James Bond has been saving the world on the large display screen since 1962, and to assist mark the sixtieth anniversary of the 007 movies, Omega, Bond’s most popular timekeeper since 1995, is releasing a pair of Seamaster Diver 300M watches with a subtle tribute to Bond’s Hollywood appearances on the again.

Although James Bond, and his different double-O cohorts from MI6, have used all kinds of devices throughout their adventures through the years, the tremendous spy does often present some model loyalty. Bond’s affinity for Aston Martins, equivalent to the enduring DB5, is an effective instance of that. Watches are one other longtime Bond gadget staple, and because the character’s return in 1995’s GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan, 007 has completely worn Omega timepieces, significantly these from the corporate’s Seamaster Diver 300M assortment, till 2006’s Casino Royale.

It’s removed from the primary time a conventional watchmaker has created a particular version timepiece as a tribute to some popular culture property. Do you keep in mind Tag Heuer’s Mario Kart watches? But as a substitute of slapping the 007 emblem on the dial or different out-of-place thematic additions to the design, Omega has taken a a lot subtler strategy with its two particular version Seamaster Diver 300M 60 Years Of James Bond watches, hiding the obvious Bond tribute on the again so solely the wearer ever will get to see it when taking the watch off.

The normal model of the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 60 Years Of James Bond watch incorporates a design that aBlogtoWatch describes as, “a blend between the original Omega Seamaster Diver 300M that appeared in GoldenEye and the latest edition from No Time To Die.” In different phrases, it’s a not a precise recreation of the piece that Brosnan wore in GoldenEye, however incorporates parts from a number of watches featured in varied Bond movies. On the entrance, the one trace that this watch is in any means Bond themed is the quantity 60 showing at high of the dial, the place there’s usually a triangle.

It’s solely if you flip the watch over that its Bond theming is much extra obvious. The caseback incorporates a sapphire glass window revealing an animation recreating the enduring opening of Bond movies the place the silhouetted character walks on display screen as seen via the barrel of a gun. But there’s no LCD or OLED screens right here. The Seamaster Diver 300M is a purely mechanical timepiece, so to create the animation, Omega leveraged the moiré impact the place interference patterns from spiral patterns on spinning discs reveal the sequence of a easy four-frame animation of Bond strolling in. And as a result of the animation mechanism is tied to the watch’s transferring second-hand, it perpetually performs in a loop so long as the watch has energy and is maintaining time.

It’s a enjoyable design component not solely due to how subtly it’s executed, but in addition the way it leverages what makes conventional timepieces interesting to many collectors: the difficult mechanics inside that make them work. Unfortunately, with a $7,600 price tag, the Seamaster Diver 300M 60 Years Of James Bond is just not actually reasonably priced for many Bond followers.

It is, nevertheless, less expensive than the opposite model of this watch that Omega created. The Canopus Gold version incorporates a case and bracelet produced from the corporate’s 18K Canopus Gold alloy, in addition to inexperienced and yellow diamonds surrounding the dial designed to pay tribute to the colours of the Jamaican flag the place James Bond writer Ian Fleming constructed a personal property. It comes with a $140,000 price ticket that solely a Bond villain can be keen to splurge on.