Roger Moore wearing Rolex Submariner in The Man with the Golden Gun
Confirmed sighting

Roger Moore wears a Rolex Submariner

Spotted as James Bond in The Man with the Golden Gun, 1974.

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Film
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Actor
Roger Moore
Character
James Bond
Watch
Rolex Submariner
Status
Confirmed

This is the last time Bond wore a Rolex without gadgets attached. In The Man with the Golden Gun, Moore's second Bond film, the Submariner ref. 5513 appears as a straightforward wristwatch, no magnetic field generator, no buzz-saw bezel, none of the Q Branch modifications that turned it into a plot device in Live and Let Die. Guy Hamilton directed again, and the 5513 sits on Moore's wrist during scenes set in Bangkok and Phuket as Bond hunts Francisco Scaramanga, the assassin who charges a million dollars per kill and uses a golden gun assembled from a cigarette case, lighter, pen, and cufflink.

The ref. 5513 is a no-date Submariner, the basic diver without the Cyclops lens, which gives it a cleaner dial than the date-equipped 1680 that some analysts believe Moore may have also worn briefly. The 5513 was the standard military-issue Submariner of the era, less expensive than its date-equipped sibling and preferred by actual divers for its symmetry and legibility. On Moore's wrist, it reads as a holdover from the Connery era, the last gesture toward Bond's naval heritage before the franchise moved on.

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Roger Moore wearing Rolex Submariner in The Man with the Golden Gun

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