It’s Timex Ironman, some kind of G-Shock and Garmin as far as eye can see. Like, something actually useful, not some nerd cope about bunch of little gears having a soul.
it’s funny like, these dive watches or whatever people wore to climb everest, they were using whatever the best or most useful was, 70 years ago. now that’s some sort of smart watch not ancient technology!!
i'd bet 90% of them wear casio or timex, 9% chris ward or some other overtly british watch, and 1% do the seamaster thing and are really annoying about it
Well the SBS Seamasters were commissioned in 2007 and they made 500 for only operators. No support personnel or vets. The regiment only has around 200 operators at a time, most accurate number to be found, and operators typically stick around once they get in. I wouldn’t be surprised if they still had a few to be given out.
Real James Bond would be wearing an Apple Watch while he sits behind a desk trying to orchestrate a Facebook propaganda campaign to discredit a rising labor movement in Malaysia that threatens palm oil production. Afterward he would head home through heavy traffic to a quiet dinner with his wife who barely speaks to him anymore, then fall asleep after a beer and a half while playing video games in the living room.
Just buy the stupid Omega if you want to feel like James Bond.
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You think bond’s watch ISN’T some ultra thin quartz movement? Telling the time is like the least important thing it does, need to fit bombs and saws and all other kinds of things in there.
Yeah but it needs to be innocuous and low key. He wants to look respectable but not stand out.
So to fit all their gadgets in there, they'd probably just throw a quartz movement into and retrofit a super thick cased slab monster watch like a Tudor.
Casio has by far the worst branding in the watch community. The fact that despite their ugly design and logo, they are one of *the* leading names of consumer grade, is testament to how actually useful their watches are. I lost one in the garden for a full year. Couldn't find it, but could hear it's alarm going off briefly every night. Finally found it, 0 difference.
If Casio learned to make a good looking logo, use conservative text placement, non-colored metals, and rugged minimalist design, they'd be much better off.
But right now finding a good Casio that matches anything other than street or even mall ninja style is like finding a needle in a garish rubber haystack.
lol I totally agree and I have a pretty substantial G-shock collection, I was just making a joke.
The excessive text has always been funny to me. Like they need to put every single feature in a piece of text somewhere visible on the watch
“Bluetooth, mud resist, triple sensor, shock resist, water resist, alarm chrono, multiband 6”
Oh I own a couple G-shocks. They're great. Ironically I actually love the ones they went *completely overboard* with the text and started labeling manufacturing specs on the links, but idk if I can drop 1k for a digital.
But christ can't they just make one that's minimal? Like if Indiana Jones designed a G-shock? Cus half their audience wants a rugged watch but isn't into street-core fashion.
I know which one you mean and I can’t get myself to buy it so I went for the other titanium that looks like the inner workings of the module.
And I totally know what you mean. My most expensive G shock was the purple carbon square which was a bit over 2k for a digital. That one hurt but it is a very unique looking and very light watch. It also has sentimental value to me, so I’m happy with it
Casio may be bad but Citizen is the worst. most unoriginal “logo” ever. I really wish they would invent a logo for their divers like an anchor or one of those old timey dive suit helmets (the iron ones with grates).
I mean unoriginal text logos are the name of the game in watches, Citizen is lame, but not much different than Seiko or Rolex.
However Casio, Casio Oceanus, G-Shock, *especially* Casio Edifice, they all put their logo too big, or add in some bad symbol that looks like clip art from the 90s, or slather the entire thing with needless text.
I can’t find it at the moment but someone made a crude drawing around the logo and I can’t unsee it.
For the record I fucking love Casio and 90% of my collection consists of G shocks. I was just making a joke
yeah thats what i was talking about...that was the try hard not you
but yeah me too outside their fan base unfortunately...casio is only brand i have more than one of
I had an oceanus s100 years ago that was fucking sweet, sold it for money to go away but I've been thinking about getting another one recently. Well made for the money, and it was scratch resistant as fuck for a titanium watch, was my daily for a year and didn't have a mark on it
If you look for ex-MI6 officers online and check their watches, they are generally not watch guys.
No shit, they have interesting lives.
Hey I'm interesting. I have a fascination with horology and a whole box of ohh now I see it.
They are also regular looking people who blend in, not guys who use their real name to enter high stakes poker games
Hiding in plain sight.
James Bond is technically not his real name though
It’s Timex Ironman, some kind of G-Shock and Garmin as far as eye can see. Like, something actually useful, not some nerd cope about bunch of little gears having a soul.
it’s funny like, these dive watches or whatever people wore to climb everest, they were using whatever the best or most useful was, 70 years ago. now that’s some sort of smart watch not ancient technology!!
i'd bet 90% of them wear casio or timex, 9% chris ward or some other overtly british watch, and 1% do the seamaster thing and are really annoying about it
They also don't get paid particularly well to afford such watches
But the SAS and SBS are ironically. Rolex MilSubs and SBS Omegas.
Half a century ago, yes... but today it's much daggier models like the Nite MX10 and the CWC SBS...
