And because it needs to stand up to Bond’s rather arduous lifestyle ( natch), it is resistant to magnetic fields up to 15,000 gauss and is water resistant up to 300 meters (1000 feet or 30 bar). Displayed on the black dial are the hours and minutes, as well as a ‘lollipop’-style central seconds hand. It is housed in a 41mm stainless steel case with a polished black bi-directional ceramic bezel, and presented on a black and grey striped NATO strap. Limited to a rather fitting edition of just 7,007 pieces, the new “Spectre” watch is all Bond. Until you have the chance to see the movie for yourself, we’ll stick to detailing the watch, not the plot. “In this film, I wouldn’t call it a gadget, but the watch plays a very important role.” Although we won’t give away any spoilers, it’s worth noting that the “Spectre” watch does come in quite handy. “We’ve been trying to get away a little bit from too much gadget, which in the Brosnan era was a little bit more – you know he had the ice breaker, he had the harpoon,” Mr. Indeed, Omega watches have not only been name-checked by Bond (as in Casino Royale), they have also become part of the plotline in Spectre. And it plays an important role in the film.” So he initiated that we bring it back in the film, and he loves the watch. So in our museum I found one from his date of birth and gave it to him, and he fell in love with it, and he said ‘This watch has to be a Bond watch’. “We had an informal meeting, and in our discussion, I promised him, or he had asked me – because he loves watches – that he would love to have a watch of his year of birth. “About three or four years ago, I met Daniel Craig in London,” Mr. Craig’s own personal passion for timepieces. The choice of the new “Spectre” watch, which was inspired by Omega’s original 300 watch from 1957, came about thanks to Mr. From there it’s gone on he wore an Aqua Terra in Skyfall, and now in the new film, he’s wearing the Seamaster 300 “Spectre” Limited Edition.” “The first film, Casino Royale, he started off with the same watch – the Seamaster Diver 300M in blue, and then introduced the Planet Ocean, which is also from the Seamaster collection. “When Pierce left and Daniel came on board, obviously he wanted to bring his own influence to the choice,” Mr. But with each new actor to step into the role, there are invariably some subtle changes. Hemming’s edition of choice was a blue Seamaster Diver 300M, which appeared in all four of Pierce Brosnan’s Bond films. “So she felt that the Seamaster was the watch.” “So she changed the car and a few other things, and one of the things she wanted to bring in – because there had been a bit of a mix-up with the watches, and Bond had worn different watches, even some way off digital pieces that didn’t really go with the image – so she felt that Bond being a Commander of the Royal Navy, British Armed Forces, 95% chance he would have worn an Omega Seamaster, which was the watch that the British Armed Forces used in and after the war,” Mr. Hemming was asked in the early ‘90s to revamp Bond’s image. According to Stephen Urquhart, president of Omega, it all began when Ms. The roots of Bond’s shockingly monogamous relationship with the Swiss brand can be traced to costume designer Lindy Hemming.
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