Roger Moore, the actor famous for portraying James Bond in seven “007” films between 1973 and 1985, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 89.  I thought that this would be a good time to go over the watches he wore in his James Bond films. 1973/1974 Roger Moore’s debut as James Bond, in Live and Let Die, and its follow-up, The Man with the Golden Gun.  In those movies, he.. Read More

Alien Covenant was the number one movie this weekend bringing in over $36 million dollars in ticket sales.  It is the latest in the Sci-Fi series about a creepy acid spewing space alien. I thought that this would be a great time to go over the watches that were made famous from the first movie “Aliens’ with its star Segourney Weaver. Seiko Giugiaro 7A28-7000 worn by Ripley in Aliens. The original.. Read More

Christie’s has announced that, as part of its June 21 Rare Watches and American Icons auction in New York City, it will be selling a Cartier Tank watch owned and worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The watch was a gift given to Jackie by her brother-in-law, Prince Stanislaw Radziwill in 1963. Jackie wore the watch regularly for years and it can be seen on her wrist in many well-known photographs… Read More

Greubel Forsey has just unveiled its Double Tourbillon 30° Technique, a luxury watch featuring an all-sapphire, completely transparent face. Heralded as the “pinnacle of transparency,” not a single piece of metal is used in the dial and case which means that wearers can see all of the movement parts and its workings.   The million-dollar watch is created from a one large sapphire crystal.  Sapphire is used in every aspect in the.. Read More

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Squelette watch is, by a margin of just 0.05 millimeters, the thinnest mechanical watch in the world. The previous record of the thinnest mechanical watch was held by the Piaget Altiplano 900P, which came in a case that was just 3.65mm thick. The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Squelette is a mere 3.60 millimeters thick – that is, of course, including the case, movement, dial, hands, and both sapphire crystals. It also.. Read More