Ian Fleming
Novelist, creator of James Bond, 1908–1964
One watch, on one documented occasion. More about Ian Fleming
Rolex
Explorer 36
36 mm · €7,650
1954
Off dutyGoldeneye, his house in Jamaica, and the novels written there
1950s until his death in 1964
Fleming wore an Explorer and gave his character the same taste a decade before the films did: in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond's inventory runs to a heavy Rolex Oyster Perpetual on an expanding metal bracelet.
On the wrist: Explorer ref. 1016
The exact years Fleming owned the 1016 are not documented; the watch itself survives and has been exhibited.
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