No round up of the best Bond gadgets would be complete without at least one watch. Bond may have dabbled with the odd Omega Seamaster in more recent movies, but when Ian Fleming penned the original Bond novels he wore the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner. Whilst the Omega's featured impressive lasers that could cut through ice and metal, the Rolex Bond was given in Live and Let Die had the edge. The Q-Branch crackpots gave it two extra features.Firstly the watch could turn into a powerful electro-magnet, strong enough to deflect the path of a bullet at long range. Bond tested this out by magnetizing M's spoon, much to his annoyance. The Second feature proved to be a life saver. The bezel doubled up as a circular saw which enabled 007 to cut through the ropes that had him trapped and escape from a one-way journey into a pool of man-eating sharks.
An iconic gadget based on an iconic timepiece. The physics may be ridiculous but that's why we love Bond movies!
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