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MI6 rounds up the details of the new
Swatch 007 Villains collection of watches launched
this month...
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Swatch 007 Villains Watches (1)
12th September 2008
Celebrating the legendary British secret agent’s
most memorable adversaries, the Swatch 007 Villain Collection
presents twenty-two Swatch watches inspired by the best of the
worst: the bad guys Bond fans love to hate.
Swatch
Launch 007 Villains Watches
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007 Villains Watches (2)
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007 Villains Watches (3)
DR.
NO — DR. NO (SUYK117)
The first Bond film featured the nefarious,
ever elegant Dr. No, the “SPECTRE” agent played by Julius
Wiseman who dies sinking into the bubbling vat of a nuclear
reactor. Dr. No and the reactor find a suitably elegant
tribute in the form of this distinctive Skin Chrono:
its textured white and pale beige synthetic fabric strap
evokes Dr. No’s high-collared suit, and the dial
recalls the reactor’s instrument panel. The milky
plastic case has a black plastic crown and pushers and
frames the sunbrushed light beige dial. The applique
silver “instrument panel” is framed by a
broad black ring with red hour markers and white minute
indices and holds the silver legend “DANGER LEVEL” embossed
against a black ground. Applique silver Arabic numerals
indicate hours 4 and 8 and a delta sign is positioned
to mark hour 12. Set within the black band are the two
chrono counters, each with black numerals and black hands
set off by a white dial, and the continuous seconds counter
at 6 o’clock. The latter has a white dial with
a red dot at the centre, black Arabic numerals and a
black hand, and carries the label “HIGH VOLTAGE” printed
above it on the lightly patterned pale beige central
zone. Squelette metal hour and minute hands mark the
time.
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ROSA KLEBB — FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (YSS239)
Russia’s Rosa Klebb wields a nasty weapon in From
Russia With Love, and this stylish Lady’s satin-brushed
stainless steel bracelet features subtly sinister end pieces
shaped like Klebb’s knuckle-duster. The bracelet
leads to a satin-brushed stainless steel case and unmarked
bezel framing a sunbrushed silver dial with applied silver
Arabic numerals at all hours. Reflective metal hour and
minute hands and a delicate silver seconds hand mark the
time.
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ODDJOB — GOLDFINGER
(YOG102G)
A brilliant tribute to Oddjob, bowler-hatted henchman
to the Midas of malice featured in the memorable Goldfinger,
released in 1964. The heavy gold-coated stainless steel
bracelet of this stunning Irony THE Chrono features a
lightly
engraved
007 logo on one of the links that evoke gold ingots leading
to the massive, golden, stainless steel case. Mounted
on the case is a golden bezel with engraved minute ring.
The
brown and gold diamond-patterned dial is circumscribed
by a brown flange with a golden minute ring and golden
Arabic
numerals (05, 10, 15 ... 60) at all hours. Flush with
the flange is a flat outer ring with engraved gold-on-black
tachymeter scale. Embossed gold ingot-shaped markers
indicating
hours
4, 8 and 12 are complemented by applied golden Arabic
numerals at hours 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The grooved golden
chrono
and continuous seconds counters feature black Arabic
numerals and black or white indices and black hands. Lustrous
golden
hour and minute hands with white superlite highlights
and a slim white chrono seconds hand mark the time.
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EMILIO LARGO — THUNDERBALL
(SVCK4039G)
Emilio Largo, a black-hearted villain in Thunderball,
wears a ring with an evil-eyed black octopus, the emblem
of Bond’s
enemy. The stainless steel bracelet of this dashing Irony
Chrono Diaphane features satin-brushed steel links and a
central row of paired dark resin inlays set in steel. The
007 pistol logo appears on the brushed steel end piece on
the six o’clock side of the bracelet, just below the
frosted translucent plastic case. Mounted on the case is
a matt black aluminum bezel with sparkling transparent white
crystals set at all hours. The sunbrushed champagne dial
shows a black minute ring with Arabic numerals (2, 4, 6 ...
18; 22 ... 60) and a black-on-white date window at 4 o’clock.
Black-rimmed white superlite dots in relief mark hours 1,
3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11 and a black-rimmed white delta in relief
appears at hour 12. The 60-minute counter features a white
dial with black numerals and indices; the 1/10th second counter
offers a contrasting black dial with white numerals and indices.
At 6 o’clock, the continuous seconds counter features
Largo’s black octopus emblem on a pure white dial.
Tie-shaped squelette metal hour and minute hands with superlite
white highlights and a silver chrono seconds hand mark
the time.
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BLOFELD ’S
CAT — YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (GE218)
Popular still among Bond film fans are Blofeld and his
fluffy white cat, to which Swatch pays tribute with this
classic
Gent. The white synthetic leather strap evokes the cat
and her master’s affiliation with the enemy organisation
known as “SPECTRE”, represented by the ominous
octopus with 8 spiky tentacles. This menacing beast appears
engraved on a shining stainless steel charm dangling, like
an ID tag on a collar, from the single stainless steel end
piece that joins the six-o’clock side of the strap
to the clear plastic case. The 007 pistol logo is displayed
in silver on the white synthetic leather loop. The dial is
a mirror marked at 1 o’clock by a light green cat’s
paw print. All other hours are marked by printed white
Arabic numerals. The hour, minute and slim central seconds
hands
that mark the time feature a sandpaper silver surface.
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BLOFELD — ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET
SERVICE (YGB1001AG)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service features Telly Savalas
in the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. One of Bond’s
most formidable and long-lived antagonists, he is featured
in three Bond films and is marked by the menacing sign of “SPECTRE”,
an evil-looking octopus. The matt black aluminum bracelet
of this elegant Irony Big features matt gold-coloured central
links and gold 007 pistol logo printed on the first black
link on the 6 o’clock side of the bracelet. Mounted
on the matt black aluminum case is a silver and black bezel
with black indices at hours 1,2 4, 5, 7, 8 10 and 11. Straddling
the centre of the sunbrushed silver dial is Blofeld’s
menacing silver octopus whose oval eyes are mirrored golden
appliques. In the absence of all numerals, mirrored silver
applique hour markers indicate all hours but 10 and 11,
where they are replaced by the golden eyes. Mirrored golden
squelette
hour and minute hands and a thin black central seconds
hand mark the time.
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WINT & KIDD — DIAMONDS
ARE FOREVER (YLS434)
In Diamonds Are Forever, black-hearted Blofeld henchmen
Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd attempt to assassinate James Bond
with
a bomb disguised as dessert. The alligator-pattern white
leather strap has a black leather loop with a white 007
pistol logo and a stainless steel clasp; the strap forms
an elegant
counterpoint to the stainless steel bezel mounted on
this classy Irony Medium’s polished stainless steel case.
The bezel is set with 44 transparent white crystals that
form a sparkling frame around the sunbrushed silver dial,
which features a delicate white vortex pattern at its centre.
Skeleton black Arabic numerals with white infills indicate
hours 9, 10, 11 and 12; skeleton white Arabic numerals with
black infills mark hours 4, 5, and 6; a black-on-white date
window is positioned at 3 o’clock. A pair of transparent
white crystals is set in the dial at hours 1 and 2; set
directly opposite, at hours 7 and 8, are two more crystals,
black.
Slim oval squelette metal hour and minute hands and an
elegant black central seconds hand with a white superlite
highlight
mark the time.
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