Following are results of a poll I ran in a highly-trafficked forum frequented by aficionados from across the spectrum of watch interests. I Posted this survey on November 8, 2006, and ran it for 7 days. The thread was viewed over 1,1816 times and garnered 188 votes as distributed below in response to the following question.

This survey was followed by one I ran under the same conditions on January 11 of this year, with the following statement. “Assume that you can have any model, new old stock (‘NOS’), the idea being to correct against watches that have aged.” No commemorative wristwatches or time pieces with Q-Branch gadgets installed were considered.

If you could have any James Bond 007 watch, NOS, which watch would you choose?

4%   Breitling chronograph (Sean Connery era)
None   Hamilton Pulsar LED (Roger Moore era)
5%   Omega Planet Ocean (Daniel Craig, Casino Royale era)
14%   Omega Seamaster chronometer (Pierce Brosnan era)
7%   Omega Seamaster chronometer (Daniel Craig, Casino Royale era)
2%   Omega Seamaster quartz (Pierce Brosnan era)
4%   Rolex chronograph (George Lazenby era)
2%   Rolex GMT (1967 Casino Royale era)
44%   Rolex Submariner (Sean Connery era)
11%   Rolex Submariner (Roger Moore era)
5%   Rolex Submariner Date (Timothy Dalton era)
1%   Seiko Analog-LCD (Roger Moore era)
None   Seiko LCD (Roger Moore era)
None   Seiko TV (Roger Moore era)
2%   No opinion / no answer

Totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding.