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Shaken not stirred. Aka. Oh No!!! Not another Bond Watch Thread!!! (Pic. Heavy)
- Thread starter C Master
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The patina on the dial, hands, and insert is just awesome man! Lucky guyMy favourite watch
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I just love looking at these pages over and over - what a fantastic summary you have put together! I love Bond films as well and would like to get a Helenarou 6538. Like you, I want it looking new.
I went to the HR site and they have different movements available, for different prices. Which movement is in yours, and there really much of a difference in them?
Thanks!
I went to the HR site and they have different movements available, for different prices. Which movement is in yours, and there really much of a difference in them?
Thanks!
Thank you for the kind words
I got the Seagull ST2100 Movement, It is a good ETA clone movement. I never really bother going Swiss ETA in much.
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That is really helpful, thank you! Is it OK if I take a screenshot of your watch and send it to them? I'd like to have the same dial, etc. Is HR based in China? Is it pretty reliable for shipping to the US do you think? (I've always used Angus at Puretime)
Yes they are a dealer on another forum and they are based in China. It is perfectly OK to send a screenshot of my watch to them.
The HR is an extremely well built watch and the 7206 Rivet really sets it off. Get HR to sell you the undersized 18mm RAF strap too. They have one of the best one piece RAF straps.
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Well a little downtime in the sales section gave me a few hours to throw something together.
What is our fascination with this sociopath, misogynistic, alcoholic, emotionally dysfunctional, sickly charming, ruthless killing machine? He might be all these things but the films and the character exude style, taste and there is a little bit in all of us that wants to escape into the fantasy world in which he resides. One really has to question the effectiveness of a secret agent whose preference for alcoholic beverages is known to every bartender in every exotic location throughout the world.
Anyway, lets re-visit the much written about Bond Watches. Along with Cars and women this is another area where the character displays great taste and style. However, the only thing he really chooses or seduces is the women, we know that Q (not ) chooses his cars and watches. So, Q is the man. The great thing for Bond, unlike us, is he gets them all for free.
So here we go some but not all of the 007 watches. Hours of research watching and freeze framing went into this thread lol. Joking of course but now since this watch hobby (addiction) has overcome me I cannot watch a Bond film without my finger hovering over the pause button for those miniscule glimpses of 007 arm candy.
See also https://forum.replica-watch.info/for...read-pic-heavy
Rolex 6538.
There has been some debate over the years regarding what Rolex Sean Connery wears and the provenance of it. However due to the advent of DVD and Blue Ray it is now fairly obvious. As is tired telling people the Connery sub is a 6538 big crown, with a silver triangle and a 2 line metres first gilt dial. The strap was generally considered to be an admiralty grey nato. We now know it was a black red and green undersized RAF strap. It was also worn on a Black leather strap in Dr. No. and From Russia with love. The RAF strap appeared in Goldfinger. Again, in Thunderball the 6538 tells the time while the Breitling Top Time supplies the Geiger counter.
My version is the Helenarou Connery Submariner. It is a work of art in my biased opinion.
Thanks for this write up, I love the James Bond movies. You definitely have an awesome collection! Congrats!
May I ask more details about the submariner Connery wore in Dr. No? I thought it was a “franken” 6536/1 with a 8 mm brevet crown and no hash black bezel.
Thanks!
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