An Omega Chronograph Caliber Ref. ST This chronograph is from the mids. With the piece that Daniel Craig wore, from We only see a flash of the timepiece in the film. However super fans of Bond have tracked it down. With the Bond Lifestyle blog providing evidence in the form of a photo of it listed in the wardrobe sheet for that scene from the movie.
The watch pictured above is a photo taken of a similar model. Thought to be like the watch in the film. This was sourced from the Omega online forum. Starring Daniel Craig for what will probably be the last time. Meaning the whole timepiece is made from a lightweight Grade 2 Titanium. Which includes the titanium mesh strap.
This watch is powered by an Omega in-house movement. The Co-Axial Master Chronometer Which means it is super precise, and is resistant to magnetic forces too. This timepiece is available to order on the Omega online store.
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Share on pinterest. Latest Posts. November 9, As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. All Rights Reserved. Naturally, it was Ian Fleming who started it all.
He knew that a gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit. He took the time to specify Bond's choice. According to Fleming, and he should know, Bond wears a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer on an expanding metal bracelet. The good people at Rolex would surely have been surprised by Bond's jury-rigged use of his Oyster Perpetual as a knuckle-duster. In chapter 16 of OHMSS Bond switches his watch to his right hand and loops the band around his fist so that the heavy metal and crystal watchcase sits atop his middle knuckles.
The metal watch bracelet is clutched in his palm. Just minutes later Bond makes use of this improvised "Q" device when he kills a guard by punching him so hard that the Rolex's crystal shatters against his jaw. But Bond seldom needs to exercise his creativity. That is never truer than when the subject is a wristwatch.
They have frequently been the means by which some incredible device has been concealed. Unfortunately, The British Secret Service doesn't hold a monopoly on the idea, and Bond has occasionally found himself on the wrong end of a tricky timepiece's treachery. In fact, it was S. When unspooled to full length by pulling on the stem, it could be looped around the hapless victim's throat. It worked fine in rehearsal, but when Grant tried it on the real James Bond it was Grant who wound up wearing the garrote.
After this rather promising start, the opposition's creativity with clocks waned somewhat. But the best trick timepiece the opposition could muster was just a wall clock with a peephole that allowed Mai Ling to keep tabs on Bond aboard Goldfinger s private jet.
It didn't fool Bond who easily thwarted it by the simple expedient of hanging his coat over it. Score: Bond 1, Goldfinger 0. In fact, the use of Bond's wristwatches, used so creatively later in the film series, stumbled badly coming out of the starting block. On the very first day of filming DR. NO it was discovered the Sean Connery hadn't been given a Rolex watch to wear. The scene required it, so nothing more could be done until one could be procured.
Director Terence Young , himself a former real-life "James Bond", stepped in to save the day by lending Connery his own Rolex. Filming proceeded and the rest, as they say, is cinema history! Only "Q" could manage to complain about a free trip to the Bahamas. He brings with him a watch he describes as a Rolex, but which doesn't look like any model I ve been able to track down. The trick to this watch is that it functions as a Geiger counter.
If you compare this to the Geiger counter issued to in DR. NO you'll see how far Q-branch have come. Not only does this Geiger counter fit on Bond's wrist, it also tells time! With the arrival of Roger Moore came the arrival of the really far out wristwatch gadgets. This film is one of only two Bond films in which Desmond Llewelyn "Q" fails to appear. Instead it is Miss Moneypenny who brings Moore his gadget watch.
The film begins with Moore wearing a Pulsar digital watch. This was the very first digital watch on the market. You had to press a button to activate the glowing red digits. Except copper is the basis of all electromagnetic interactions. Think transformers, electric motors etc.. There is a blooper. Last I checked Sean Connery is still alive. Do you thinks Sean Connery knows or cares what watch was put on his wrist when he was dressed up and made up to plays his character in that movie?
If you want to ask someone, try one of the production people or someone in charge of costumes for the movie. Sylvio, I agree with you. The original founder of Yema made a big deal about this during that time frame but you see, back then there were no DVDs. The movie would make a second tour in the theaters and eventually was also on video tape.
But the paid placements were only good for the first run. The subsequent releases often had parts cut out because they had been paid placements but were not perpetual. Without a close-up of the watch, no company would gain any advantage.
Thus, the paid segment was always the close-up of the watch, which is why there is no close-up of any watch in Dr.
It expired and was cut. The book may have specified a Rolex but Yema paid for the spot. The very first watch mentioned in any Bond novel was a Girard Perregaux. I know the article is about movies, but this is surely worth a mention? I have a Bond watch not featured in the article. Although not seen in The Living Daylights, it was specially made for, and worn by, Timothy Dalton during filming. Served in SF for 7 years multiple deployments and still wear the same G-Shock to this day.
No was a Yema, French made. The Swiss watch business nearly collapsed in the early s when Seiko was selling their far superior 21 Jewel automatics. At that time, the Yemas were equal in quality to the Swiss brands, often more attractive, sometimes more innovative and usually cheaper.
In the write up, why not show the actor actually wearing the timepiece? I see more bear wrists than watches. Something to do with copyrights maybe??? According to this, the first watch to ever appear on the silver screen in any Bond film was a Gruen. And I also noticed there is no mention of the very first wrist watch that Sean Connery wore as Bond on screen when he met Sylvia Trench in Dr.
It was a gold colored case dress watch with a light colored dial…which kind of makes me think he was wearing the Gruen in that shot. The best shot is at minutes in. Sean , also wore his Rolex Submariner in Thunderball. It was the last time we we saw it. Maybe the only circumstance where a standard complication is used by him in the series!
I loved all the James Bond watches, but most of all, I loved Ursula Andress and the scene where she walks out of the sea dripping wet and oozing sex appeal. She was as beautiful as any of the watches, although I expect one of the watches would have lasted longer than Ms Andress.
Like a modern smartwatch, the TV Watch would eat through its batteries, consuming two AAs after watching five hours of television. It also made for a damn good label maker. But just like the safari suit with its wide lapels, what seemed like a good idea at the time started to look too dated for a classic character.
Fast forward to the s. After the cartoonish Moore years and the dour Dalton films, Pierce Brosnan strutted out as a perfect Bond for his — glib and handsome, he had cut his pearly white teeth as a TV star. The costume designer at the time, Lindy Hemming, considered everything from cufflinks to socks and when it came to his watch, she passed over Rolex for Omega. The Rolex Submariner was by then the most ubiquitous luxury watch around.
Omega had a long history with the British military , with its Seamaster having been the choice for Royal Navy divers in the s. A few years later, it would also inspire one of the most entertaining ways to frag in multiplayer console gaming.
To an entire generation of Bond fans, Omega is the watch of James Bond. What started out as a costume choice became a marketing bonanza, with Omega making full use of the movies to sell a lot of Seamasters. The timepiece that Brosnan wore for all of his films was a blue-dialed Seamaster with a blue rotating bezel, on a steel bracelet that had alternating polished and brushed links. For a more serious, more physical Bond, the Planet Ocean was a perfect choice. Bond also wore it on a rubber strap, better suited for parkour chases through third-world construction sites.
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