James Bond Watches Blog

Synchronized and fully functional: The most recent models of each known James Bond watch brand, movies and literary issues

Here’s another photo of the most recent James Bond watch models associated with each of the six brands known to have been worn by Agent 007.

This follows a similar exclusive presented here on the James Bond Watches Blog last Friday.

As before, all watches shown are set to the same date (where applicable), synchronized and running.

Starting with the front row, left—

A Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date watch, specified by author Jeffery Deaver as the personal James Bond choice in Carte Blanche.

Middle watch, front row watch is also from Carte Blanche. This particular piece is further distinguished as having actually been worn by Mr Deaver at the end of his United States book tour, last June.

The other four watches were displayed at the National Watch & Clock Museum as part of its “Bond Watches, James Bond Watches” exhibit, June 2010, through April 2011.

Front row, right-most: A TAG Heuer Professional diver’s watch, similar to the model worn by Timothy Dalton through most of the action in The Living Daylights.

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James Bond watches: The most recent confirmed models for each of the identified brands

This photo may well be the first single image to show the most recent example from each of the six known James Bond watch brands.

It’s certainly the most current.

Let’s take it from the top—

The only confirmed appearance of a Hamilton was when Roger Moore wore a Pulsar P2 LED digital in the Eon Productions film, Live and Let Die (1973). Top left.

Author Jeffery Deaver designated the latest James Bond Rolex in Carte Blanche (upper right), his novel published earlier this year by Hodder & Stoughton / Simon & Schuster. This is the Oyster Perpetual Date, reference 115200.

[/caption]The Breitling for Bentley, at center, is also per Mr Deaver. As a matter of fact, he wore the very watch shown here at his last US book tour stop in North Carolina last June: An A2536513 Bentley Motors T Speed chronograph with “Neptune Blue” (C781). James Bond wore this Breitling as part of his cover in Africa, late in Carte Blanche.

Lower left is an Omega 2201.50 Seamaster Planet Ocean. Until we have definitive identification of Omega watch designation(s) for Skyfall, this remains the most recent.

Middle-right, the last Seiko James Bond watch was a stainless steel model SPR007 chronograph with white dial, case number 7A28-7020. This was 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.