:00:34 -0800

My husband and I just finished watching the entire series. I'm still mad about how bad the last season was and how horrifyingly terrible the last episode was. And that they tried to make it make sense that Scully would rather give her baby up for adoption than go into witness protection.

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:00:42 -0800

I feel bad that I can never watch any long running series to its natural conclusion. Or even, you know, get through all the good episodes. I've let down The Next Generation and X-Files, and even Voyager. And there are only like four episodes worth watching of Voyager, if my friends are to be believed. Generational ADD has spoiled me on even TV.

By: Kosh

Kosh — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:16:16 -0800

My favorite comprehensive one-topic TV tumblr is still mallory's clothes but this one is definitely impressive.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:20:55 -0800

The Internet's most comprehensive examination of the watches worn by Fox Mulder on TV's 'The X-Files'. Challenge accepted.

By: likeso

likeso — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:24:01 -0800

Uh-oh.

By: kalimotxero

kalimotxero — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:27:16 -0800

Somewhat related: A Complete Guide to Seinfeld's Sneakers

By: Lovecraft In Brooklyn

Lovecraft In Brooklyn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:36:51 -0800

Was this written by the kid from All Tomorrow's Parties?

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:06:33 -0800

Who watches the watch, man?

By: thinkpiece

thinkpiece — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:40:11 -0800

Well, you have made my 25 year old daughter's, uh, year. She can not believe this exists. Thanks, I think!

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:46:24 -0800

This is deserving of the word.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:49:38 -0800

I don't care what anyone thinks, I want to believe.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:20:18 -0800

"Life is like a box of chocolates; a useless, frivolous gift that somebody gives you. And if you try to take it back, all you get is another box of chocolates. Oh sure, sometimes there's a caramel, or an English toffee, but too often you are left with a box full of half-eaten cremes and tooth-breaking nuts. And if you get desperate enough to eat those, in the end, all you are left with is a box full of useless brown wrappers." whats the matter, ties and casio watches are standard christmas gifts.

By: Slap*Happy

Slap*Happy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:29:50 -0800

Hmm. I'm of a number of minds on wristwear - 1) Why bother wearing a watch? The phone is easier to set alarms on, and doesn't make your wrist all itchy when you sweat. 2) Mechanical watches are a thing of beauty, and the design and construction of a fine time movement makes my heart sing. The breathtaking genius of modern autowinders stirs the same part of the soul as exotic italian supercars do. Like supercars, they start at twenty grand for a used model, and go up from there. 3) Practical, handsome timepieces are the handbags of male fashion - women don't look at them twice, men make character judgements of other men on the spot. A 1980's Citizen with elastic stainless steel wristband says a lot about you - that was Dad's or Grandad's watch. Respect. A $500 or $1500 stylish watch on a married man indicates he's happily married - his wife knows her way to the jewelry store. On a single man, it means he's a yuppie tool. Fox Mulder is apparently a yuppie tool. And I love oddball tech-fashion esoterica like this. I demand someone come up with the Fox Mulder Pen Survey next.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:42:01 -0800

1) Why bother wearing a watch? The phone is easier to set alarms on, and doesn't make your wrist all itchy when you sweat. The X-Files ran from 1993-2002. This is a sampling of the cell phones available in 2002. That's the newest tech that would have been available to Mulder. There was a time when cell phone didn't have alarms. (I'm a hippie. I don't wear a watch. Oddly, I always know what time it is, to within 15 minutes. It's an easy skill/sense to develop if you ditch the crutches.)

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:45:00 -0800

Now we know who watches the watches.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:05:49 -0800

Oops. THIS is a sampling of cell phones available in 2002.

By: cj_

cj_ — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:12:26 -0800

You know what else needs doing? "Gross Substances Mulder Pokes". My favorite is his reluctance to dig into the medical waste pile to find Leonard Betts body. He did anyway just because he's a trooper and wasn't going to be outdone by Scully, who dug in with nonchalance only matched by her autopsy in Bad Blood. 1) Why bother wearing a watch? The phone is easier to set alarms on, and doesn't make your wrist all itchy when you sweat. Are you kidding me? People didn't have smart phones in the early 90s.

