What Watch Did James Bond Really Wear?

[Andyg]

Nice post. (There is no watch that James Bond really wore, however. James Bond is a fictional character. ;) )

Best wishes,
Bob

Cant say I've ever read the books but I thought Fleming DID mention Rolex in the books but did not elaborate which model???

again.... he was a fictional character. :wink:

You are right Fleming does discribe Bond taking off his Rolex and using as a knuckle duster - charming, but does not say which model. Perhaps he thought it was enough to say Rolex rather than Rolex Blah, Model number Blah. A bit like people talking about Rolls Royce - without having to say which model number.

As for the watches - well you can form your own opinion.

Ian Fleming wore a Explorer 1 :D Was on display in the Imperial War.
Sean Connery (as 007) wore a Rolex Sub
Roger Moore (as 007) wore a Rolex Sub (along with some other crappy watches)
Timothy Dulton (as 007) wore a Rolex Sub
David Niven (as 007) wore a Rolex GMT Master.
George Lazenby (as 007) wore a Rolex pre-Datona.

Only the last two Bond wore Omega, however its well know that Daniel Craig wears a Rolex in "real life". As for the other one - he was Irish - nuff said :wink:

Pretty safe to say that Bond wore a Rolex in the same way its pretty safe to say Harry Potter had a wand :D

Andy






Andy