Bonding Time

I'm currently trudging (slowly) through the 20-over films from the Bond franchise because Mad Men - which recently ended its third season - has me obsessed fascinated with that era.

Some of the films can be yawners though, my picks so far are the ones that seem a little more esoteric when it comes to foreign culture. Like From Russia With Love (based in Istanbul, with a Russian lover and a skirmish with gypsies), You Only Live Twice (which references Japanese culture) and Live and Let Die (influenced much by the blaxploitation-era it was made in).

Then there are the lush soundtracks, which I'll save for a later post.

In the meantime, I've taken a liking to the digital timepieces that 007 dons and wanted to dedicate a post on it. Apart from the Hamilton Pulsar, they all seem to be from Seiko. Pity they don't make more of such watches, no?

The Seiko G757 Sports 100 from Octopussy (the gold-trimmed version is quite fetching too):

via uncrate.com

One of the first digital watches, the Hamilton Pulsar (the same division that made this was interestingly sold off to Seiko), was originally intended to be used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey but it wasn't developed in time. Worn by Roger Moore in Live and Let Die: