Just last year, the Rolex Submariner from A Licence to Kill was auctioned at an estimated value of HK$619,000–HK$933,000.

The 1989 picture, which starred Timothy Dalton in his final appearance as Bond, was also the last film in the series for which the secret agent wore a Rolex.

Dalton's successor, Pierce Brosnan, favoured Omega and, instead, spearheaded a working relationship which Daniel Craig continues to this day.

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Sean Connery wears two watches in Thunderball when playing James Bond. He uses his Rolex Submariner to tell the time but switches to a Breitling Top Time after Q, played by Desmond Llewelyn, gifts him the timepiece.

"Here we have a Geiger counter, useful and unobtrusive," Q tells Bond. "The sweep hand takes the radioactivity count. It’s waterproof, of course.”

The watch was lost until 2013 when an eagle-eyed shopper bought the authentic prop for a mere HK$240 at an English flea market. It was later auctioned for five figures.

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Q designs an Omega Seamaster Diver 300M specially for the occasion, equipped with a miniature grappling hook (of course) that is attached to a 50-foot microfilament strong enough to support 800 pounds. Handy.

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A Seiko graced the wrist of Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me, which memorably delivers an important message to Bond via ticker tape that read: "007 TO REPORT TO HQ IMMEDIATE. M"

The film cemented Seiko's place in history, although promotional images of The Spy Who Loved Me do show Moore wearing a Rolex GMT-Master.

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