The official satchel of James Bond—Michael Kors creates a capsule collection for No Time to Die
James Bond has his official car—various Aston Martin models will be seen in the 25th official Eon Productions film, No Time to Die—and he has his official watch (Rolex in the books, but typically Omega on the silver screen this side of the 21st century), and now, he has his official satchel, carry-all and duffel […]
Bollinger and James Bond mark 40th anniversary with Paris event
Bollinger has celebrated its 40-year association with Eon Productions’ James Bond films with an event at Paris’s Hôtel de Crillon, with Bond co-producer Michael G. Wilson as its guest of honour. The brand was first mentioned by Roger Moore as James Bond in the 1979 film Moonraker, in a scene set in Venezia with […]
Alarm für Cobra 11 films at the Nürburgring with Mercedes-Benz
Long-running German TV series, Alarm für Cobra 11: die Autobahnpolizei, which will return this autumn (most likely in early October), filmed at the Nürburgring over the weekend during the DTM races. Both star Erdoğan Atalay, who has played Semir Gerkhan since the show’s third episode in 1996, and new co-star Vinzenz Kiefer, in the […]
James Bond Skyfall rumours: Daniel Craig to open Olympics as 007? Adele to sing theme?
Above Daniel Craig already endorses Omega, both as himself and as James Bond. Reports from the Murdoch Press are saying that Daniel Craig will open the 2012 London Olympics as James Bond. There may be a number of events to celebrate the cinematic half-century of James Bond—but this one has to take the cake. […]
Breitling and Omega release watches to celebrate Bentley and James Bond
Breitling has released a limited-edition run of its Bentley GMT chronograph with a second time-zone display. There are 250 pieces of the new watch, which features an exclusive rubber strap, the Calibre Breitling 47B certified movement, 38 jewels and water resistance to 100 m. The dial measures 49 mm. These days, James Bond wears […]
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has German première alongside BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images/Paramount Pictures We haven’t followed the press juggernaut for Tom Cruise’s new film, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (notice the shift of the colon from the original Mission: Impossible title in everything but the official logo) as it made its way from the Far East to western Europe, but the German première at BMW […]
Bentley to launch £1,000 limited edition of new James Bond book, Carte Blanche
Bentley has created a limited edition of the forthcoming James Bond book, Carte Blanche (for the regular hardback edition, US$15·49 at Amazon; £9·99 at Amazon UK), by Jeffery Deaver, to be released on May 26. It continues a long tie-up between Ian Fleming’s literary super-spy and the Bentley car brand. Bond owned three Bentleys […]
Renault, Mercedes-Benz make pushes in film
Getty Images Above Melissa Theuriau and Mathilda May at Cannes, stepping out of Renault Vel Satises. Craig Blankenhorn Above Carrie and co. with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse cabriolet and the Maybach limousines. Two car companies really pushed their marketing last week. Renault has had fairly good exposure for its poor-selling Vel Satis saloon as the […]
I have a feeling that tomorrow, we will hear that the Ford Ka, as driven by Olga Kurylenko in Quantum of Solace, will be European Car of the Year. It has a good chassis, it’s a subcompact car that ?ts modern European sensibilities, and it has cross-Europe appeal. Our second pick would be the Alfa […]
Omega has launched a Quantum of Solace special watch, tying in to the new MGM–Columbia Pictures movie starring Daniel Craig. The watch that Craig, as Ian Fleming’s agent James Bond 007, wears is in fact different from the promoted one, which you can get a preview of in this commercial. You may also like Chanel […]