By: cj_

cj_ — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:18:13 -0800

In fact, I've always thought of Mulder as pretty squeamish and only putting on a "cool exterior" because Scully was anything but. Yeah, I'm an x-files nerd.

By: Slap*Happy

Slap*Happy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:16:43 -0800

The old Star*Tac's absolutely had alarm functions - as did the pagers I was assigned in the same time period. They were easier to use than the one on the watch.

By: Violet Hour

Violet Hour — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:58:18 -0800

But the real question is, are they all missing nine minutes?

By: Glibpaxman

Glibpaxman — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:08:17 -0800

im not sure how i feel about the mere existence of this website. yay or nay humanity? but i am sure i feel very strongly about it, whichever i decide.

By: RikiTikiTavi

RikiTikiTavi — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:57:17 -0800

And there are only like four episodes worth watching of Voyager, if my friends are to be believed. You want to believe.

By: hal_c_on

hal_c_on — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:06:37 -0800

This thread has the 2 most awesomest things from the internet: watches and x-files.

By: hal_c_on

hal_c_on — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:14:39 -0800

3) Practical, handsome timepieces are the handbags of male fashion - women don't look at them twice, men make character judgements of other men on the spot. A 1980's Citizen with elastic stainless steel wristband says a lot about you - that was Dad's or Grandad's watch. Respect. A $500 or $1500 stylish watch on a married man indicates he's happily married - his wife knows her way to the jewelry store. On a single man, it means he's a yuppie tool. Fox Mulder is apparently a yuppie tool. This has been done incorrectly.

By: ShutterBun

ShutterBun — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:35:51 -0800

Gopher, but it's kinda underground I see what you did there...

By: joannemullen

joannemullen — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:57:39 -0800

It's not an 'extensive watch brand list' at all though, is it? There's 4 watches identified, 2 vague guesses and 6 'unknowns' and that's it. If Mulder had been as thorough as this on the show, each episode would have seen him coming into his office, taking off his jacket, glancing at a newspaper headline saying 'Weird Lights over Pittsburgh' and doing the crossword for the next 44 minutes.

By: OolooKitty

OolooKitty — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:31:42 -0800

This is my second favorite collection of weird fan obsessiveness; the first is a Livejournal page (I think; I can't seem to find it right now) dedicated to the Tenth Doctor's ties. I believe Mulder has more watches than the Doctor had ties, which seems backwards.

By: steef

steef — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:44:32 -0800

Please see my companion piece, "David Duchovny's Arm Hair."

By: troublesome

troublesome — Sun, 01 May 2011 00:53:53 -0800

Man, this takes me back. X-Files fansites! I remember old geocities sites dedicated to Mulder's rare appearances rocking glasses, for instance. (Yeah, I was an adolescent girl with a big yen for nerds, what of it.) Back in those bad old days it took a lot of dedication and, you know, equipment to put together a website with random screen captures from episodes. It basically wasn't worth doing, especially because there wasn't really any way to make any sort of money from a small fansite. Yet somehow people found the time and motivation. Kinda makes me miss the old, weird internet, seeing things like this. On the other hand, DAMN do I love the "Oh, Dana Scully, No" blog to bits.

By: Sutekh

Sutekh — Sun, 01 May 2011 04:53:51 -0800

Why bother wearing a watch? The phone is easier to set alarms on, and doesn't make your wrist all itchy when you sweat. I know right? Also, why bother wearing clothes? A smock is easier to iron and covers everything nicely.

By: _Lasar

_Lasar — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:07:35 -0800

Yeah, I love the internet. I also hate it for making me rewatch the X-Files. But mostly I love it. Had he a Casio F-91W the show would've been stopped in series 1. How do you know I just ordered one of these off eBay?

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:25:52 -0800

There's no commentary? How the fuck am I supposed to know what fucking watches those are?

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:20:58 -0800

Please see my companion piece, "David Duchovny's Arm Hair." *swoon*