What would those most passionate in the watch collecting community like to see James Bond wear for a wristwatch in the new “Project X” novel coming out next May 28?

This was a question I put to one of the more highly trafficked Internet forums just over a month ago now, as promised here on this James Bond Watches Blog on July 27. I’d actually posted the poll one day prior to that, targeting watch folks across the spectrum of interests.

My survey ran 30 days, was viewed over 800 times, and garnered 98 votes.

Here are the results.

1%   Breitling
None   Cheap / expendable (not brand specific)
2%   Hamilton (Pulsar)
26%   Omega
51%   Rolex
4%   Seiko
2%   TAG Heuer
9%   Other
5%   No opinion / refused to answer

There’s always something more behind the numbers, and this case is no exception. However, I’ll leave that to another day.

For now, let me simply say that it’s important to respect the full latitide that Ian Fleming Publications itself has given to Jeffery Deaver in writing the next literary James Bond thriller. Even something as vitally important as choice of timekeeper for Agent 007 must not be subject to majority rule.