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Most current model from all confirmed James Bond watch brands: In a single shot

Confession: I actually completed work on this image around the same time as the James Bond watch group photo referenced here almost 2 months ago.

And it’s my favorite of the pair.

But I like to mix it up a bit. And strive for balance (information permitting) in discussing all known James Bond watch brands — each of which has its own passionate following.

At the same time, 10 days ago it was starting to look like this one would be out-of-date by the time I’d released it. That was when one Omega watch Authorized Dealers posted extensive details on what it said would be “the” Skyfall James Bond watch. That “scoop” was subsequently retracted.

Thus these remain, still, the most current models from among each of the known James Bond watch makers.

Starting with the back row, left:

• Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean, Quantum of Solace (2008)
• Seiko quartz Chronograph, A View to a Kill (1985)
• Hamilton Pulsar P2, Live and Let Die (1973)
• Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date, Carte Blanche (2011)
• Breitling for continue reading…

Most current model from all confirmed James Bond watch brands: In a single shot

One of the nice things about having an expanded collection of James Bond watches is that they can be presented together in combinations.

Uncommon, to say the least.

In this case, the James Bond Watch Photos release for today features the current confirmed model from among each of the known James Bond watch brands.

Additionally— all watches are synchronized and running. (Yes, including the Hamilton Pulsar LED.) In some of the higher-resolution options, you’ll note differences in second-hand movement, quartz versus mechanical.

Starting at the top-left, then:

• A Hamilton Pulsar model, identical to that worn by Roger Moore as James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973).
• A Breitling Chronograph, as specified (and, in the case of this particular wristwatch, actually worn) by Jeffery Deaver for Carte Blanche (2011).
• A Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date, also specified by Jeffery Deaver for James Bond in Carte Blanche.
• An Omega Planet Ocean — which continue reading…

James Bond watch in context: Omega 2201.50 Seamaster Planet Ocean, a'la Quantum of Solace and Olga Kurylenko

Guilty as charged. No excuse.

Quantum of Solace premiered in 2008. The exact wristwatch shown in this photo first appeared in 2010 at the “Bond Watches, James Bond Watches” exhibit — next to Ian Fleming’s own James Bond watch.

And it certainly came back into my possession last May.

Still, up ’til now, I’d only produced one original Omega 2201.50 Seamaster Planet Ocean image for my James Bond Watch Photos website.

So, here’s the second.

This photograph continues the increasing direction of layouts with James Bond watches in context. The tile ground and classic woman’s pump (with bracelet clasped around its heel) evokes Quantum of Solace scenes where Daniel Craig walks with Olga Kurylenko through arid environs, her shoes removed.

Image © 2011 Dell Deaton. All Rights Reserved. Published USA.

Omega watch courtesy Lewis Jewelers, Ann Arbor, Michigan