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Further details on the literary James Bond watch have just been published by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors ("NAWCC") in its journal, Bulletin.
As I wrote for the first paragraph: "Details related
to my making this first definitive identification were published in the
February 2009 issue of WatchTime magazine. So
this is not an article about 'what' Agent 007 wore, but, rather ... 'How
was it found?'"
Source documentation discussions include research involving the
manuscripts and an Uncorrected Proof of On Her Majesty's
Secret Service from the archives of the Lilly Library on
the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington. Ian Fleming's 1962
letter to Playboy magazine.
And, of course, Rolex paperwork.
Never-before-released technical details take readers inside the
original James Bond Rolex. Specific caseback markings are discussed, its
movement caliber disclosed. Moreover, the June 2009 issue of the NAWCC
Bulletin describes the Radium dial with which
Mr. Fleming's Explorer was fitted at manufacture.
Look for a bit of controversy as well. For example, Ian Fleming
obviously knew about the Rolex Submariner worn by Sean Connery during
location filming for Dr. No in early 1962.
James Bond's creator then went on to clearly reject that as his own
intent for the 007 wristwatch: Repeatedly.
