James Bond Watches Blog

As the holiday shopping season is upon us, I thought I’d use this James Bond Watches Blog posting to more broadly respond to some of the requests I commonly get for general direction on locating vintage pieces.

By way of opening disclaimer: These are as-is, where-is references. I’m neither authenticating the watches themselves, nor vouching for sellers.

Breitling Top Time

• Item number 220889271187 here has been available from this seller for a while now. With a Buy It Now price of $2,333.99, it’s a good deal steeper than anything I’ve seen actually sell. But there’s a Make Offer option available if you’d like to take a run at it that way.

Hamilton Pulsar P2

• This one is interesting in that it includes the original instructions, which is uncommon. Item number 140651170606 is currently up to $213.50 in soft bidding.

Seiko 600m Titanium Diver

• Item number 270861636630 starts at $1,000.00 and has a $1,200.00 Buy It Now price. Not at all out of line, but I’d like to see more pictures — of the watch, crystal, and strap, in continue reading…

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…