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The National Watch & Clock Museum will be presenting an exhibit opening in the summer of 2010 that will explore the subject of the watches of James Bond. The exhibit, Watches, James Bond Watches, will feature the watch that provided the inspiration for James Bond’s wristwatch: Ian Fleming’s own Rolex Explorer.
This wristwatch was recently identified
by Dell Deaton of www.jamesbondwatches.com, as the original, literary
James Bond watch in his recent article for WatchTime magazine.
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Mr. Deaton is serving as the National Watch & Clock Museum’s Guest
Curator for the exhibit; it was through his direct work with Fleming
heirs that the display of this important and historical timepiece is
possible.
This is the first time that Ian Fleming’s watch has been exhibited in
the United States. The watch was recently on display at the Imperial War
Museum in London, featured in an exhibit on the life and work of Ian
Fleming.
Fionn Morgan, Ian Fleming’s stepdaughter,
states “Ian would have enjoyed the idea of displaying his own Oyster
Perpetual as part of an exhibition of James Bond watches…It is wonderful
to see the James Bond legacy presented through the watches that this
character has worn. It is further most gratifying to see Ian’s Explorer
number 1016 displayed as the origin of this long and continuous
chronology. Collectors and the public will learn a lot through this
exhibition.”
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“The National Watch & Clock Museum is honored to be able to display Mr.
Fleming’s watch” Museum Director Noel Poirier comments, “and we are
thankful to the Fleming family for allowing this one of a kind object to
be a part of the Bond watch exhibit.”
The exhibit will also include examples of
the watches worn throughout the James Bond novels and motion pictures.
Additionally, memorabilia from fans of the character will also be
included in the exhibit.
The National Watch and Clock Museum is operated by the National
Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
association with close to 21,000 members, representing 52 countries.
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