Elegant, unique, charismatic, memorable and simply handsome man in the service of Her Majesty. After reading these lines, an association immediately arises with one of the screen smoothies - with Bond, James Bond. Always in good physical shape, always looking at 100%, always knows what to do, and is always able to find a way out of a difficult situation. We can say that James Bond has become a kind of style icon, which many seek to imitate. They copy the style, habits, try to purchase accessories used by agent 007.
First Bond, first watch
Among the many attributes that Bond uses, special attention is paid to watches. From series to series, James Bond watches help to get out of the most incredible situations in which the main character finds himself. In addition, they periodically possess such incredible functions that timing is no longer their main task.
The first brand of James Bond watches was Rolex, a Submariner model. For 15 years they have been an indispensable attribute of agent 007.
But in 1977 they were replaced by the watches of the Japanese company Seiko, and already in the film “The Spy Who Loved Me”, the 0674 LC model appeared on Bond’s hand. This is perhaps the most progressive watch from all of Bond. They could send print messages that arrived, with their help James Bond could blow up the doors of the spacecraft, they could release poisonous darts, and also, if necessary, broadcast the video. This watch lasted until 1985. After them, the James Bond watch became the TAG Heuer model. And after them, the watch from Rolex again returned.
Seriously and permanently
Ten years later, in 1995, an Omega Swiss watch appeared on Her Majesty's agent’s hand. Starting with the movie Golden Eye and until the last film adaptation of 007: Spectrum, which was released in 2015, James Bond uses the company’s chronometer.
In the film "Golden Eye", agent 007 tries on an Omega Seamaster Professional 300m watch, which is stuffed with various espionage devices. But after a few episodes, the scriptwriters moved away from the idea of hiding various abilities that were not peculiar to them. And in subsequent episodes of James Bond, the Seamaster Aqua Terra and Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Co-Axial became the main task of which is to accurately count the time. They do this perfectly well and never fail their owner.
By the way, James Bond watches “Omega” are perfectly combined both with a strict business suit for social events, and with a suit for scuba diving.
Reliability and precision
The watches of the Swiss company Omega rightfully take their place on the arm of the most famous fighter against criminals of a global scale. After all, they are accurate and reliable, shockproof and waterproof (able to withstand depths of up to 600 meters).
The choice fell on the Omega watch not by chance - after all, in real life, this watch is used in almost many areas where accuracy and reliability are needed. This watch was used in deep-sea research - at a depth of 500 meters. They are used by NASA's National Space Administration. It was the watch of this brand that was worn on the suit of the first person who stepped on the surface of the moon. This was preceded by strict selection: ten chronometers of various brands were purchased, after which multiple rigorous tests of these mechanisms were carried out at NASA laboratories. The only watch movement that passed all the tests was the Omega watch movement. After which the Swiss digging received NASA certification for space travel.
A record that is not broken
Back in 1936, the Omega watch set a world record that has been kept up to now, and no one has been able to beat it yet. The Kew-Teddington Observatory held a precision contest. And Omega watches scored 97.8 points out of 100 possible in this competition. Thus, Omega has shown that the mechanism of their watches is almost perfect.
Stylish and strict, they are made for real men, and many men would like to wear a James Bond watch on their hand.