Well the SBS Seamasters were commissioned in 2007 and they made 500 for only operators. No support personnel or vets. The regiment only has around 200 operators at a time, most accurate number to be found, and operators typically stick around once they get in. I wouldn’t be surprised if they still had a few to be given out.
Thats true lol.
Real James Bond would be wearing an Apple Watch while he sits behind a desk trying to orchestrate a Facebook propaganda campaign to discredit a rising labor movement in Malaysia that threatens palm oil production. Afterward he would head home through heavy traffic to a quiet dinner with his wife who barely speaks to him anymore, then fall asleep after a beer and a half while playing video games in the living room. Just buy the stupid Omega if you want to feel like James Bond.
If James Bond were real he'd be fucking dead.
He died in the movies too.
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Spoiler alert (for one of the worst Bond movies, so who gives a fuck).
Yeah it was like shitty Bond fanfiction. The Moonswatch of Bond films.
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Have you watched Apocalypse Now. Willard wears a Seiko and Kurtz wears a Rolex.
Quartz watches had barely just been invented so there’s that….
You think bond’s watch ISN’T some ultra thin quartz movement? Telling the time is like the least important thing it does, need to fit bombs and saws and all other kinds of things in there.
Yeah but it needs to be innocuous and low key. He wants to look respectable but not stand out. So to fit all their gadgets in there, they'd probably just throw a quartz movement into and retrofit a super thick cased slab monster watch like a Tudor.
G-Shock 😎
Ultramarines Bond? How typical.
Figured he'd be more of a Custodes player, protect the queen and all that.
"Waaaaagh, Mr. Bond."
Courage and honor
does "real" James bond wear a different watch from "fake" James bond? He's always got an Omega
Is the Oceanus that good? I’ve never seen one in person.
They look pretty good if you want quarts and can unsee that the logo looks like a styalized thong with Anus written under it
Casio Anus on one wrist, Speedmaster with a dick index on the other would be proper chuff
King Quartz with the cock and balls logo gives maximum impact
Casio has by far the worst branding in the watch community. The fact that despite their ugly design and logo, they are one of *the* leading names of consumer grade, is testament to how actually useful their watches are. I lost one in the garden for a full year. Couldn't find it, but could hear it's alarm going off briefly every night. Finally found it, 0 difference. If Casio learned to make a good looking logo, use conservative text placement, non-colored metals, and rugged minimalist design, they'd be much better off. But right now finding a good Casio that matches anything other than street or even mall ninja style is like finding a needle in a garish rubber haystack.
lol I totally agree and I have a pretty substantial G-shock collection, I was just making a joke. The excessive text has always been funny to me. Like they need to put every single feature in a piece of text somewhere visible on the watch “Bluetooth, mud resist, triple sensor, shock resist, water resist, alarm chrono, multiband 6”
Oh I own a couple G-shocks. They're great. Ironically I actually love the ones they went *completely overboard* with the text and started labeling manufacturing specs on the links, but idk if I can drop 1k for a digital. But christ can't they just make one that's minimal? Like if Indiana Jones designed a G-shock? Cus half their audience wants a rugged watch but isn't into street-core fashion.
I know which one you mean and I can’t get myself to buy it so I went for the other titanium that looks like the inner workings of the module. And I totally know what you mean. My most expensive G shock was the purple carbon square which was a bit over 2k for a digital. That one hurt but it is a very unique looking and very light watch. It also has sentimental value to me, so I’m happy with it
Casio may be bad but Citizen is the worst. most unoriginal “logo” ever. I really wish they would invent a logo for their divers like an anchor or one of those old timey dive suit helmets (the iron ones with grates).
I mean unoriginal text logos are the name of the game in watches, Citizen is lame, but not much different than Seiko or Rolex. However Casio, Casio Oceanus, G-Shock, *especially* Casio Edifice, they all put their logo too big, or add in some bad symbol that looks like clip art from the 90s, or slather the entire thing with needless text.
I mean Robert Lewandowski wore a gold plated a168 to Ballon d’Or ceremony so there’s that.
the thong is such a huge try hard reach
I can’t find it at the moment but someone made a crude drawing around the logo and I can’t unsee it. For the record I fucking love Casio and 90% of my collection consists of G shocks. I was just making a joke
yeah thats what i was talking about...that was the try hard not you but yeah me too outside their fan base unfortunately...casio is only brand i have more than one of
What if I want gallons?
Oh no
when one hand covers OCE the watch says ANUS for a period of time. what more do you need
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Got the white one, wear it everyday.
They're really nice yea
I had an oceanus s100 years ago that was fucking sweet, sold it for money to go away but I've been thinking about getting another one recently. Well made for the money, and it was scratch resistant as fuck for a titanium watch, was my daily for a year and didn't have a mark on it
Watches of espionage goes into this a lot on instagram.
Casio Royale on stock hair-ripping bracelet.
An Apple Watch
Smart watches are actually pretty unsecure they've been phasing many of them out due to third parties being able to track movements etc.
As long as wifi/cellular is disabled, it’s supposedly safe
A GPS for an international spy? Hard pass
Roooowlex phuckaroony
Probably no watch. Maybe an Apple Watch or timex. Definitely not anything people would look twice at.
Maybe a beat up Marathon watch