Lot Essay
This watch was donated by Pierce Brosnan to The Totts Ball, 1998, a charity auction held by The Children's Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin.
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond is seen wearing a similar watch throughout Tomorrow Never Dies. The watch features as one of 007's principal gadgets in the film's final dramatic sequence on board Eliott Carver's [Jonathan Pryce] Stealth Ship. Bond first remarks on the watch when he finds it amongst Wai Lin's [Michelle Yeoh's] secret arsenal of weapons and hi-tech equipment in Saigon. Bond spots the watch in a case with numerous others, picking it out and remarking: "This looks familiar".. he's told by Wai Lin "We've made some improvements... Later, on board Carver's Stealth Ship, Bond uses the 'adaptations' in the watch to detonate his self-made bomb which he sets off to facilitate the British navy to locate the Stealth Ship via radar.
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond is seen wearing a similar watch throughout Tomorrow Never Dies. The watch features as one of 007's principal gadgets in the film's final dramatic sequence on board Eliott Carver's [Jonathan Pryce] Stealth Ship. Bond first remarks on the watch when he finds it amongst Wai Lin's [Michelle Yeoh's] secret arsenal of weapons and hi-tech equipment in Saigon. Bond spots the watch in a case with numerous others, picking it out and remarking: "This looks familiar".. he's told by Wai Lin "We've made some improvements... Later, on board Carver's Stealth Ship, Bond uses the 'adaptations' in the watch to detonate his self-made bomb which he sets off to facilitate the British navy to locate the Stealth Ship via radar.