Hi there!

Does anyone know the brand and the model of the watch that Detective Beckett uses daily(in the show)? The watch was from her father and the best photo that I found of it is this one from the Castletv contest : .

I hope that mirella_209 doesn't bother with that.

Thanks!

I'm not sure either. I've been looking for it for a few weeks now.

Ok so after searching through Amazon for a few hours, I think I found the watch. It costs $3,250 US dollars but that fits in with what Castle said about Beckett in the pilot with her coming from money.

http://www.amazon.com/OMEGA-SP…..p;sr=1-302

WOW that price!!! I have to forget the idea of buying the same watch as Beckett…

Yesterday I saw several watches wile I was searching for her watch and this one is simillar: http://www.luxo24.com/relogios…..s_id=12083 . It's cheaper and it seems a good watch. Maybe i will buy it for my birthday next year.

Thank you very much for helping me to find her watch

PS: Sorry for the Portuguese site. I'm looking for the english one.

Makes me wonder though, if she came from money was her claim that she went to public school a ruse to throw Castle off? Hmm…

There's always a possibility that the watch was a gift… and that Beckett went to a good College –on scholarship.  We know she's bright and very determined so she definitely has the drive for being an egghead.

He could be a salesman.. a really good one. They get some pretty sweet gifts. The Beckett's would have a comfortable life for sure, but not necessarily a lavish one. Of course this is all just speculation… they could be like Rockefeller… however really rich people always seem to have connections… and for a top cop, she doesn't seem to have many.

Maybe Johanna was their connection to everything in the rich world? I can kind of picture Johanna being a little like Martha in being extravagant. It's possible that after she was murdered, Kate and her father didn't want to mingle with Johanna's "crowd" because they didn't want to be reminded of her. Then with her murder have happened ten years ago, the people have changed and probably don't remember Kate and her father that much.

According to the original pilot script, Kate Beckett is susposed to be 29 which would have made her 19 when her mother was murder. As for her not noticing the screen, I see her as being completely focused on the people during interrogations. She wants to make sure she doesn't miss anything that might be a clue. I do have to agree that the reason her father stopped wearing the watch was because of the memories it brought. Plus now Kate has some thing from each of her parents to wear each day.

Oh, as for not noticing the swanky stuff the rich people have, I think that (whether she was raised in a family with money or not) she's grounded enough that material things don't interest her or catch her eye. It seems like a part of her character to not dwell on or be impressed by the things money can get you, so it sort of makes sense then that she'd not notice the importance of something like that screen.

I can see the "watch was a present from mom" angle well. If the money is from mom's side, it would explain why she would buy her husband an expensive watch, and maybe why he wouldn't want to wear it. The other side of the coin, of course, is that maybe he would have hung on to the watch even harder because it was a sort of tangible reminder of her.

I agree, the watch does seem important, or like there is more to the story there than she revealed to Castle.

I would like to hear more about her relationship with her father, or even see him in an episode for whatever reason. Part of the reason Castle is so awesome is that you want to get to know more about the characters and figure out exactly what makes them tick. :D It's like meeting someone interesting and wanting to get to know them better, instead of straight procedural cop show. They bring the humanity back to tv in this show haha.

Aicha said:

I can see the “watch was a present from mom” angle well. If the money is from mom's side, it would explain why she would buy her husband an expensive watch, and maybe why he wouldn't want to wear it. The other side of the coin, of course, is that maybe he would have hung on to the watch even harder because it was a sort of tangible reminder of her.

Huh… in the scene where she mentions the watch I always got the impression the watch was directly linked to the number of years sober her dad had been. Kind of like a reward. Below is a rough transcript of the scene. But I have always wondered why she has it, when he's still alive. That's why I don't think it was ever something he wore. If it'd had been from his wife, I think he would still be wearing it.

Beckett: By the way, it was my mother, not my father. <pause> We were suppose to go to dinner together. My mom, my dad and I. And she was going to meet us at the restaurant, but she never showed. 2 hours later we went home and there was a detective waiting for us. Detective Raglen (sp?). They found her body. She had been stabbed. 

Castle: Robbery?

Beckett: No. She still had her money and purse and jewelery. And it wasn't a sexual assault either. They attributed it to gang violence. Random way-ward event. So just like in Melanie's case, they couldn't think outside the box. They just tried to package it up nicely. And the killer was never caught.

Castle: Why do you wear the watch?

Beckett: My dad took her death hard. He's sober now. 5 years. So, this is for the life that I saved <points to watch> and this <pulls out ring> is for the life that I lost.

nalissa2 said:

I was thinking about your comment about it being a closed case vs a cold case. I think it's only closed when they've caught someone they can prosecute. They attributed it to gang violence, but they obviously did not pursue any gang members, so I guess it's not a definitive conclusion.  However having said that, I don't think it was active very long. Maybe a year or so… before it goes cold.

I agree. I haven't been caught up in wanting to know more about the characters of a tv show in a long, long time. I can watch the eps endlessly and find something new everytime. I'm really a goner when it comes to Castle. I think we all are.

As we've seen from the ardent discussion here that we're all pretty hooked :D  There is so much to analyze and interpret during the downtime haha. It's fun and frustrating because the speculation is great, it's awesome to get others' views on things, but I really just want the show to answer all these questions. Preferably now, 5 nights a week from today till forever.