The Seiko H357 5049 Duo Display digital wristwatch was worn by James Bond (Roger Moore) in the 1981 movie For Your Eyes Only. This is the third movie in a row in which James Bond wears a Seiko digital watch.
The watch is worn by James Bond from the pre-title sequence on, but only the bracelet can be seen. It's not until he checks the map in his white Lotus Esprit Turbo that we see the watch case on his wrist for the first time. Bond wears the watch throughout all the following scenes until he searches for the ATAC in the Neptune submarine with Melina Havelock, when he wears a Seiko Golden Tuna diving watch. During the action on St Cyril's mountain, he wears the Seiko H357 once again.
And it's not until the final scene that we see a close-up of the Seiko watch, when Bond and Melina are making out on her father's yacht, he receives a message which shows in red digits on the digital display, which reads "COME IN 007". Bond then takes off the watch and puts it next to the parrot. The watch has the honour of being in the last shot of the film, after the parrot drops it in the water it sinks to the bottom of the sea.
The Seiko H357 5049 quartz watch, model number WHV005, has both an analog screen and a digital screen (ana-digi watch). The correct movie watch has "alarm chronograph" printed on the dial, a black 'bezel' around the dial with four screws. Note that the watch seen in the film has been slightly altered: the prop makers added a black plastic part on top of the watch, with Seiko logo and vertical 'audio' lines - this part was probably taken from a Seiko A159-5009. The case back of the watch features a round speaker through which we can hear Q talking when he messages Bond in the last scene.
Vintage "James Bond" "For Your Eyes Only" Seiko Analog digital Alarm Quartz Chronoraph Watch Rectangle, REF H357-5049, new battery.
Brand : Seiko
Reference : H357-5049
Case dimensions: 32mm* 39 mm without crown
Max Wrist size : 19 cm
Condition : Preowned, case is in good shape., crystal may have scratches due to wear and age. Please examine the images to judge the cosmetic condition. You will receive exactly what you see. As a used vintage item, it may have some dirt, scratches, and other signs of wear.
The watch is working fine with a new battery but could use a service one of these days. Of course this is not the actual watch used in the film but one of a series released by Seiko in the early 1980s which were bought for kids like me (at the time). This was my watch and it's time for someone else to enjoy it. Thank you.