The ultimate “pinball effect” :
The ultimate “pinball effect” If we weren’t talking about James Bond watches, you might have missed:
Goldfinger’s “Nixie tubes”
Matt Damon’s 1016 Dell Deaton, www.jamesbondwatches.com 2
Radioactivity and James Bond watches :
Radioactivity and James Bond watches “It appears that the exact same Rolex Submariner was worn by Sean Connery in no less than three James Bond films: Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). The watch in question is from the heavy case series that used an 8-mm crown (without crown-protecting ‘shoulders’). It has a 38-mm flush-to-case rotating bezel, radium indices and a plastic Tropic 17 or Tropic 19 crystal. This particular series of Submariners was created between 1953 and 1958 and was actually available in five variants (Ref 6200, Ref 6538, Ref 6538A, Ref 6540, Ref 5510). It’s impossible to tell which of the five it is.”
—Robert Sprague
American Society of Master Projectionists
Petosky, Michigan
WatchTime October 2004 Dell Deaton, www.jamesbondwatches.com 3
Radium 226 Radon(1600-year half-life) :
Radium 226 Radon(1600-year half-life) Radioactive decay sequence
226Ra —>
222Rn —>
218Po —>
214Pb —>
214Bi —>
214Po —>
210Pb —>
210Bi —>
210Po —>
208Pb
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Fleming’s Rolex Explorer and the Sean Connery Goldfinger Rolex Submariner were Radium
Dr. No Geiger Counter check parallels Thunderball novel
“Radium Girls” changed labor safety history Dell Deaton, www.jamesbondwatches.com 4
Boy Scouts of America :
Boy Scouts of America Ian Fleming collected non-fiction first editions.
The only known complete copy of Scouting for Boys, by Lord Robert Baden-Powell.
Lilly Library on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington. Dell Deaton, www.jamesbondwatches.com 5
Roger Moore’s favorite Bond watch :
Roger Moore’s favorite Bond watch My Word Is My Bond: A Memoir, by Sir Roger Moore, lists the sheer-magnetism Rolex from Live and Let Die as his favorite James Bond watch (and gadget)
Ref: 5513, 1972, Case No: 2912634, sold by Christie’s in 1998 for $36,795 Dell Deaton, www.jamesbondwatches.com 6