Welcome to the EYES ONLY newsletter.

An S.D. Studios Attaché case inspired by From Russia With Love comes to the Ewbanks James Bond Auction on May 29. And make sure to check out the other listings as well, which include some extremely rare Bond toys.

And recently I stumbled upon the ultimate website about James Bond’s Ford Mustang Mach 1 - a truly impressive resource about this particular car and the filming - definitely visit this beautiful page. If only we had a resource like that for other Bond cars… Oh wait, we do! The Spy Octane book by Ajay Chowdhury and Matthew Field (who also provided extra info for the Mustang website).

Make sure to scroll all the way to the end to see a working Lotus Esprit submarine r/c model!

And don’t forget to enter the latest contest to win a limited edition print of the latest Casino Royale book cover by Michael Gillette (ends 18 May!).

Remmert van Braam
founder BOND LIFESTYLE

CARS

Everything you ever wanted to know about James Bond’s Ford Mustang Mach 1

Thanks to fellow Bond fan Paul Wynn I was only recently alerted to a brilliant website, dedicated to the James Bond Ford Mustang Mach 1 as seen in Diamonds Are Forever.

Bo Durban and Kurt Kaminer, with help from Ajay Chowdhury and Matthew Field, have created the ultimate resource about the car and the filming of the famous ‘2 wheel’ stunt.

Make sure to check out this beautifully designed website.

AUCTION

Holy Grail of Bond collecting leads the way for Ewbank’s 007 auction

An S.D. Studios Attaché case inspired by From Russia With Love comes to the Ewbanks James Bond Auction on May 29

The auction also features some very rare Bond toy guns and other S.D. Studios replicas.

CONTEST REMINDER

WIN a Casino Royale Print

Answer the trivia question before midnight (CET) on Sunday 18 May 2025 for your chance to win a brand new, Limited Edition James Bond Casino Royale screen print by Michael Gillette.

The print is now available for sale at Michael Gillette for $260 - read more.

WEBSITE UPDATES

Downloads

Even though there is not much NEW content, that doesn’t mean I’m not working on the Bond Lifestyle website.

I’m constantly checking, fixing and updating existing articles and pages. This week, I finally got around to fixing the DOWNLOAD section.

All download links are now fixed, and you can once again get a selection of audio files and images, including Vesper’s SMS ringtone, a Zujkovsky Caviar label and Casino Royale MI6 wallpaper.

If you have any replica prints or other files that you would like to add to this section, please don’t hesitate to reply to this newsletter.

EBAY TIP

Croakies Original - Navy

The Croakies Original sunglasses strap as worn by Bond in No Time To Die with his Vuarnet Legend sunglasses are available from this seller on eBay who still has these in stock.

WATCHES

Omega Seamaster in Tracker

Perhaps you’re a fan of the series Tracker. The main character Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) wears many different watches in the series, but in the very first episode, he sports a beautiful Omega Seamaster with black case, black/silver bezel and black dial.

BUILDING THE 1:8 SCALE ASTON MARTIN

Finishing the engine and starting the chassis

I’m building the 1:8 Scale Aston Martin DB5 from Agora.

This week I have added more details to the engine (water pipes, the red fan, oil pan) and started the front and middle sections of the chassis. This is all part of Box 03.

Most items are very easy to click into place or attached with tiny screws. The engine looks great with all the and the chassis is quite heavy - this is going to be a great model car!

LATEST INSTAGRAM REEL

A remote control Lotus Esprit submarine that works!

An airplane model maker on Instagram converted a slot car body of the James Bond Lotus Esprit, and used electronics from little airplane submarines. According to the creator, this custom r/c submarine Lotus “performs pretty well: it definitely wants to dive with speed, apparently the ‘real’ one did too.”

or see it on Facebook