Well
then, it seems you have stumbled upon another style piece. Good for you.
Though, unlike the Brioni file you came across, the Omega pieces in question
here come with a few extra tricks up their sleeve. As stylish as they seem,
they’re doubly as deadly. With that, your codes to access this file check out
and you may proceed onward. The following data is what we have on the Omega
Seamaster Professional, twenty years removed from its GOLDENEYE appearance...
Transition begins with some typical base
knowledge of James’ and my favorite watch model. If we both still agree on
something, it’s that Omega builds a damn good time keeper. Launched in 1993,
the Omega Seamaster Professional 300M Quartz model featured in GoldenEye was marketed as a professional
diving watch. The second crown, positioned at ten o'clock, is a helium release
valve that allows helium out of the watch while wearing it during a deep dive.
Also equipped with a blue dial, quartz caliber, phosphorescent hands, water-resistant
technology (up to three hundred meters), and a stainless steal body all make it
safe to say that the base model of this Seamaster had quite a bit of hidden
gadgets. Far before reaching the halls of Q-branch, mind you. However, once the
old man got his hands on it in 1995, such resourceful things as a cutting laser
and remote mine detonator were fashioned and housed in the Seamaster. Saving
Bond’s life on a few difference occasions, might as well unfortunately add. It’s
also noted here that GOLDENEYE would
mark the first film Agent 007 would sport an Omega and he hasn’t looked back
since.
After serving him well in 1995, Bond would
again enter the field wearing an Omega Seamaster Professional for 1997’s TOMORROW NEVER DIES According to a few entries
in the mainframe, data suggests that the Seamaster Bond would opt for was the very
similar chronometer version of his previous timepiece. Fitting the needs,
several of our sources at the time confirmed said model was fully stocked,
again housing an automatic caliber and an integrated detonator.
Similarly, in
1999’s THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Bond
would once again don the same watch model as before. However, this version
would save Bond’s life on two different occasions utilizing two different
functions. After being buried in several feet of snow with an unknown woman,
our mainframe suggests that the dial of Bond’s Omega would illuminate small LED
lights. These lights would be enough to help to gain back Bond’s and his
companion’s bearings and escape from underneath the snowfall caused by the
avalanche. With that said, more information on said female is desperately
required, as her and Bond were able to escape a formidable branch of the
Russian Special Services. Something operatives of our own have, on occasion,
been unable to do. Her last known appearance documented by Janus was in former
Russian mafia member, Valentine Zukovsky’s, casino. See her file and attached
pictures for more details, will you? She remains as a person of high interest.
Without straying, let us continue with the watch gadgets. Later on in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Bond would find
himself trapped in a silo. Lucky for Bond, in the bezel of his Omega Semaster
Professional hides a wire and accompanying grappling hook. With the press of the
crown, the hook is revealed. Once the hook is fired and firmly attached to a
secure grappling point, the bezel turns in the opposite direction, being able
to lift Bond up and out of the silo. Quite handy, that blasted thing is.
By 2002, our
mainframe suggests that James would equip himself with a piece similar to his
previous three films. The Seamaster featured in this operation would again take
claim to a remote detonator in place of its helium valve, operated by turning
the stainless steel bezel. Reports and diagrams also suggest that a laser
hidden in the crown of the watch could also be activated. Rather
run-of-the-mill up until this point, no? I’m sure by now you have realized
Janus technicians are far more creative... Unpredictability goes far longer,
after all.
According to
this mainframe, 2006’s CASINO ROYALE operation
marks the ushering in of a new chapter for MI6. Dear James would see a change
of hands, but not of wrists. The timepiece chosen for this mission would again
be an Omega Seamaster Professional, but this time, it would come fashioned with
a co-axial escapement. The tried and true blue dial, unidirectional rotating
bezel, screw-down crown, helium escape valve and three hundred meter water
resistant technology, would complete this predictable package. I suppose,
according to the British, old ways are the best ways. We know better than that
here, don’t we?
I suppose our
opposition finally learned their lesson, as 2008 would mark the official end of
James Bond wearing an Omega Seamaster Professional model on screen. QUANTUM OF SOLACE would kick off with
Bond flaunting an Omega
Planet Ocean
Side notes on
the Omega Seamaster Professional include several data entries provided over the
years of its activity associate with our opposite numbers. Firstly, models
within the Omega Seamaster line have been produced since 1948. For the fortieth
anniversary of James Bond films in 2002, a commemorative edition of the Omega
Seamaster Professional was made available in limited numbers. The watch was identical
to the basic Seamaster Professional, except a 007 logo was be inscribed in the
blue dial and also machined into the caseback. The band also had 007 inscribed
on the clasp. Omega would go on to release a special model of the Professional
to coincide with the release of CASINO ROYALE. The variant would feature the 007 gun logo on the second hand and
the rifle pattern on the watch face, this being a stylized representation of
the opening gunbarrel sequence of most Bond movies. Impressively enough, the
Omega Seamaster Professional 300M would sit on Bond’s wrist for five
consecutive films over the course of eleven years.
In conclusion,
we have reason to believe that the old 300M may make a triumphant on-screen return
in the future. Nothing is certain yet,
of course, however several moles within MI6’s global operations seem to suggest
this to be the case. Both way, this model proved to serve Bond well, and
blueprints to it and more recent models should be checked over thoroughly before
you continue on in the field. Know your enemies. Besides, those fools in
Q-branch make it easy enough for us, don’t they? Keep an eye out for these
timepieces, as any models recovered could mean saving a life down the line for
a fellow Janus Special Forces operative.
That’s the short of this one, old boy. It is our hope that as more
information becomes available on such gadgets, it will be added to this file.
The continued success of this organization depends on it. Now, stop staring at
the clock. You have your orders…
And time ticks against you.
- End transmission, Trevelyan.
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