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This is a watch that Light Yagami receives as a present from his father after graduating high school. It serves as an important plot device in the series.

Plot[]

When Light loses his memories by relinquishing his notebook, he plans to regain ownership by killing its new owner. In order to do this, he cuts a piece of paper from the Death Note and places it in a compartment that opens from the bottom of his watch. The compartment only reveals itself when he pulls the crown of his watch four times with less than a second in-between pulls.[1] A needle is also placed in the compartment in case Light needs to draw blood to use as a writing instrument (such as situations where he does not have a pen on him).

The watch is instrumental in his plan to wipe his memories and regain the Death Note. Because the watch is a gift from his father, Light keeps the watch on him at all times and knows he will do so even after his memories are erased. When Higuchi, the acting Kira at the time, is caught, Light discreetly kills Higuchi while holding onto the notebook in order to keep his memories and regain ownership.[2]

The watch is also used by Light to kill Takada and make her set fire to her surroundings in order to get rid of any evidence that she killed Mello with a page from the Death Note. However, Light's subordinate, Mikami, is unaware of Light having the access to a snippet of the notebook, and takes out the real Death Note (which was in hiding) in attempt to also kill Takada; this notebook is subsequently exposed to Near and his team and used as evidence to implicate Light and Mikami.

During the final stand against Near, Light attempts to use a piece of the Death Note to kill the former as a last resort, but his plan is thwarted by Matsuda after he shoots him. The snippet is then confiscated by Aizawa.[3]

In other media[]

L: Change the WorLd novel[]

In the novel L: Change the World, L wears Light's broken watch throughout the story as a memento.

In one scene, L and Maki Nikaido talk about Kira and how L failed to catch him since Kira died. L wraps his hand "protectively" around the watch. Maki asks him what he's thinking about, and L says, "I was thinking about my only friend." She asks if the broken watch belonged to the friend, and L says yes.[4]

Trivia[]

  • In the films, Light only needs to pry the compartment of the watch open and does not need to pull the crown at all.
  • Although dying in different times relative to their continuity, it is interesting to note that in the manga, anime, and the films, Light kills Takada using a piece of the Death Note hidden in the watch.
  • Yuki Shien uses a similar watch in the film Death Note: Light Up the NEW World, presumably in homage to Light.
  • The watch appears to be an Limited, japan-only edition OMEGA (r) Speed-Master Professional (Reference: 35704000); however, in the anime, it resembles it slightly less. The same OMEGA watch is famous for being the first watch to be worn on the moon,[5] which has some relevance to Light's name in Kanji.[6]
  • Prior to being gifted this watch, Light wore a Citizen Alterna VO10-5995f.
  • A replica of Light's watch was created as official merchandise in 2020, complete with a retractable compartment.[7][8]

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