James Bond Watches Blog

Swatch James Bond watches leather briefcase, 2002 Fall/Winter collection

This week, we’re taking a look at a very nice range of licensed James Bond watches currently available on eBay.

As before, an opening disclaimer:

These references are presented as-is, where-is.

I am not authenticating anything that’s being offered, not vouching for sellers, and not suggesting current or ultimate sales prices reflect future value.

Fossil Deluxe Limited Edition 007 watch

Although all packaging and pieces are included with this auction, several aspects of it are in a bit rougher shape than we’d like to see for a Fossil-Bond collectible. See item number 230649488987 on eBay.

Gilbert James Bond Spy Watch

Item number 120824485534 is the wristwatch version offered by Gilbert that was without embossed logo.

MGM “shutter” watch

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"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.

Shortly after unveiling my “James Bond watches: ‘The List’ of EON Productions movie wristwatches” on the jamesbondwatches.com website, I posted a Thread to the TimeZone “Rolex – Vintage” Forum. James Dowling, a/k/a “MrRolex” is the moderator.

Some of what follows here includes feedback from Forum participants, including Mr. Dowling.

However, the main purpose for presenting the content here is for the further information I provide on development of “The List” and questions that were valuable to answer.

delldeaton, Jan 01, 2009 – 11:42 AM, “Definitive list of James Bond film watches (EON Productions)”

Wanted to make TZ one of my first stops in sharing what I believe is the most comprehensive lists of James Bond film watches available. Although it’s been several years in the making, I still consider it a work-in-progress.

But the thing I think it offers of most importance at this point is an organized way of capturing each variation of watch by film, model, story line, and gadget. I don’t see this so much as a debate about “which watch came first?” or “which watch is best?” or “what’s the real James Bond watch?” so much as it is a way of trying to cover everything for those who are interested in the topic.

As always, I thank you all for your interest. And I’m looking forward to your feedback….

delldeaton, Jan 01, 2009 – 02:46 PM, “There are really two things I’m fundamentally hoping to achieve here”

The first is to provide a truly complete list of all watch variations that have appeared in the James Bond films from EON Productions. A clear shortcoming in efforts (well-meaning as they may be) based on film-title associations falls short; for example, A View to a Kill shows as many as four different watches in my list so far.

Now we look where perhaps we have not looked before. And we can discuss watches based on common labels, moving closer to “final answers,” as opposed to potentially confusing variations.

Second, I wanted to really question assumptions here. That doesn’t continue reading…