About Aidan Gallagher’s watch collection
Aidan Gallagher is an American actor born in Los Angeles in 2003, best known for his lead role as Number Five in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, the adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's comic book series. He joined the show at age 14 and delivered one of its most demanding performances — playing a 58-year-old assassin stranded in his teenage body — across all three seasons that ran from 2019 to 2022. Beyond acting, Gallagher has been a UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) spokesperson for environmental issues since 2018, making him one of the younger public figures to hold that position. He has also pursued music as a singer-songwriter alongside his screen career.
The Aidan Gallagher watch collection, as documented through on-screen appearances, centers on Rolex. The most clearly identified piece is a Rolex Submariner Date reference 16610, spotted on his wrist during a scene in Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy. The 16610 is an aluminium-bezel steel sports watch produced by Rolex from 1988 to 2010, running the in-house calibre 3135 automatic movement. It predates the current ceramic-bezel 116610LN and has built a steady following among collectors who prefer the older aluminium insert and the slightly different proportions of that generation. The watch reads clearly on camera — black dial, Mercedes hands, the date at three o'clock — and the production team's choice to put it on Number Five adds a layer of character detail that fits a man unstuck in time.
With only one confirmed sighting in our database, the Aidan Gallagher watch collection is still a developing file. What is clear is that the Rolex Submariner is a well-chosen on-screen prop that carries real horological weight — the 16610 is a legitimate vintage reference, not a placeholder. Whether Gallagher's off-screen wrist tells a similar story remains to be documented, and Watch Paparazzi will update this page as new sightings are confirmed.