James Bond Watches Blog

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

The Seiko 600m titanium diver is not only a history-making watch in its own right, but also brilliantly showcased in terms of its technical performance on James Bond's wrist through this product placement

EON Productions opted for heavier reliance on original Ian Fleming material, and a tougher edge to Moore’s portrayal of Agent 007. Seiko supported this characterization with two watches, representing an even greater range of capabilities.

Throughout most of this adventure, Bond wears a Seiko Duo-Display H357-5040 case, WHV005 model. It’s 15-percent thinner still than the SFX003 from Moonraker, with a dominant analog dial supplemented by a smaller LCD display above for a second time zone, alarm control, day-of-week and date, or chronograph tracking.

Collectors are sometimes surprised to find that the WHV005 case differs from what appears in the movie. That’s due to the faux speaker and microphone modifications courtesy of Q Branch. The apparent light-emitting diode display that provides another option for receiving messages from headquarters is also all movie magic.

Among other acknowledgements to Fleming, For Your Eyes Only has James Bond change his watch for mission-specific needs. This additional timekeeper is a Seiko caliber 7549-7009, model S60583. It supports his dive on continue reading…

The definitive list of James Bond watches from Seiko UK, by Dell Deaton, in Revolution magazine, 2010

For the first time ever, a 6-page feature article in the current Revolution magazine authoritatively labels and describes all 8 James Bond watch models supplied by Seiko UK to Eon Productions for its 007 films (so far).

Based on exclusive access to personnel and records through Seiko UK, James Bond Watches has finally ended guesswork — and outright misrepresentations — that have frustrated researchers, collectors, and James Bond fans for literally decades.

Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, et al., first put a Seiko watch on the wrist of Roger Moore as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me as part of an innovative cooperative marketing arrangement with Seiko UK. That film was released in 1977, and the deal continued through a total of 5 films, until the 1985 feature A View to a Kill.

Mark Mills, FBHI, joined Seiko UK in 1977 and ultimately became point-man for the supplier of these James Bond watches.

Yet despite the number of insistant discussions about these watches on fan forums, and self-proclaimed “experts” who’ve set up shop to continue reading…