"Discovered: James Bond's Rolex" translated to German for publication in Chronos magazine

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Shortly after publication of my WatchTime feature article, "Discovered: James Bond's Rolex," we were approached by Chronos magazine to translate those findings into German for its highly discerning audience.

That issue is now available.

It's now estimated that in excess of 100,000 people (across three magazine circulations) have had the opportunity to read about the Rolex model 1016 Explorer that Ian Fleming had in mind when writing about the original, literary personal watch of choice for James Bond in the novel, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

That was Mr. Fleming's own wristwatch as well: The only Rolex he'd ever owned, according to his stepdaughter, Fionn Morgan, who was interviewed as part of my extensive research.

The Rolex documentation that I've reviewed dates the case manufacture to the fourth quarter of 1960. Its movement is the 1560 caliber and, right up until its display starting last year at the Imperial War Museum, this watch featured the same Radium dial that it had when worn by the creator of Agent 007.

See prior coverage on this Blog for further details.

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