Welcome to the EYES ONLY newsletter!
EON Productions is supporting a new building at the National Film and TV School in the UK while honouring Cubby Broccoli. Barbara Broccoli visited the building site earlier this week and left a Time Capsule to be opened in 2071.
Enjoy!
Remmert van Braam
founder BOND LIFESTYLE
AUCTION
Quintessentially Bond: The Charity Auction
This March, MovieMania will host the Quintessentially Bond Charity Auction in support of York Against Cancer. The auction was endorsed by Dame Judi Dench in an Instagram video.
NEWS
Barbara Broccoli visits Cubby Building
EON Productions is supporting the National Film and Television School with the construction of the Broccoli Building, ‘The Cubby’ set to open in 2027.
Barbara Broccoli visited the construction site earlier this week and placed a letter in a timecapsule, which is to be opened in 2071.
WATCHES
Breitling boss drives DB5
“[the DB5 is] For me one of the most beautiful cars ever built.” Breitling CEO Georges Kern
To promote the new Breitling Aston Martin Navitimer watch, Breitling CEO Georges Kern is touring South America in an Aston Martin DB5. Pictured here on Instagram in Punta del Este in Uruguay.
An Aston Martin DB5 on a Breitling promotional tour in South America
COLLECTING
FOR SALE
I’m selling parts of my collection, and every week I will highlight a few items here in the Newsletter.
For sale is this rare Protos dive watch, created in 2016 as an homage to vintage Rolex Submariner diver’s watches.
Comes on a Nato strap with original plastic Protos box, metal bracelet (still in plastic, never used, fits up to 8.25” wrist). Case size: 40mm, 15.4mm Height; NH35a Japanese Movement by Seiko. Only worn once or twice. In mint condition.
Price: $199 incl shipping within USA
For more details, see these pages:
Indiegogo | Kickstarter | Article | Review
Other items for sale
Here’s your chance to get these items in the USA without duties and shipping:
London Sock Exchange The Goldfinger Collection: $70 incl. shipping (USA only)(compare to 007Store: $81.00 + Delivery $21.00 + Duties $27.38 = Total USD $129.38)
Dr No Casino Plaques by Factory Entertainment: $75 incl. shipping (USA only)
(compare to Factory Entertainment: Subtotal $99.99 + Shipping $13.89 = USD $113.88)
(Contact me or reply to this email if interested. First come first serve.)
GAMES
This is why 007 First Light is so highly anticipated
After more than a decade without a major James Bond video game, 007 First Light marks the longest gap between releases in the franchise’s gaming history.
Look at the graph on the left and you can see that from the early 1980s through the 2000s, new Bond titles appeared regularly across multiple platforms, making the character a constant presence in interactive entertainment.
Since 2012’s 007 Legends, however, the series has been absent from consoles entirely.
That long silence, combined with the fact that this game might set the tone for the Bond film reboot, explains why 007 First Light has become one of the most anticipated Bond projects outside the films themselves.
Vintage Bond Ad of the Week
Visa Card
Visa was a promotional partner of 007 during the Pierce Brosnan films. Several video commercials were made starring Brosnan as Bond and as can be seen here there were Bond ads as well. This one features Bond’s wallet with gadgets including an ‘incredibly complex wallet computer’ and of course a Visa card.
Prints of these can be found on eBay:
Latest intel
Book Club Interview: Nick Skidmore on Fatale (Ian Fleming Publications)
Ian Fleming’s flat at 22 Ebury Street (Ian Fleming Publications on Insta)
15 fast facts about 007’s adventures in awards season
