Where You May Have Seen the Work of James Bond Watches™

“Success has many fathers, …” [1].

Following is an unquestionably incomplete list of names where James Bond Watches content has appeared over the years. Inclusion among this compendium does not necessarily constitute endorsement of any placement, nor guarantee of accuracy within the larger context in which James Bond Watches material has been, will be, or continues to be seen.

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Bibliography

• 64th National Convention of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (display) [2] / June 11-13, 2019 / National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors [3].
• Antique Week / January 1, 2018 / Barbara Miller Beem / “Watches kept James Bond on time and fashionable” (MidCountry Media: Knightstown, Indiana).
• Teddy Baldassarre / June 29, 2019 / “The Watches of James Bond | Detailed History of Watches that James Bond Wore in Movies (1962-Now)” (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• __ / January 22, 2024 / Mark Bernardo / “James Bond Watches: The Comprehensive Guide to 50 Years of 007’s Timepieces” (accessed January 8, 2025).
• Bob’s Watches / Paul Altieri / “Watch Review: The Original Bond Watch? Meet Ian Fleming’s Rolex Explorer 1016” (accessed January 9, 2025).
• Bond Lifestyle / Remmert van Braam (accessed January 8, 2025).
• Chronos (magazine) / March 2009 / Dell Deaton / “Hintergrund: Ian Fleming und Seine Rolex Explorer I” alt “Welche Uhr Trug James Bond?” (Ebner Verlag: Ulm, Germany).
• Esquire / July 1, 2019 / “The Definitive Ranking Of James Bond’s Watches” (accessed January 8, 2025).
• Double-0-Seven Magazine / July 11, 2009 / “The original James Bond watch coming to America” (accessed January 8, 2025).
• Fox 43 / May 26, 2015 / Andrea Michaels / “James Bond Wore the Quartz Revolution on Fox43 News” (via National Watch & Clock Museum, YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• __ / January 27, 2017 / “James Bond Exhibit at National Watch and Clock Museum.mov” (accessed January 8, 2025).
• __ / December 29, 2023 / Fox43 News / “National Watch and Clock Museum helps people travel through time” (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• Fratello / September 3, 2010 / Robert-Jan Broer / “Ian Fleming’s Rolex Explorer Ticking During Its Exhibit!” (accessed January 9, 2025).
• Gentleman Masterclass / October 12, 2021 / “All Sean Connery Era James Bond 007 Watches” (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• __ / April 4, 2022 / “Gruen Precision Cal 510 17J Starburst, James Bond 007’s First Movie Watch” (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• GQ / February 13, 2019 / Charlie Burton / “How to buy ‘the’ James Bond watch” (accessed January 9, 2025).
• Hodinkee / September 19, 2010 / Benjamin Clymer / “Dell Deaton explains ‘James Bond Watches’ at the National Watch and Clock Museum” (via Vimeo, accessed January 9, 2024).
• __ (via Internet Archive, accessed January 8, 2025).
• James Bond, L’Espion Qui Aimait Les Montres / 2015 / Frédéric Liévain (le cherche midi: Paris).
• Last Watch Horology / July 27, 2017 / “Gruen Precision – From Curves to Bond Watch” (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• Meehna Goldsmith / July 16, 2012 / Longitude: Christie’s blog for collecting watches / July 16, 2012 / Meehna Goldsmith / “Interview: In Conversation with James Bond Watches Expert Dell Deaton” (via Internet Archive, accessed December 31, 2023).
• National Watch & Clock Museum (aka, “Museum of Time”) / 2010-2024 (accessed January 8, 2024). [3]
• NAWCC Bulletin: Journal of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors / June 2009 / Dell Deaton / “How I Found the Original James Bond Watch” (National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors [3]: Columbia, Pennsylvania).
• Revolution (magazine) / 2010 / Dell Deaton / “The Agent’s Secret” (Revolution International: Port Louis, Mauritius).
• __ / “Secret History: The Seiko Watches of 007.”
• Scottish Watches / October 14, 2020 / DC Hannay / “Playing The Long Game (Or How I Found My Bond Watch)” (accessed January 9, 2025).
• Uhren Magazin / November-Dezember 2015 / Text – Thomas Gronenthal; Fotos – Dell Deaton / “Bond, James Bond” (Ebner Verlag: Ulm, Germany).
• Watch & Clock Bulletin: Journal of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors / September-October 2015 / Dell Deaton / cover photograph and “James Bond Wore Quartz Wristwatches. You Noticed.” (National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors [3]: Columbia, Pennsylvania).
• WatchTime (magazine) / January-February 2009 / Dell Deaton / “Found: James Bond’s Rolex (alt “Discovered: James Bond’s Rolex”) (Ebner Media Group: New York).
• __ / March 5, 2022 / “James Bond Watches: The Complete Movie Timeline” (accessed January 8, 2025).
• Charles Walhingford / July 13, 2017 / “James Bond Loves a Quartz Watch” (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2025).
• WristWatch Magazine / May 2014 / Dell Deaton / “The Time When James Bond Did Not Wear a Wristwatch” (Isochron Media: Monroe, Connecticut).

References

1. “Who gets the credit?” / June 11, 2019 / Tony Samson / Business World (accessed January 8, 2024).
2. “Watch, clock collectors spend some time meeting in Grand Rapids” / June 11, 2009 / Lance Wynn / The Grand Rapids Press (via mLive, accessed January 22, 2024).
3. National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC) / 2009-2024 (accessed July 17, 2024).