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▼ Oyster Perpetual Submariner (1959)
PERFECT TIM He’s suave, he’s sexy, a superb strategist – and his watches are just as stylish
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or decades, James Bond has captured the imagination of generations but did you know that his wristwatch wasn’t identified until Ian Fleming’s second novel, Live and Let Die (1954)? Bond wears a Rolex in this book, which isn’t surprising, because Fleming himself wore a Rolex Explorer! Dr No (1962) Here, Sean Connery as Bond sports a Rolex non-perpetual with a gold-coloured case, which became known as the “Sylvia Trench” Rolex. In the same movie, he also wears a Rolex Submariner, Reference
6358, without a date display. Some film fundis consider this model to have been one of Connery’s own, while others argue it was on loan from producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli. ▶ Dr. No Rolex From Russia With Love (1963) / Submariner. Goldfinger (1964) Bond sported a Rolex Submariner, Reference 6538. By Goldfinger, the third Bond film, the same watch was seen on a one-piece striped nylon strap, about which the Internet contains endless debate. Some say it was a hurried addition to a watch chosen at the last minute.
Thunderball (1965) Bond wore two watches in Thunderball: a Rolex Submariner and a modified Breitling Top Time – characterised by a playful “Zorro” face which has since
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