The birthday Seamaster comes with an animated Bond title sequence on the caseback
Double-O-7’s Diamond Anniversary celebrations have already been marked by a Royal Albert Hall concert, the unveiling of a purpose-built 18,000 square-foot ‘Sean Connery Stage’ at Pinewood Studios and a two-part charity auction at Christie’s that included a replica Aston Marin DB5, Q’sThe auctions also included several of Commander Bond’s trademark Omega Seamaster watches, including the actual Seamaster Diver 300m 007 Edition.
Now Omega has revealed its anniversary watch, the Seamaster Diver 300M 60 Years Of James Bond Stainless Steel.watch and marries it with look of the very first Bond Omega, a blue Seamaster 300M Quartz worn by Pierce Brosnan in 1995’sThe bezel and dial are both made from blue anodized aluminium, the dial features laser-engraved waves, and the bezel’s diving scale has been redesigned so the traditional inverted triangle indicator has been replaced with the number “60”.
The showstopping moment is saved for the caseback. This replicates the 007 opening title sequence, with Bond in silhouette and a spinning gun barrel design. The mesmerising effect, achieved by laser-engraving a single disk, is achieved by linking the caseback disc to the watch’s second hand – featuring a lollipop motif on a Diver 300m for the first time, and varnished in white. The second hand drives the animation, a style known as “moiré”.
From a Gruen Precision 510, the first Bond watch seen on screen, a 34mm gold number strapped to Sean Connery at the gaming tables in 1962’sto a chunky Breitling Geiger counter that detects radiation from two stolen atomic bombs in 1965’sto zoom in on an unidentified woman’s cleavage, a history explored by
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