Fun with gadgets
“From Russia With Love,” 1963: Bond uses an exploding tin of tear gas and a knife hidden in a black Swaine Adeney Brigg attaché case to overcome Red Grant (Robert Shaw).
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“Goldfinger,” 1964: Bond’s pushes all the right levers in his Aston Martin DB5 — “with modifications” — to dispatch the bad guys. There’s a smoke screen, an oil slick, a rear bulletproof screen, left and right front-wing machine guns, and that little red button that engages the passenger ejector seat.
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“Thunderball,” 1965: Bond dons a Bell Textron Jet Pack on a castle’s outdoor walkway and flies to the safety of a waiting car while gunmen shoot at him.
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“Live and Let Die,” 1973: Bond manages to cut the ropes that bind him using his Rolex “Submariner” watch with a face that turns into a circular saw. Note: The watch sold at a Christie’s auction last year for $198,000.
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“The Spy Who Loved Me,” 1977: Bond’s Seiko 0674 5009 digital watch delivers a tickertape message to him to report to headquarters.
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“GoldenEye,” 1995: Bond hopes fidgety villain Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming) will click Q’s Parker grenade pen enough times to trigger its explosive device. He does.
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“Die Another Day,” 2002: Bond wears a gold wedding ring that’s actually an ultra high frequency single-digit sonic agitator unit. He uses it, while being held at gunpoint by Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike), to shatter the glass floor he’s standing on, and escape.
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