The MI6-issue Seamaster 'that never was'

There’s a scene in GoldenEye when Trevelyan, having captured Bond at the Cuban tracking station, forces 007 to remove his Omega Seamaster and compares it with his own. As we can tell from the pre- and post-title sequences, Trevelyan ‘defected’ from MI6 and Britain nine years earlier, joining Ouromov to set up Janus.

Now as GoldenEye takes place in 1995, Trevelyan must have defected in 1986 or thereabouts, so his Seamaster should have been from that era – however as you can see, he wears one almost identical to Bond’s.

I was fortunate enough to have been given a Seamaster in 1985 as a 21st birthday - long years before Bond received his Seamaster – so I know that the one on Trevelyan’s wrist wasn’t the actual Seamaster of the day.

Here, then is my 1985 Omega Seamaster Dynamic, to give it its full title, in its original display. It’s a bit hammered as I wore it every day for almost 20 years, before my wife gave me a new Seamaster for my 40th back in 2004.

The watch has a black and silver face with red highlights (black and red – psychologically ‘sex and death’ – very suitable for Bond!). It has two interchangeable wrist bands – a metal one for everyday wear, and a black rubber strap with a vertical red strip, for diving. The strap is changed by unscrewing the body via a circular red spanner-type device that is kept hidden in the display stand beneath a foam insert. The Seamaster is quite a bit smaller than the more modern versions, as you can also see. It’s also waterproof to 300m/1,000ft like its little brother.


So there you have it: the MI6 issue Seamaster 'that never was'. -{