In the early 1980s, I began an effort to develop the definitive list of James Bond watches.

When it comes to that subject today, I’m known as “The James Bond Watch Guy.”

While my internationally heralded discovery of the original James Bond watch (as defined by Ian Fleming himself) remains a signature accomplishment in this regard, my interests go much further.

Online

Published (selected, in print)

  • “James Bond Wore Quartz Wristwatches: You Noticed” Watch & Clock Bulletin (Journal of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors), Vol 57/5, No 417: September / October 2015, p 426ff
  • “The Time When James Bond Did Not Wear a Wristwatch” WristWatch Magazine, Issue 8: May 2014, p 54ff
  • “How I Found the Original James Bond Watch” NAWCC Bulletin (Journal of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors), Vol 51/3, No 380: June 2009, p 307ff

Additionally, the National Watch & Clock Museum website has further information on our past and present James Bond watch exhibits.

— Dell Deaton
February 1, 2017

rev December 5, 2021