Posts tagged with: James Bond
A celebration of 007: Bond Week
If ever one man truly lived the Prodigal lifestyle it is James Bond. The cars, the food, the gadgets, the travel, the watches, the – eh – nocturnal activities: everyone’s favourite gentlemen spy had the life we all aspire to. Or do we? The truth is that if you’ve ever actually tried to match Mr [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 2 August 2010
The Explorer is the only current model in the Rolex portfolio worth buying
We’ve been concerned about Rolex for a while and haven’t been shy about saying it. The venerable brand that we have admired for so long is being slowly eroded by a series of vulgar styling decisions. Simply put: they desperately need to tone down the bling. We’ve already reported on Rolex’s announcements from this year’s [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 26 April 2010
Bond and Rolex: The story of a tumultuous but long-lasting love affair
Those of us who are nuts about movies and watches can debate the relationship between Bond and Rolex for days. These two greats of their respective worlds first met in the 50s and have been seeing each other off and on ever since. Of late, Bond has been seen out in public with another: Omega. [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 4 November 2009
Pure watch pornography: Jake’s Rolex Watch Blog
If you like your Rolex watches (and we do) and if you have a penchant for vintage models (and we do) then this photo of a 1964 Submariner (Reference 5513) will make your day.
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 18 February 2009
The dark spy returns
We love cars, food, gadgets, films, travel and watches. So, really, will it surprise any Prodigal readers to learn that The Guide is a huge James Bond fan? We loved Daniel Craig’s gritty reinvention of the role in 2006’s Casino Royale. Its follow up, Quantum of Solace, is due this year and the first teaser [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 7 February 2008
Rolex Sea-Dweller: the most over-engineered timepiece in the world
Isn’t the world a wonderful place? There are people out there with nothing better to do than to test our favourite timepieces to within an inch of their lives. The Guide came across a post over at TimeZone recently about some guys who strapped a Sea-Dweller to the side of a remote mini-submarine and took it [...]
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 31 March 2007
