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There is currently some debate as to whether or not this model watch was ever worn in a James Bond movie. Either Timothy Dalton wore it as Agent 007 in Licence to Kill, or he wore a piece which was virtually identical to it (but with another Rolex reference number).
The link below provides complete access to this 4-page report and data.
This tracking began upon return of the watch from the Rolex USA Service Center in Beverly Hills, California, where it had been sent on July 25, 2008 (a little over four weeks earlier, indicative of total turn-around time, including time in transit). The subject Rolex Sub Date had been in service almost two years at that point, and was worn almost daily throughout.
In my cover letter requesting "warranty repair," I noted that the watch was "not performing within COSC specifications. Over a recent 23-day period, it ran between 10.38 and 16.13 seconds fast per day." I further asked "to have this watch regulated so that it performs within a range that does not lose any time on a day-to-day basis."
As indicated, observations began after the watch had been fully wound (100 turns) and continued for approximately one month without adjustment. Variables were then introduced: First, the watch was left off-wrist (in the dial-up position) for extended periods of time; second, the watch was again fully wound (100 turns) at day 53.
Note that for any given minute tracked, the second-hand position deviated by as much as three-quarters of a second, revolution after revolution, depending on its position relative to the dial. In other words, this watch could be observed as exactly matching the USNO Master Clock with the second-hand pointing at one number on its dial, and be 0.75 seconds slow (or fast) as it traveled through another position, then exactly matching again as it passed the initial point cited.
Posted by Dell Deaton, November 23, 2008 at 8:49 AM
