James Bond Watches Blog

James Bond wore a Seiko LC Quartz digital watch in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (Eon Productions, 1977)

As many of you know, The Spy Who Loved Me was a “coming of age” James Bond movie for me.

The first time that James Bond watches and gadgets faced serious competition from other fronts. Bond girls, and, in this case, Barbara Bach.

Still, the Seiko Quartz LC became a grail watch for me.

Things were changing so quickly back then in the evolution (revolution) of watchmaking that the similar watch owned and worn by Albert R Broccoli just prior to commencing production on The Spy Who Loved Me had already been updated with the DK001 model worn by Roger Moore as James Bond in the movie itself.

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Breitling Top Time chronograph: The James Bond watch choice for Sean Connery in "Thunderball"

Admittedly, the Breitling Top Time has been woefully under-covered in my James Bond watch efforts.

Problem is, the production model just doesn’t make the same impression as the Q-modified (prop) version worn by Sean Connery as James Bond in Thunderball.

And I’m not interested in following suit with the hack-about wannabe prop-makers on fanboy-forums who repeatedly fail at attempts to replicate what the master craftsmen at Eon Productions fabricated in the 1960s by way of convincing faux Geiger-counter housing.

Don’t get me wrong: The Breitling Top Time is a fabulous watch, a great chronometer. And the first to depart from Rolex model selections for the movie-Bond.

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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At the same time, 10 days ago it was starting to look like this one would be out-of-date by the time I’d released it.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)
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