Accept no substitutes.

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

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