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There are glimpses of 007 wearing his Omega Seamaster 2541.80 on a leather strap throughout the failed Arkangel Chemical Weapons Facility mission (pre-title sequence in "GoldenEye"). But the best shot, as I mention in the review on my website, is when James Bond emerges from the storage area, having escaped via conveyor belt, and is engaged in that runway machine gun battle w/ the troops outside.
Just before he steals the motorcycle -- and then the departing airplane.
All I've ever read about the 2541.80 on a strap relates to Alec Trevelyan, Agent 006, and that shot you see on Chronocentric of Bond's present day issue next to Trevelyan's version (supposedly) from 9 years earlier. Sorta like, "bad guys wear their 2541.80s on straps, good guys where them on bracelets."
But that got me to thinking that Trevelyan knows Bond's watch as a Q-issue gadget (when he disarms the bombs), so his much have been originally Q-issue as well. He was a "good guy" when he got it. So wouldn't all agents have worn their Omega Seamasters on straps "back then"?
Of course!
Sure enough, Bond did, too. So it makes not just for a neat little bit of trivia, but also a really nice continuity maintenance thing. Also consistent with the character, since James Bond wore his R---x on a leather strap in Dr. No....
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