What about a Precista? Bond would look cool with a PRS-82 on a nato.
Has to be a Bremont. Excellent British engineering, connection to the armed forces, looks great too. Better than getting a watch from a conglomerate not that I have anything against the Rolex, Omega or any other watch maker but someone as essentially British as Bond should have a watch with a connection to Britain.
What about a Precista? Bond would look cool with a PRS-82 on a nato.
Bond's watches tend to get destroyed, or used as knuckledusters, so it would be a shame to do that to a Bremont. A Deepsea would probably be the thing - you could do some serious damage with one of those.
If Bremont can't or won't give the same amount of money as Omega does, then I'm afraid Bond won't be wearing a Bremont watch.
/Mogens
Bremont could make a special Bond addition that can be used to punch out the bad guys without breaking.
Bremont could make a special bond edition with some of his hair embedded in the dial somewhere.
I think you've been on the martini's with ideas like that!
The money that the Bond film made in 'product placements' in the last film was an incredible amount - sadly Bremont won't be coughing up the dough required for the next one!
Johnny English's next watch maybe...
Bremont have no direct link with the forces as far as I know. They are quite a few special project commissions about, however they are are not directly linked with the MOD.
They were used in the Kingsman film which was bondesque
Whilst I appreciate the commercially driven choice I wonder whether a 'cheaper' marque wouldn't benefit as much given it could produce a Bond variation which would be affordable to many more than an Omega. A niche British maker would be the ideal choice. Something akin to the prs-82 or even 18 but with a Bond twist and an upmarket movement would be something which would have mass appeal for a change.
Nick English plays one of the kingsmen, the bit where they are all around the table.
I think James Bond films is now more about money than about the quality :(
But PRS-82 would be a good choice: D
How about a scurfa?
http://www.scurfawatches.com/
Bond needs to wear a manual wind chronograph. Speedmaster Professional perhaps...
G-Shock.
I can't see that Bremont has the funds, the brand awareness or the international caché to even get a look-in for the next Bond gig. In years to come if/when the company has something other than ETA-powered timepieces and it has been absorbed by LVMH there might be a discussion to be had.
SGR
If it's a case of 'whose marketing department has the biggest budget' Bond will be wearing an apple iwatch, no mistake. He will have to charge it mid-mission, so he will need a choice of straps and colours to show off a different one every time he sips a carlsberg/uses a month blanc pen/nibbles a Jaffa cake or slips a new clip into his Walther!
I'd be made up if Bond wore a PRS82 in the next movie, imagine how much they would be up for on eBay then!!!
Oh, don't be so cynical. Look at the facts:
1) Giles is one of only three traditional first names for officers in the British Army, along with Rupert and Hugh.
2) Henley on Thames is, again traditionally, the equivalent of Blackpool for anyone called Hugh, Rupert or Giles
That's about it, but how much more do you want?
I'd like to see a Bremont or a Precista but as said, it's never going to happen.
It'll be Onega again or whoever stumps up the most cash for product placement.
I just had a look and it seems he picked that up from one of the baddies. Bond's still got his PPK
M
Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Yeah, you're right. I still wonder if Walther, and H&K and Glock for that matter, pay for their appearances or are they outside the product placement stuff?
Surely Omega have. Multi-year deal for product placement. As much as I like my new Bremont, I don't think it's the watch for Bond - he is a Bentley/Aston driving man from some family money, so Id expect a very well known known and established brand - Omega fits well enough, so would AP, Patek, Lange, Rolex, or so...
It's just a matter of time...
I think that Bremont are as connected to the military as they are to a french farmer with a plane shaped dent in his field.