The watch Tom Hardy wore in Dunkirk, plus three others in trendy blue

Before we get in to this week’s watches, I have an update on Tom Hardy’s Omega that features so prominently – for me, at least – in new blockbuster movie Dunkirk. Drum roll, please. It’s a CK2129, which was the most common Omega worn by the Royal Air Force during the second world war, with 2,000 models being delivered to Britain’s Ministry of Defence at the start of the conflict. Pilots used the rotating bezel to time bombing raids.

Full disclosure: I didn’t spend hours and hours on the internet researching all of this. Well, maybe a couple of hours. Luckily, Omega’s marketing department figured that nerds like me might be interested, and sent out the info. Anyway, I have closure now, even if I lost an afternoon of my largely empty life.

Right, enough faffing! Let’s talk about the three timepieces that tickled my fancy this week. The theme is blue, the colour that seems to be a strong trend in watches at the moment.

While black on black, bronze and grey have been overtly masculine colour trends in watches, blue – for me – is less in your face and more playful, and the Hublot Classic Fusion Berluti is the perfect example of this.