Watch Time page 10 - our own Dell D.

[Numismatist]

This month's Watch Time is out and on page 10 prominently mentiones our own Dell Deaton for helping to discover the real James Bond watch! A good read and congrats Dell...

[TheVTCGuy]

I've got that issue! Congrats Dell!

[Omega_Precision]

What is the real watch of James Bond? Don't say Omega either! :D

[Lol-x]

Yeah what was the 'real' 007 watch X2

[Jedi]

I'm a bit surprised.

Is Explorer I an accepted name for the particular model.

As I recall, Rolex never called the watch anything but Explorer.

Great article though, congratulations Dell!

[Dalton]

Interesting. I read a few of his posts and he had me wondering where it was all leading to. Wow! Congrats Dell!

[Jimbits76]

I thought the real James bond watch was the digital one that could play the theme tune as an alarm!!!!!!!!!

Well that was my Real James Bond Watch!

J

[delldeaton]

Originally Posted by Jedi

I'm a bit surprised.

Is Explorer I an accepted name for the particular model.

As I recall, Rolex never called the watch anything but Explorer.

Great article though, congratulations Dell!

Neither have I seen any official Rolex reference to the model as an Explorer I.

And there were a number of discussions about this very point, well before the article went into print (research was actually completed last May, to give you a perspective on lead-times). The decision to make the references as they stand addressed a desire to make colloquial connections, without compromise to the clarity of the piece in question.

Along the same lines as sentence structures that don't each strictly include noun, verb, and object.

Much to the anticipated concern of my high school English teacher and, more importantly, those charged w/ making translations for foreign language publication!

Thanks again for the feedback, guys.

[Dalton]

I have to get a copy of the issue. Actually, I think I will suscribe to it soon.

[Omega_Precision]

Excellent Dell, you are now famous! You have probably changed the course of watch history in finding out Bond's real watch. Like cracking the Davinci code....:D

[Denny M]

Congrats Dell! It's fantastic that your passion has led to your work being published.

Now how do i get a copy of the mag here in Australia, without taking out a subscription?

[delldeaton]

Originally Posted by Denny M

Congrats Dell! It's fantastic that your passion has led to your work being published.

Now how do i get a copy of the mag here in Australia, without taking out a subscription?

There is an eMail address for "Subscription Service" on the WatchTime Contact page. If they are not also responsible for single-issue orders, I'd expect that they would be the best place to start in referring you to the right place. LINK

Here in the US, we also have specialty news stands that carry a very wide range of international periodicals. They're sorta out of the mainstream of booksellers. If you have a parallel, I'd check that, too.

Let me know how it turns out.

PS: Did you weigh in on Tools' Poll? Judging from what I've seen in the past week, it seems TRF members are not only interested in James Bond matters, but prefer to have multiple Threads when doing so. But I hate to assume. LINK

[rpryan55]

This article was not only eye-opening about the watch(es) of James Bond, but was such a good read that by the time I got to the end I was hoping to see "Continued...". No such luck. The article is really well done.

[Quicksilver]

Congratulations Dell. I need to track that magazine down - it's difficult to get in the UK.

[Latrodectus]

Very nice Dell, I will get a copy this weekend. Looking forward reading it

[delldeaton]

Originally Posted by rpryan55

This article was not only eye-opening about the watch(es) of James Bond, but was such a good read that by the time I got to the end I was hoping to see "Continued...". No such luck. The article is really well done.

W/out giving too much a way at this point, let me respond to this by saying that things look promising for more to come on this subject.

My original draft of the WatchTime article was considerably longer than what the magazine had space to print (although, at that, they considered the content worthy of making it one of the longest features they've ever run). It was also extensively footnoted - they obviously don't run bibliographies, but I felt it was important to include these for a more or less bulletproof accountability - to the tune of approximately 260 cites.



Examples of unpublished content to be explored:

• Materials related to Terence Young, who directed three of the first four James Bond films for EON Productions
• Issues related to the Rolex Submariner and the choice of what Sean Connery wore in Dr. No
• A second Ian Fleming letter regarding the original (literary) James Bond watch

Not "cutting room floor" stuff, but, rather, research that makes for its own exciting story as a stand-alone piece.

[Quicksilver]

Managed to get hold of the article and it is realy well written and beautifully illustrated and contains quite a few surprises. It has reawakened my hankering for an Explorer 1.

Flemming's personal choice of an Explorer makes perfect sense - it was the tough tool watch of the day - it makes perfect sense for an adventurous spirit.

[delldeaton]

Wanted to follow up on this Post to let you all know that my February 2009 WatchTime feature article on the original, literary James Bond watch is now available for reading online.

LINK



It's also on the WatchTime website under their print archives section (search either "Ian Fleming" or "James Bond"). That was done under separate contract from the one-time print-use agreement for the publication, so I've retained copyrights - including restrictions on further distribution.

I know there are "risks" in that, sorta expecting honest folks to act, um, honestly. But I've weighed that against the number of people who are really passionate about watches and James Bond, and indulgent of my mixture of the two! So I've erred on the side of making it accessible to even more than the 60,000 WatchTime readers for that reason.



Thanks for all your encouragement, guys!

See my Blog for more information. LINK

[acce1999]

Originally Posted by delldeaton

Neither have I seen any official Rolex reference to the model as an Explorer I.

And there were a number of discussions about this very point, well before the article went into print (research was actually completed last May, to give you a perspective on lead-times). The decision to make the references as they stand addressed a desire to make colloquial connections, without compromise to the clarity of the piece in question.

Along the same lines as sentence structures that don't each strictly include noun, verb, and object.

Much to the anticipated concern of my high school English teacher and, more importantly, those charged w/ making translations for foreign language publication!

Thanks again for the feedback, guys.

In this booklet, the Explorers are referred to as "Type I" and "Type II". Do not know if that counts as an official reference.





Do not know which year it is from... and by all means it needn't be a booklet published by Rolex themselves.

Best,

A