The movie Zodiac glossed over this point — here is a scene that shows the police examining his watch. However, I think it’s an interesting enough story to bore you with here. A site called Watchismo did an excellent write up which I’ll paraphrase here, but I suggest you drop by and read it.
The Zodiac killer was originally known as the “killer,” he later, after purchasing a Zodiac watch, began using the name and symbol as his calling card. Why? No one knows, but the original piece is quite striking and Zodiac was fairly upscale at the time.
Clearly, the name “Seawolf,” the Zodiac model he wore, might have struck the killer as apt. He was a former navy man and wolf is pretty damn scary. Add in Zodiac’s cross-hairs logo and a little crazy and you’ve got a fascinatingly twisted package.
Zodiac is still making watches under the the auspices of Fossil and though I don’t wear quartz that much, they’re maintaining the same style — and logo — as the original pieces.
The Killer Zodiac Watch of the Zodiac Killer [Watchismo]
Hey! That’s how Sylar got his name in Heroes: it was on a watch he was fixing. Neat-o.
I solved the riddle thingy a few years ago, took me about 4 hours and oh my god it was disturbing… No one told me what it was, they (my friends) just put it in front of me and told me to solve it >=D
But seriously, what the hell! I forget how to do it now, and… Yeah. :P
Its kinda creepy the way its so obvious! I mean it was his watch nothing to major at all…