A sum total of twenty-one words were devoted to the James Bond wristwatch in the 1953 novel, Casino Royale.

It was ten minutes past one by Bond’s watch when, at the high table, the whole pattern of play suddenly altered.

When I last discussed it on my James Bond Watches Blog some fifteen years ago, I put 399 to the subject [1]. Significantly, I thought, was a look to the 1959 Goldfinger by way … continued