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Seiko 7549 "tuna" James Bond diver's watch, "For Your Eyes Only"

Image: Seiko S60583, 7549-7009 James Bond watch, reflecting the environs of "For Your Eyes Only," 1981, starring Roger Moore as Agent 007

The second set of exclusive James Bond watch images for this month highlights the “Neptune Diver Seiko.”

Actor Roger Moore actually wore two different Seiko watch models in the 1981 Eon Productions movie, For Your Eyes Only.

Shown here is the Seiko model S60583, case number 7549-7009 quartz diver’s watch. It was worn mission-specific during his technical dive on the sunken St Georges, via Neptune submersible.

Collectors informally — no disrespect intended — refer to it as the “tuna,” given how it looks at first glance.

The composition of this image again reflects an increasing direction we’re looking to take with the James Bond Watch Photos site. That is, uniquely reflecting moods, situations, and props specifically tied to the James Bond movies in which these wristwatch brands and models were worn.

In this case, a wet, sandy sea floor.

A couple of additional continue reading…

Omega 2531.80 Seamaster James Bond watch with Aston MartinFollowing are results of a Poll I ran in a highly-trafficked watch forum focused on the Omega wristwatch brand.

I posted this survey on December 2, 2008, and ran it for 7 days.

The thread was viewed over 500 times and garnered 25 votes as distributed below in response to the following question.

Note: Also see related poll conducted by James Bond watches on September 26, 2006, and related background.

If you’ve worn a Bond Omega Seamaster or Seamaster Planet Ocean for more than a year, describe your experience with the bracelet on that wristwatch: continue reading…

James Bond connections attract a lot of folks to make first-time purchases of automatic (mechanical) watches. Most know you aren’t gonna see the sort of precision accuracy here as with a quartz or the clock on your cell phone. But what is “normal” and is that a constant?

Following are links to www.jamesbondwatches.com where I’ve Posted tracking results for a number of Omega and Rolex models I’ve had in recent years. continue reading…