James Bond Watches Blog

Having just completed our survey here of James Bond watches and the Quartz Revolution, the time seems right (no pun intended) for a video released just a few months ago which does a marvelous job of explaining just how they work.

More than just technically accurate, the presentation here is both engaging and well produced.

“The Engineer Guy” here is Bill Hammack, with the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, at Urbana.

A separate entry to this discussion (previously references on the James Bond Watch Docket for Mobile readers), an episode of Deconstructed on The Science Channel does an equally fine job of brining the novice up to speed — without sacrifice to experts’ interests.

That video can be seen online, or downloaded from iTunes under Deconstructed, Volume 1.

Life magazine presents "James Bond watches and the Quartz Revolution" Timeline, sponsored by Rolex

It’s a great way to help folks appreciate things within their historical perspective.

Life magazine has created a Timeline generator that provides a means of reorganizing images from its archives, along with those from outside sources (in some cases), according to thematic threads.

In this case: James Bond watches and the Quartz Revolution.

We’re talking about a period that literally changed the way watches were made and marketed forever; challenged conventional thinking about what a wristwatch should be, the basis for considering one superior to another.

But it’s also an understanding that’s too often lost — including among those who like to indulge simplistic arguments between this brand or that, rooted in little more than emotion.

Our current “Bond Watches, James Bond Watches” exhibit at the National Watch & Clock Museum was really the first of its kind to look at periods such as this along the line of a single theme, presenting it as “story” to engage.

The Life offering adds yet another dimension by continue reading…

"James Bond Watches Price Guide 2011," by Dell Deaton (Proteus Publishing), now available for immediate delivery from Amazon.com

For the first time ever, this James Bond Watches Price Guide is available to provide readers with exact sales price histories on all James Bond watch models confirmed to have been referenced by Ian Fleming and in the Eon Productions 007 movies.

See listing on Amazon.com for complete details.

We’ve offered dedicated coverage of James Bond watches here since 2005. Broken news with the first definitive identifications for models from several watchmakers. Done the exclusive, original research that’s set our James Bond watch website and blogs apart from every other information resource.

Having piqued the interest of serious collectors, and fans simply wanting to own this piece or that of Bond-related history, there’s always been a key piece missing — how much is this James Bond watch really worth?

So I started sampling actual, legitimately-completed transactions during the first week of January, 2008. Sources included online listings from watch forums and bidding sites, professional auction house catalogues, and person-to-person and brick-and-mortar shop sales that were shared with me through a network of enthusiastic supporters of our work here.

Thus the James Bond Watches Price Guide grew to include data for many wristwatches dating back to the 1990s.

Breitling, Hamilton (Pulsar), Omega, Rolex, Seiko, TAG Heuer: Over 600 individual transactions, spanning almost two dozen different models.

It’s a truly unprecedented reference that will help buyers make more informed decisions as they consider purchases, and help sellers price watches in ways that both respect the Bond pedigree and move toward closing deals in desired time frames.

In addition to our Amazon listing, a dedicated website has been set up for the James Bond Watches Price Guide to provide information on future editions and additional formats in which this content will be be offered.

Several photos of the Guide contents can be seen there as well.