Red Grants garotte watch

Jamster

Hi All

Been browsing for a few weeks, and after seeing Scaramangasgoldengun's excellent website kinda rekindled my love of Bond and inspired me to make a few props, so made a co2 gas cartridge and a Red Grant garotte watch. The watch features a working watch together with a .54mm steel cable all in a custom made housing.
Lemme know what you think.

Cheers

Jamie



And a vid of it working

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMaZOltXxhc&feature=user

Donald Grant

As I posted over at the RPF under my other name GBOOTHROYD, great Job!

Hardyboy

Very impressive. Come to think of it, I need a new watch. . .and I've been meaning to garotte a couple of people, too. . .

scaramangasgoldengun

I loved the garote watch as a gadget very dangerous and cool .. very early Bond,...

The garotte watch was in fact a real device used by spys and commandos during World War 2 it was developed in the war offices bothe in Britain and the USA. I have yet to see a real working one like one from WWII... The only ones I have seen are my own replica and Jamster's and a friend of mines has a nice replica also... O yes and Ed. M has made one..

Jamster what can I say absolutely fantastic work and I am so Glad you have joined the forums. Thanks for your comments about my website ..

HONESTLY I love your garotte watch.. very very cool and screen accurate... also the Shark bullet is very cool .. I have always been meaning to make one of those but never gotten around to it.

10/10 work Jamster... top notch stuff

Jamster

Hey thanks!!
Sorry about the dirty hands in the vid, I just took that to send to a few friends and hadnt intended to post it on you tube.
As Donald Grant aka GBOOTHROYD pointed out on the rpf it has some accuracies but also a number of inaccuracies, the next one will be better.
Id like to do the buzzsaw watch to go with the shark bullet as someone else on this site did at some point. Anyone know where I can get a cheap rolex??

7289

A cheap Rolex is a contradiction in terms, but you might be able to get a case and enough pieces from ebay, guarenteed it won't be cheap anywayyou do it.

Beware - don't mention the "knock off" watches on this site, that's one way to raise the hackles of ajb'ers!

scaramangasgoldengun

LOL good one

well all I can say is look at the rolex on my site ..... I got it in Turkey for 50 euros

am saying nothing more on the Matter of the watch

LOL

No point in spending top dollar for an item your going to take apart and modify

I would love to see a Buzz SAW WATCH from you ... going by the grant watch it should be fantastic ...

It was Leo (037) who made the working replica... top work Leo .. there is a video also of it on youtube...

Jamster

Thanks for both tips re the rolex!! I do have a friend going to turkey soon....

yep I saw the vid on youtube. Leo did a great job, absolutely fantastic work!

scaramangasgoldengun

I was actually going to buy a big lot of the Rolex watches from Turkey ... as I say they are fantastic for 50 euros and the kind of price you want to be paying for something you are going to modify ,, I would'nt even dream of touching a real Omeaga Seamaster or Rolex with a rotary tool )

bondlover1313

hey
i was wondering if you would sell that watch or give instructions on how to make one.

8420

Great watch well done. {[] -{

Jamster

8420 wrote:

Great watch well done. {[] -{

Thanks!!

Bondlover, someone already has first refusal should I sell the watch, but I am working on a couple of variations. Will make some posts on the construction of the first one and the new ones.

Jamie

bondlover1313

thanks jamster great watch

DonaldRedGrant

Do you still make this watch? If so how much?

jon_1uk

DonaldRedGrant wrote:

Do you still make this watch? If so how much?

he doesnt make to sell .. he made it for himself if u read the posts

Bond Collectors' Weekends

What every kid wants for Christmas, your garotte watch or Leo's fabulous watch. Top marks, OO7!

Crwilsn

Rather than replica watches, it's not hard to ring "homage" submariners on eBay ver similar to rolex 5513s. Try tiger concepts. They are out of Hong Kong and do a great version of a rolex for about 125. You can either get it sterile with a blank dial or with their own branding. While they copy a rolex very well, they do not and will not put rolex on it.

A much better way to be screen accurate on a budget without supporting fakes.