James Bond - his life in watches

James Bond - his life in watches


James Bond - the world’s most famous secret agent, and his watches as recognisable as his bond girls! 

1963/1964: From Russia with Love.  Sean Connery sports a Rolex Submariner seen again in...
1965:  Goldfinger.

1965: Thunderball, James is still sporting his Rolex Submariner but switches to a Breitling Top Time with a geiger counter!

1967: You Only Live Twice - wrist-wear unknown but possibly a Gruen Precision

1969: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service debuted George Lazenby whose Bond reverted to first love Rolex, with a Submariner and a Rolex Chronograph 

1971: Diamonds Are Forever, and Connery is back - possibly again with the Gruen worn in You Only Live Twice.

1973/1974: Live and Let Die and Man With A golden Gun staring Roger Moore and featured a Rolex Submariner 5513 and also a Pulsar LED digital watches

1977: The Spy Who Loved Me, Roger Moore again - wearing a Rolex GMT Master  and a Seiko 0674 LC

1979: Moonraker: Roger Moore's fourth film , and he's faithful to Seiko with a M354
 
1981: For Your Eyes Only - Moore  - co-starring with a Seiko 7549-7009 Professional Divers’ watch and a Seiko H357 Duo Display


1983: Octopussy, Moore’s Bond wears the Seiko TV Watch and in the same year.. .
1983:  Never Say Never Again,  Connery returns for his final performance but his watch in this film gets little prominance and is probably his own.


1985: A View to a Kill finds Roger Moore on the Golden Gate Bridge for his Bond finale wearing a Rolex Datejust but he is as unfaithful to his watches as he is to his Bond girls as he also sports three Seiko watches, including a Seiko Diver’s 150m.


1987: The Living Daylights, Timothy Dalton’s debut as James Bond features a TAG Heuer Professional Night-Dive Reference 980.031.

1989: License to Kill, Dalton’s second and final adventure as James Bond and he returns to aRolex Submariner.

1995: Pierce Brosnan takes over as James Bond in a quartz version of the Omega Seamaster Professional 300M 

1997: Pierce again with ticking costar an Omega Seamaster Professional

1999:  The World Is Not Enough, and Pierce Brosnan returns as sthe sexy superspy with the Seamaster

2002: Die Another Day sees Brosnan faithful to the Omega Seamaster in his fourth adventure. 
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2006: Casino Royale, Daniel Craig debuts and alternates his Omega Seamaster Diver with a Seamaster Planet Ocean .

2008: Quantum of Solace where his Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M needs to resist pressure at great depths.

2012: Skyfall, and Bond’s Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M has a titanium case, unlike the serially manufactured version, which is stainless steel.


2015:  Spectre, Daniel Craig wears an Omega Seamaster 300 Spectre and an Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra in the opening sequence.


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