Tissot PR 516 in LALD

Commandant

Higgins wrote:

Now there is only one question open:

Which dial variant was Roger‘s own watch?
Seems that the DayDate variant in e french article is really black.

Moore‘s watch from the pics was a date only, so maybe there was a black dial variant available?

To my knowledge, there is only one color for the dial.
It is a blueish/dark color, (looks blue under the light).

Coming back to the SA model, I would vote for the "Swiss" dial, but difficult to be 100% sure.
I will send later pics to illustrate it.

Higgins

The right one looks like black



Though I know that metallic blue dials where very popular back then.

Commandant

It looks black under certain angles.
Also, some dials have faded under the sun

Commandant

Under the light, the dial looks black, but please see the upper part of the dial, you will see some blueish shade.

HalfMonk HalfHitman

The blue/green sheen of the dial is absolutely invisible in certain light. You kind of have to work a bit to get that color to show up in photos.

HalfMonk HalfHitman

emtiem wrote:

Nice I like that a lot.
How do you turn the bezel?

The bezel is fully recessed into the case at 9 and 3, but accessible at 12 and 6.

HalfMonk HalfHitman

Flipped in post, hence on the right arm. The bracelet looks like a Rolex?

Commandant

Could be a Rolex Datejust with an oyster band.
Dial looks silver or white

DCM

emtiem wrote:

Coincidentally I was watching Golden Gun this weekend and you can see he's wearing the one with the cyclops fairly clearly in the hotel room scene with Goodnight and Anders. Looks like he wears it all the way through the film.

Higgins wrote:

Well, as it‘s very much likely Moore‘s personal watch, it could have been purchased much earlier than when the movie has been shot - or not

I doubt it's his personal watch though, did he go in for this style? Doesn't seem very Moore. It's Bond's wardrobe.

I watched the movie (TMWTGG) over and over again trying to find a scene with a great look at the dial of his 1680 to see if I can manage to identify the red „Submariner“ lettering ... unfortunately without any success.

frommeyer

Higgins wrote:

:v really? I thought that he was too busy promoting his own activities instead of replying to your emails? :v

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Higgins

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emtiem

Is this the same one? Looks like it has less bezel here.

HalfMonk HalfHitman

That's it. The bezel is fairly thin (and varied by model a bit).

emtiem

Yeah it's weirdly hard to make out in that shot, I guess it's the lighting.

I love how Roger seemed to take to that blue outfit: when you look at the behind the scenes pics he seems to be wearing bits of it on several occasions- must be one of those costumes he decided to nab for himself!

Cheverian

HalfMonk HalfHitman wrote:

That's it. The bezel is fairly thin (and varied by model a bit).

That's a mighty fine watch. I took a quick look at Chrono24 and it seems a lot of you have been doing the same based on quickly became unavailable. )

Commandant

emtiem wrote:

Is this the same one? Looks like it has less bezel here.

That's the Tissot PR516.
It is a light effect i guess.
The bezel is in bakelite and is quite narrow.
Prices have gone up.
It is still a good investment -{