An Omega Seamaster 300m was on my wrist when I started work on James Bond Watches Version 5, so I thought it appropriate to be wearing that same wristwatch for the website re-launch this past New Year’s Eve.
Prior to putting it into its then-latest active duty again on December 18, 2023, it had been running between 2.94 and 3.70 seconds fast. A gain of 2.0 seconds per day is my sweat spot. … continued
As of 9:34 pm GMT this evening, the fifth iteration of James Bond Watches is now live.
For those of you who are here for launch, note that “5.000” shows as the extended version number. (I don’t anticipate that it will remain so for long.)
“But how do you know that?”
One of my top priorities for this website update was to provide the highest practical degree of accountability in James Bond watch … continued
Beginning with the December 25 James Bond Watches Blog™ post this past Wednesday, a banner image will appear above each headline and content. These will be locked in place to serve as a sort of time capsule against future updates to the website, proper banner going forward.
The current banner is comprised of nineteen images, with priority placed on having each of the confirmed James Bond movie watchmakers in some way represented.
Following … continued
The JamesBondWatches.com™ home page has changed today to reflect “soft-launch” status for Version 5 (referenced as “v5.00” for this phase).
Banner, ground, and layout are now in final configuration. Header, footer, Welcome! and main (side-slider) menus are all set and functional as well — along with Movie Wristwatches and Why—? section landing pages.
James Bond Watches Blog™ is not set out as a stand-alone section, but, rather, ties to pages for which any … continued
Last week, I was in Columbia, Pennsylvania to remove wristwatches, historical artifacts, and related materials from the “James Bond Originals” kiosk and James Bond Wore the Quartz Revolution™ gallery that I had been curating at the National Watch & Clock Museum.
It was time. Proverbs 16:9 comes to mind as I reflect back.
I’ve been a member of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (“NAWCC”), since 1993 [1]. That would have been … continued
One of the most common questions that I was asked about the “Bond Watches, James Bond Watches” opening at the National Watch & Clock Museum in 2010 was about the wristwatch I had chosen to wear for the occasion that night [1].
It was a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Submariner reference worn by Timothy Dalton as James Bond in Licence to Kill.
Although I then-owned a 1016 Explorer, I felt like I’d appear to … continued
While updating the “Casino Royale” Limited page earlier today, I noted that that watch, new from an Authorized Dealer, was priced in 2006 at $3,650 (MSRP).
In case you forgot to ask— the standard (read, ‘not Limited Series’) Omega Planet Ocean, in either size, runs $3,300 (MSRP) on the rubber strap …. So we’re talking about a $350 premium for the James Bond 007 Casino Royale watch affiliation ….
The “Casino Royale” differed from its … continued