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"Peter Hunt / You Only Live Twice, 1967"
Sale 5679, 14 December 2005: "Film and Entertainment"
Original description of Auction Lot #97
Price Realized £6,600 ($11,708)
An 18 carat gold water resistant automatic calendar Rolex wristwatch
with centre seconds, signed Rolex Oyster perpetual day-date, Ref. 1803,
case no. 1548899, circa 1967, nickel jewel movement with monometallic
balance wheel, silvered dial with raised gilt baton marks, outer minute
scale with Roman 5 minute marks, apertures for day and date, the tonneau
shaped case with bright cut bezel, screw down back and button, president
bracelet with concealed clasp, case, dial and movement signed, 35 mm;
the case engraved YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, 12-6-67, the clasp engraved with
the initials P.R.H [Peter Roger Hunt] — presented to assistant director
Peter Hunt by producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman on completion
of filming
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be
added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive
basis.
Lot Notes
Peter Hunt (1925-2002) began his distinguished career at Merton Park
Studios as a clapper boy. He soon found work as an assistant in the
cutting room of the great British director Alexander Korda, and
progressed to film editing, working on productions such as The Man
Who Watched Trains Go By, A Hill in Korea, A
Cry From The Streets, Sink The Bismarck,
Call Me Bwana and The Ipcress File. However, he is
probably best remembered for his association with James Bond films. Hunt
edited all of the first five Bond films, creating a style of "sharp
cutting" as he called it, that is still emulated by editors and
directors of action films today. Hunt made his debut as director with
the sixth Bond film On His Majesty's Secret Service, 1969.
Posted by Dell Deaton, April 10, 2008 at 1:08 PM
