Going under the hammer
Avintage Hollywood timepiece that had a starring role in the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” is set to go under the hammer in Switzerland this week.
The vintage Rolex Submariner was fabricated in 1972 and shot to fame a year later when Roger Moore used its powers to escape myriad dangerous situations, to the delight of one billion viewers. As well as being able to cut through rope, the watch featured a hyper-intensified magnetic field with the ability to deflect bullets and even boasted a magnetic reach capable of unzipping dresses and catching spoons from coffee saucers.
The iconic watch comes signed inside the caseback “Roger Moore 007”, and is expected to fetch 150,000-250,000 Swiss Francs (RM669,000-RM1.11 million) when it goes up for auction on Nov 7 at the Geneva Watch Auction: Two.
The Geneva Watch Auction Two, run by Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo, will comprise around 200 collectable watches. The event will be preceded by the Only Watch Charity Auction, which includes 44 one-of-a-kind timepieces created especially to raise profits for research on the neuromuscular disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).