Branding Bond, James Bond.

[Hemingway Jones]

I thought of this thread while reading the "Casino Royale" thread.

I thought it would be useful to construct a database of all of the brands that have been directly associated with James Bond, in the movies, though the entire series: Suits, Champagne, Watches, Cars, Phones, Drinks, Whatever.

Please site the film associated with it.

I'll get us started with Bollinger Champagne referenced in Goldfinger, Goldeneye, and again in Casino Royale.

What will you add?

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Brosnan's suits were made by Brioni, as I recall.

Then there are the watches:

Connery:
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger ...........................- Rolex Submariner
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice

Lazenby:
OHMSS: a Rolex Submariner and a Rolex Daytona.

Moore:
Live and Let Die: a Rolex Submariner and a Pulsar Quartz LCD.
The Man With the Golden Gun: a Rolex Submariner and a Rolex Cellini.

The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only......... - Seiko digital (not sure of the model, but what were they thinking?)
Octopussy
A View to a Kill

Dalton:
Back to the Rolex Submariner for both The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill.

Brosnan:
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies..........- Various models of
The World Is Not Enough.....- Omega Seamaster.
Die Another Day

Craig:
Casino Royale: It's another Omega Seamaster.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

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You're absolutely right, Doc, I read that too. Now, do we have confirmation on the tuxedo in Casino Royale? That was the most remarkable fit tuxedo I have ever seen, much like he was dipped in black ink.

 

[scotrace]

These come to mind (taking the easy route)

 

[Nick Charles]

Walther PPK most Bonds until Tomorrow never Dies, then the Walther P99 and it seems by the poster art back to the PPK and also the 99 in Casino Royale ( Live and let Die)-Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Plus the .25 Beretta that he exchanges for the PPK at the beginning of Doctor No.

"A lady's gun, and not a very nice lady at that."

 

[Phil]

Let's not forget the Ford Mondeo, that odd looking car he drives in Casino Royale before he gets the Vanquish.

Just as a side note about the Walther P99, if you don't own and are going to buy a real one, do watch your thumb webbing. The P99 is notorious for it's slide bite.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

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We know Brioni made the suits for Pierce. Do we have any idea who was Sean Connery's tailor? How about sunglasses, shoes? Do you remember the vodka ads?

 

[GOK]

Sunglasses by Persol

http://www.persol.com/UK/HomePageUK.html

Dress shirt by Turnbull and Asser

http://store.turnbullandasser.co.uk/

Dinner suit by Brioni - the label is just visible inside the jacket that Vesper has procured for him.

http://www.brioni.it/

 

[GOK]

And the trunks...

Grigio Perla - a snip at £55 from Selfridges...but they're selling fast;

http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?...line=james_bonds_swimming_trunks_selling_fast

 

[Mark G]

Connery's taylor for "Thunderball" was Anthony Sinclair of Savile Row.

 

[Quigley Brown]

The worst automobile sponsor had to be with The Man With the Golden Gun....AMC. I think Bond drove a Hornet and Scaramanga had that flying Matador.

 

[PADDY]

007 (heaven) swimming trunks...

Grigio Perla - a snip at £55 from Selfridges...but they're selling fast;

http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?...line=james_bonds_swimming_trunks_selling_fast

Good alternatives are the trunks by HOM (French, me thinks!) which you can find in most 'good' stores, and have that 'vintage Bond' look to them. Just need the bod to go with them I guess. Start working out chaps!

 

[GOK]

Lobb. John Lobb...

Apparently Bond wears Lobb's 'Luffields' in CR

http://www.johnlobbltd.co.uk/

How unsurprising is this? Fine, fine footwear. Some very vintage, including ladies' too.

BTW, the prêt a porter version of the Brioni dinner suit can be bought at Harrods for £2,995.

(Oh, and Hom make very nice pants!)

 

[Gray Ghost]

Brosnan's Aston Martin and BMW in Golden Eye.

 

[Mickey Caesar]

Brosnan's Aston Martin and BMW in Golden Eye.

Or the Mustang in Diamonds are Forever

 

[Absinthe_1900]

I'd like to see Bond try to parallel park my 71 Mach-1.

 

[Michael Carter]

Let's not forget the Ford Mondeo, that odd looking car he drives in Casino Royale before he gets the Vanquish.

Just as a side note about the Walther P99, if you don't own and are going to buy a real one, do watch your thumb webbing. The P99 is notorious for it's slide bite.

Unless you have hands the size of bear claws, I think you are confusing this with the 'slide bite' of the PPK. Your hand would have to be enourmous to sit 1/2" higher and around and above the end of the frame tang on a P99.

Sunspell
Nokia
Sony Ericsson
Thomas Ford
S.T. DuPont
Heckler & Koch
Kawasaki
Galco
Vega
Alpine
Olin
Parker
Norelco
Leica
Penfold
Floris
Samsonite
Gucci
Converse
Nike
Albert Thurston
Angels & Berman
Ballantyne

 

[agentecontinental]

Actually I do own an Aston Martin DB7. Unreliable and expensive ba***rd but such a beauty.
But the only real Bond car I´ve owned was a humble Renault 11, 22 years ago... Stolen from a taxi driver by Roger Moore and driven during a wild chase through Paris in "A View to a Kill". The car is completely destroyed and Grace Jones gets away.

Anyway, other cars driven by Bond:

Aston Martins:
DB5 in Goldfinger, Thunderball, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Casino Royale.
DBS V8 in On Her Majesty´s Secret Service
V8 and V8 Volante in The Living Daylights
Vanquish in Die Another Day
DBS in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace

Lotus Esprit S1,
BMW Z3, 750i Protection and Z8
Mustang Mach 1

IMHO the best Bond stunt so far is the spiral jump with the Hornet in "The Man With The Golden Gun"

 

[Edward]

THe nicest car I've seen any Bond drive was Connery's 1937 Bentley 4.5 litre, in Never Say Never Again. I believe this model was chosen for various reasons, not least that it is what Bond drove in the original books?