About Effing Time Podcast

Mspeedster

^What's weird is that none of them brought up the Submariner, which for me will always be the original and hence definitive Bond watch. It was worn by Connery, Lazenby, Moore, and Dalton, yet Omega (which is paid product placement) dominated the discussion.

However, in the comments it was mentioned that they all thought one of the others would bring up the "elephant in the room", but none did.

I did think Adrian's choices were very fitting though. I'm usually in alignment with his views.

Aquagraph

Actually Bremont would be a good fit, with t


Yeah, I thought that was strange. Also I never knew that there was a Breitling in the mix.

Mspeedster

Breitling was featured heavily in Thunderball, just like Heuer was in The Living Daylights.

Not only did Bond wear the Breitling Top Time, but the Navitimer ref. 806 was also featured prominently. Domino's brother, who is a NATO pilot, wears the Navitimer. He's murdered and his look alike imposter takes his watch, the imposter is later killed off, left for dead underwater. Bond finds him, retrieves some key belongings including the watch and later gives the Navitimer to Domino.

Aquagraph

Was the Heuer (oh I see we've decided it's definitely Heuer now) really heavily featured? I thought there was like 1.5 seconds of visible footage?

Hubert

As much as I like the NightDiver, my top choice would have been the Omega Seamaster Spectre, which was not one of their contenders.

imagwai

My fave would have to be the blue Aqua Terra Skyfall 38.5mm. Still a bit sad that left my collection and half have my eye out for another.

Jim Dollares

I think this would be a perfect Bond watch. First position of the crown to set the time, second position triggers a built in nuclear bomb

Jim Dollares

Bremont for Bond would make a lot of sense. British (isch) and very tactile cool watches

Jim Dollares

I was quite disappointed with this episode, I thought it would be a discussion of other watches they thought would be a perfect match for Bond, not them just picking among the existing ones.

Hubert

As much as I like the NightDiver, my top choice would have been the Omega Seamaster Spectre, which was not one of their contenders.

imagwai

My fave would have to be the blue Aqua Terra Skyfall 38.5mm. Still a bit sad that left my collection and half have my eye out for another.

Mspeedster

Bond Watch - Therapy Session

Fun follow up post-mortem discussion. Probably more entertaining than the actual podcast if one is a Bond fan, since they also talk about other things related to Bond besides watches. (But it's obvious to a Bond fan like myself that they're somewhat lacking in their deeper Bond knowledge. George gets the title of his favorite Bond movie wrong, says it's "You Only Live Twice" but from his description he really means "The Spy Who Loved Me". 🙄)

They address not talking about Rolex and interestingly also touch on the following things mentioned here:

Aquagraph

I always thought Spy Who Loved Me was my favorite, until I watched it again a few years ago. Even though I was flat out on the sofa having just come out of hospital for a back operation, I remember lying there thinking 'this is terrible'.

Mspeedster

The Roger Moore movies have not aged well IMHO. I have a hard time re-watching them, they're so cheesy and Roger plays the role like he's always winking at the camera. Moreover, many of his watches are digital - Seiko LCDs and a Hamilton Pulsar. The only one I like is his buzzsaw gadget Rolex Submariner 5513 from Live & Let Die.

Andys_Exchange

Thanks for sharing this, I've been looking for a good watch related podcast and this has been fun to listen to!

Side note, any other recommended horology podcasts worth checking out?

thingziliketoo

At first I felt George was a bit of a salesperson. But over time I appreciate his point of view. I am becoming a Heuer fanboy despite his appreciation of the brand.