Hey guys! Welcome back to Fresh From the Showroom Floor. Today, I have one of my
favorite movie characters, and one of the, probably the most famous movie spies of
all time. James Bond's watches. So he wears a ton of watches. I mean probably
15 to 20 different watches, throughout the entire movie series, you know.
Starting from Roger Moore all the way to Sean Connery, you have Daniel Craig,
Pierce Brosnan. And I mean all these guys wore different watches, but I wanted to
talk about three of the most important watches to the James Bond
series. So we have the Rolex Submariner 55 13, then we have two Omega Seamasters.
One is the quartz movement, one is the automatic movement. Both were the intro
to Omega watches. So we'll start with the 5513. This watch was actually
originally worn by Roger Moore, from 1973-1974, and its last movie it was in was, I
believe, it was Live and Let Die.
This timepiece was actually the first that had gadgets in it, from the
Agent Q. He actually built this watch to have a circular saw, as
well as the magnetic, bullet deflecting device, so he would just throw it on. He
also used it for a couple different features, and I'll let you guys watch the
movie to figure out what he uses that for. The first Omega watch that he wore
was actually Pierce Brosnan. He wore the quartz movement Omega Seamaster, and then
later ended up wearing the automatic Omega Seamaster. These two are
essentially what were the first watches with the Omega James Bond pairing. They
have a ton of different commemorative models as well, with different James Bond
dials, different James Bond hands. So if you're a true true enthusiast, the Omega
watches right here are pretty much the basis of the James Bond Omega Seamaster.
Now, when we go into other movies, he wore Spectre watches, and he wore the Skyfall
limited edition Planet Ocean, so there's a ton of
different variations ; but when we're talking about the true James Bond
watches he liked to stick with these three. Now one of the all-time biggest
comments made on the James Bond watches, is the Submariner was probably one of
the most recognizable and famous watches, and it's what turned the Rolex
Submariner into one of the most popular watches in the world. This timepiece is
regarded as one of the most collectible, as well as one of the most sought-after,
just because of the James Bond movie. Its last appearance was the last Rolex
appearance in any James Bond movie, and ever since then, no Rolex has
been in a James Bond movie. It has only been Omega watches, and I believe even
in 2019, they're coming out with a new watch to commemorate the next James Bond
movie, which is Daniel Craig's last one. So my personal favorite, and many of the
other personal favorites of people that are into the James Bond movies, will be
the Omega Seamaster 300M. The automatic movement, not the quartz, because this is
the one that actually had the most screen time out of any other Omega
timepiece. So when you're checking about online, we have a ton of these timepieces.
We have a ton of the quartz ones, make sure that you check them out.
We have also all the commemorative editions, and I believe we even have a
few of the later James Bond watches. So if you're a James Bond fan like myself,
and like many of our staff members here, check it out, because James Bond was one
of the characters that brought watches to the big screen, and watches played a
very very important role in his movies. So make sure that you check us out
online, www.SwissWatchExpo.com - just type "James Bond" in the search bar, and kind of
searching and you'll see which watches we have. We have
a ton of great stuff. It's been always been a pleasure! Check us out on the next
week's version of Fresh From the Showroom Floor. We'll speak to you
guys soon! Take care.