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Wristwatches
In Movies
by Edward Heliosz
I have always liked wristwatches and have been a bit of a movie buff. I remember the first time I saw a wristwatch become the focus of attention on a film screen. It was Roger Moore’s RolexSubmariner in the 1973 James Bond Film, "Live And Let Die". The watch could be transformed into a super magnet and its bezel turn into a mini buzz-saw. I was only 12 years old when I saw this film and had not appreciated wristwatches in any way. The only watch I had owned then was an Edox stainless steel with leather strap, manual wind and had the word "incabloc" engraved on the back. It took me years to find out what incabloc meant.
In May 1995, I bought the British Edition of Esquire magazine. Inside it had an article titled "Screen Watch" by Nick Foulkes in which he described an actor and/or film and what watch was predominant in that movie. He only touched the surface and this is where I’d like to make a comprehensive list of films and the wristwatches that can be clearly identified in that film.
Updated 14 December 2008
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Bibliography
The Best Of Time: Rolex Wristwatches - James Dowling & Jeffrey Hess - Schiffer Publishing
Breitling: The History Of A Great Brand Of Watches - Benno Richter - Schiffer Publishing
Cartier The Tank Watch - Franco Cologni - Flammarion
The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia - Steven Jay Rubin - Contemporary Books
Esquire, British Edition May 1995 - "Screen Watch" by Nick Foulkes
The Essential Bond - Lee Pfeiffer & Dave Worrall - Boxtree
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock - Robert Harris & Michael Lasky - Citadel Press
From Russia With Love - Ian Fleming - Jonathan Cape London
Hollywood Jewels - Proddow, Healy & Fasel - Abradale
International Wristwatch UK edition
The Incredible World Of 007 - Leo Pfeiffer & Philip Lisa - Citadel Press
The James Bond Bedside Companion - Raymond Benson - Dodd, Mead
Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide - Signet Books
The Moon Watch - Omega S.A.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - Ian Fleming - Jonathan Cape London
Reverso The Living Legend - Manfred Fritz - Edition Braus
Rolex Wristwatches - Osvaldo Patrizzi - Guido Mondani Editore
Stuff For Men October/November 1997 - article by Ken Kessler
Swiss Watch Journal No.4/99
Time In Gold - Gerald Viola & Gilbert Brunner - Schiffer Publishing
Time Out Film Guide - Penguin Books
Wristwatches - Brunner/Pfeiffer-Belli - Konemann