Daniel Craig Prefers Rolex

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Nov 25th 2008 at 7:02PM

Omega may now be the official watch of the James Bond films, but offscreen, nouveau 007 Daniel Craig is a diehard Rolex fan. In the original books, Bond creator Ian Fleming wrote that "[Bond] could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex." In the early Bond films, Sean Connery sported a Rolex Submariner, and Craig has said in interviews that he favors the identical model. Over at the Rolex Blog, Jake Ehrlich has done some impressive sleuthing into the James Bond / Craig / Rolex connection, examining quotes, photos and other clues.

In a 7-part series of posts, he determined that Craig usually wears a Rolex Submariner on a NATO spec, striped nylon strap (sold as the "James Bond" model). It is in fact not exactly the same as the one Connery sported in Goldfinger, as his was on slightly different regimental stripe strap. Most recently, Craig has been spotted wearing an understated stainless steel Oyster Perpetual (above), so he obviously has more than one Rolex in his arsenal.

Tags: 007, Daniel Craig, DanielCraig, James Bond, JamesBond, Omega, Rolex, Sean Connery, SeanConnery

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Men's Style

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A fan Nov 25th 2008 9:46PM

He may have a few Rolexes in his collection, but who doesn't? He definitely owns a few Omegas too, beyond the Bond versions. He actually just donated one to charity that raised over $30,000.

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2008/11/25/daniel-craigs-personal-omega-auctioned-for-charity.html

charlie sanchez Aug 7th 2009 1:04AM

Rolex watch is the best time piece in the world today, no doubt about. it has been proven for so many years and years the Rolex brand still carries its surpremacy. when we talk about watches its always the Rolex watch or nothing. thats why Bond wears off cam.