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Old 4 June 2015, 10:35 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by psv View Post
The original Bond watch in the movies was a Submariner 6538 on ZULU strap



This is just Omega/Swatch Group cashing in on the vintage fad in the watch industry, selling their NATO straps for $180 (!). It is shrewd marketing, nothing else. The real James Bond in Ian Flemmings book wore a Rolex. Nothing else.
Not according to this. http://www.esprit-nato.com/cms.php?id_cms=10&id_lang=1
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