James Bond watch in context: Heuer 980.031 PVD Night Dive, a'la The Living Daylights and pre-title training exercise over Gibraltar
This photo was actually released about two years ago — first accompanying the article I wrote on the discovery that David Chalmers, Paul Gavin, and I had made in identifying the James Bond watches worn in The Living Daylights.
But now this layout is available for download as computer wallpapers, in a variety of screen-aspect ratios.
Again, this is the Heuer model 980.031 professional Night Dive wristwatch. The example shown here is in mint condition, which is exceedingly rare for any PVD-coated watch from the 1980s.
Timothy Dalton wore a similar watch as James Bond during the pre-title sequence. The watch has also been identified as the timekeeper on two other characters in The Living Daylights as well, one of which was Felix Leiter (played by actor John Terry).
Reminiscent of the training exercise on Gibraltar, I set this shot up to show the watch above water. Not a particularly challenging setup, but nice looking.
(That said, lighting a light-dial, black-case watch is completely different from black-dial, silver-colored casing approaches, if that’s what you’re used to.)
These Heuer 980.031 PVD Night Dive images were released on January 15, 2012, as part of what is now a weekly schedule on my James Bond Watch Photo website.
Image © 2010 Dell Deaton. All Rights Reserved. Published USA.
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