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Very good material.
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Awesome info...........
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Wow, there is so much history of these great watches, thanks , that was excellent
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excellent post!
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Great post. I just have one small correction. The strap on Connery's Sub in "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball" isn't a Nato but a nylon regimental.
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Excellent article.
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The next Bond watch will be the Deepsea!
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Thanks for the post. Great info
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Great post regarding cinematic Rolexes, etc. But, what about the books? Did Bond ever wear a Submariner in the books? The only Rolex model I can recall that Ian Fleming specifically cited was the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer Zephyr.
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I believe in the illustrated comic version of On Her Majesty's secret service it was clear that Bond wore a Rolex Explorer.
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That 5510 is amazing.
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I remember seeing the watch on those movies as a kid and from then on I always wanted that watch. My first waterprrof watch was made by a company called Clinton. And they came packaged in water.
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I have just read this topic
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Thanks for the info! Cool post!
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I'm a Forum newbie, I was looking for a bracelet for my Submariner and stumbled on this site. I'm quite sure Bond in one of Flemming's books used his Rolex as make shift brass knuckles. May have been "On Her Majesties Secret Service".
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I wonder what watch today's "James Bond" hero "Mitch Rapp" wears. Mitch is the character by Vince Flynn and Vince just signed a deal with Hollywood to put today's James Bond on the big screen. Bet there's a product placement watch war in the works!
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In case you missed it!
Here's a shot of my 6538 Bond Submariner that was refurbished by Bob Ridley. It has now been a year since I added my first post on this site, and I am now wearing the watch daily. Love it, love the watch, love the history!
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i wish i can get my hands on one of those. great post.
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I'm not a big shiny watch guy... normally. I love this watch, and would wear it in a second. So stylish, so simple. What's the definition of "elegance"? A picture of the Bond Submariner Rolex would do. Restrained, simple yet complex, functional.
Maybe it helps that this model comes out of the post-War era of design that I really like - most of my watches and household stuff even comes out of the 1950s and early 1960s - this comes in handy when collecting men's dress watches, which have been consistently undervalued if not outright ignored by collectors. What does one of these babies go for these days? I guess the price is part of the prestige, right? |
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loved reading the post. Thanks
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Thats some excellent work Larry !
Thanks for putting all this information together :-) JJ |
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Larry, I just love your post! Awesome information.
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Now I know why I liked the SUb so much, it was calling to me all those years on film.
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Fantastic info Larry thanks!!
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It's funny, after watching a few of the Roger Moore era Bond films I'm convinced I would rather have a non-date Sub. They look so very clean.
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Excellent post
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Outstanding thread on Bond and the Submariner! Unfortunately, the only Bond watch I have is the "For Your Eyes Only" Seiko which I went out and bought right after seeing that movie when it first came out.
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![]() Trouble with the comic strip illustration for On Her Majesty's Secret Service is that it came after the death of Ian Fleming. So this is simply a case of what John McLusky solely thought the watch should look like (which is why he drew what we know to have been a Rolex 1016 Explorer with a date window!). |
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