{ “other” James Bond watches, materials, and serendipities

JAMES BOND WATCHES, nec
  • “Continuation Watches” [1]
    — 2011/ Carte Blanche (Jeffery Deaver)
  • “Gadget Watches”
    — 1965/ Thunderball
  • “Orphan Watches”
    — 1985/ A View to a Kill
    — 1989/ Licence to Kill
    — 2006/ Casino Royale
    — 2012/ Skyfall
  • Television
    — 1954/ “Casino Royale” CBS Climax! (anthology)
FURTHER RECOGNIZED CATEGORIES
  • Commemoratives
    — celebrated other referents or stimulated inquiry
  • Licensed
    — marketed with legal permission of separate rights holders
  • Reissues
    — “updated” screen-worn issues from the original watchmakers
EXHIBITIONS, GALLERIES, AND DISPLAYS.a
  • “James Bond Originals” Kiosk
    — November 18, 2017 through February 22, 2024 / Columbia, Pennsylvania
  • James Bond Wore the Quartz Revolution™ Gallery
    — May 26, 2015 through February 22, 2024 / Columbia, Pennsylvania
  • “By the Books, with Two Original James Bond Watches” Display
    — December 19, 2013 through May 24, 2015 / Columbia, Pennsylvania
  • Ian Fleming Rolex placement.b within “Enlisting Time” Gallery [2,3]
    — Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 / Columbia, Pennsylvania
  • “Jeffery Deaver’s Original Carte Blanche 007 Breitling” Showcase [4-6]
    — November 12, 2011 (one evening only) / Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • “Ian Fleming’s Own James Bond Watch” Kiosk
    — May 2011 to July 2012 / Columbia, Pennsylvania
  • “Bond Watches, James Bond Watches” Gallery
    — June 18, 2010 through April 30, 2011 / Columbia, Pennsylvania
  • “Searching for James Bond’s Wristwatches” Showcase [7]
    — June 11 through 13, 2009 / Grand Rapids, Michigan
PRESENTATION
  • “Where would James Bond be without his wristwatch?”
    — June 13, 2009 / Delivered before the 64th Annual Convention of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (“NAWCC”) / Grand Rapids, Michigan [8-13]
NOTES

a —Turnkey curation by Dell Deaton, unless otherwise noted.
b —Dell Deaton responsible for extended loan of this wristwatch for inclusion in “Enlisting Time,” through relationship with and by permission of Ian Fleming family hears, as its owners.

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— Dell Deaton
Updated: April 23, 2024
December 14, 2005

REFERENCES (off-site)
  1. “James Bond books: the continuation novels”
    February 29, 2024 / David Leigh / The James Bond Dossier (accessed March 26, 2024)
  2. National Watch & Clock Museum
    (accessed January 8, 2024)
  3. “Enlisting Time”
    November 16, 2016 / Noel Poirier, Timothy Card, and Adam Harris / WristWatch Magazine (via The Lazy Family Historian, accessed February 3, 2024)
  4. “One of the original James Bond watches displayed in Ann Arbor”
    December 3, 2011 / Dell Deaton / The Ann Arbor News (via AnnArbor.com, accessed January 26, 2024)
  5. Lewis Jewelers
    (accessed January 22, 2024)
  6. “Discovered: James Bond’s Carte Blanche Breitling watch”
    July 5, 2011 / Dell Deaton / James Bond Watches Blog (via Internet Archive, accessed January 24, 2024)
  7. “Watch, clock collectors spend some time meeting in Grand Rapids”
    June 11, 2009 / Lance Wynn / The Grand Rapids Press (via mLive, accessed January 26, 2024)
  8. “James Bond Watches NAWCC 2009 Part 1”
    December 23, 2009 / jamesbondwatches (via YouTube, accessed February 3, 2024)
  9. “… Part 2”
    December 24, 2009
  10. “… Part 3”
    December 28, 2009
  11. “… Part 4”
    December 29, 2009
  12. “… Part 5”
    December 30, 2009
  13. “… Part 6”
    December 31, 2009