For the first time ever, James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s 007-inspiring Rolex will be on display in the United States. Fleming’s Rolex 1016 Explorer will be featured in an exhibit “Bond Watches, James Bond Watches” at the National Watch & Clock Museum.
This first-of-a-kind exhibit will also include a large collection of Agent 007 designer watches featured in any of the twenty-two Bond films.
In the novels and films alike, Bond’s luxury watches are depicted as doing much more than just telling time. The timepieces are typically intricate spying technology, able to track enemies, communicate over long distances, pick locks of a jail cell, etc.
Fleming’s stepdaughter, Fionn Morgan, was recently quoted as saying “Ian would have enjoyed the idea of… an exhibition of James Bond watches. It is wonderful to see the James Bond legacy presented through the watches that this character has worn… Collectors and the public will learn a lot through this exhibition.”
Founded in 1977, The National Watch & Clock Museum is located in Columbia, Pennsylvania, at the very edge of the Pennsylvania Dutch tourist area. It is one of the few museums in the country dedicated solely to horology, or the art and science of measuring time.
For anyone unable to make it out to Columbia, Pennsylvania, you can always check out JamesBondWatches.com. Maintained by Dell Deaton, who is also the guest curator for the exhibit at the Museum, the site brings “a dedicated focus on all things related to the wristwatches of James Bond, Agent 007.”
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