zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

I agree that he was wearing both watches. I think both of them were clearly in the film. Also, although you are generally correct that Omega promotes the Pro as the Bond watch, I have seen a print ad in a watch store (Alpha Omega in Boston) that pictures Brosnan wearing the GMT. I think they want to get mileage out of Bond for both watches (regardless of whether it makes logical sense in the film). Personally I believe the Pro looks way better and more fitting of a former naval officer like Bond.

I wanted to raise this subject one last time
: because I had a holiday today and took in a
: matinee of "The World Is Not
: Enough." It was my first time to view
: the film since it opened last November.

: I remember people wondering (as did I) whether
: or not Bond wore ONLY the Seamaster Pro
: 2531.80, or if he also wore the GMT. Many
: said he only wore the Pro, but after seeing
: the film again today, I have to say that it
: looks very much like Bond is wearing a GMT
: or a 150th Anniversary Pro at the beginning
: of the film (in Bilbao, Spain, in the London
: chase scene before the credits, and in
: Scotland) and then for some reason appears
: to wear the Pro for the rest of the film.

: At the beginning of the film the hour markers
: on the watch do not look like the circles
: used in the Pro, but rather like the long
: rectangles (or fat dashes, whichever you
: prefer) of the 150th Anniversary Pro and the
: GMT. There doesn't appear to be a visible
: blue bezel, either, although this could be
: because of the set lighting. I could not see
: the hands clearly enough to tell if they
: were skeleton or sword hands.

: Later scenes are obviously Pro, due to several
: clear closeups, etc.

: I remember Derek saying he didn't always see
: the clasp at the back of Brosnan's wrist,
: which led him to wonder whether it really
: was a Pro or a GMT, but I believe that
: Brosnan's watch slips to the right, pulling
: the clasp up towards the side of his wrist,
: thus causing one to think there is a
: "hidden" clasp in the back.

: If Bond does "switch" watches in the
: film, I cannot think of a logical reason for
: him to do so, unless it is to promote both
: watches, and if that was the intention I
: would say it failed, since so many believe
: that he is only wearing the Pro in the film,
: and Omega themselves are only promoting the
: 2531.80 in connection with the film.

: Best wishes

: Judson