Omega’s James Bond exhibition brings 007 props and six new watches to Glendale
Omega’s Glendale 007 show pairs Bond film props with six new Seamaster watches, and runs through Nov. 5.
By Bianca Rossi · Entertainment Editor
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The Omega James Bond exhibition has opened at the watchmaker’s boutique in The Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, with 007’s passport, toothbrush and casino chips among the film items on show. Variety reported that the exhibition, previewed alongside a new Bond watch collection, is scheduled to run through Nov. 5.
Omega marked James Bond Day on Oct. 5 with the collection launch and the exhibition preview, according to Variety. The display pulls focus from the spy’s usual high-tech kit to a few unusually everyday pieces of movie history.
What is in Omega’s James Bond exhibition?
Confirmed props listed by Variety include Bond’s British passport from Spectre, released in 2015; his toothbrush from 2021’s No Time to Die; and casino chips from 2006’s Casino Royale.
That is the confirmed inventory reported from the show, rather than a full catalogue of every object on display. Variety’s report did not identify miniature car bombs among the exhibition items.
A separate room contains archival Omega watches associated with Bond films, alongside the new Seamaster Diver 300M releases. Variety said Omega introduced six new pieces: three marked with the 007 logo and three carrying the SPECTRE symbol, representing the franchise’s fictional criminal syndicate.
When did James Bond start wearing Omega watches?
Omega says the Seamaster first appeared on Bond’s wrist in GoldenEye in 1995. The official James Bond site likewise dates the franchise’s Seamaster connection to that film, meaning the Glendale display reaches back three decades of the screen partnership.
The watches have often done more in the films than tell time. Omega’s own Bond timeline says the Tomorrow Never Dies watch included an on-screen detonator, while the one in The World Is Not Enough had a light and a miniature grappling hook. In Die Another Day, the company says Bond’s watch had a detonator pin and a crown-mounted laser.
Those are fictional gadgets used in the movies, not functions of consumer watches. The International Spy Museum says Q gives Daniel Craig’s Bond a Seamaster Diver 300M adapted to emit an electromagnetic pulse in No Time to Die, capable of short-circuiting electronics within a limited range.
For the Glendale exhibition, however, the hook is in the contrast: a passport and toothbrush sit beside the watches that have carried some of Bond’s most elaborate screen inventions.
This story draws on original reporting from Variety.