New Limited Edition Goldfinger Vinyl Record

Plus fan-made watches of James Bond book

May 29, 2025

Welcome to the EYES ONLY newsletter.

This week we take a look at a remastered Goldfinger Vinyl Record that was JUST announced today. The limited edition release will be available for pre-order on June 1st.

Also check out a fan-made book about the James Bond watches.

If you never ordered a Sunspel shirt before, you can use the exclusive 20% OFF discount code BONDLIFE20 for new customers at Sunspel.

For the true collector: a vintage remote control seen in The Living Daylights, scroll down to read more.

And see the progress I made on the Aston Martin DB5 from Agora Models.

Remmert van Braam
founder BOND LIFESTYLE


SOUNDTRACK

Limited Edition Goldfinger Remastered Soundtrack on Vinyl for the first time

On June 1st, La-La Land Records will release a completely remastered and re-ordered Goldfinger soundtrack on vinyl, Variety reports.

This is the first time that Goldfinger as an album is available to purchase as a new vinyl record in nearly 60 years.


EXCLUSIVE COUPON CODE

20% OFF Sunspel for new customers

Sunspel and Bond Lifestyle are offering new customers 20% OFF items in the collection with code BONDLIFE20.

The offer includes the Riviera Polo Shirt in Navy and Riviera Midweight T-shirt in Grey Melange. And this year, Sunspel has also added the Towelling Polo Shirt and Tailored Swim Shorts to the offer.

Click the links below for an overview of all included styles:


BOOKS

Fan-made book about James Bond’s watches

“The complete collection of 30 Watches worn by James Bond” is a self-published book by Bond fan Peter Newcombe. The book delves into the watches of James Bond and features dozens of photos of the watches from Peter’s personal collection.


EBAY TIP

The Living Daylights Remote Control

The same model Philips Remote Control as used by Arms trader Brad Whitaker (played by Joe Don Baker) in The Living Daylights is offered on eBay for $50.

Comes in original packaging and seems to be in great condition.

or read more about this remote


BUILDING THE 1:8 SCALE ASTON MARTIN

The problem with the wheels

 

I’m building the 1:8 Scale Aston Martin DB5 from Agora Models and this is where I’m at.

The main issue now is the wheels. There is an option to make the wheels with individual spokes OR make a simplified wheel with plastic spokes that are pre-made.

Wheels with real, individual metal spokes (left) or plastic easy spokes (right)?

The metal individual spokes look so much better, but it’s extremely difficult to put the wheel together. One wheel has 72 (!) spokes, and each one is hard to put in, and especially to keep in place while you put in other spokes. I haven’t been able to finish one wheel yet, and am now considering to just use the simple wheels…


007STORE

New items added to the 007 Store

 

The James Bond Two-Tone 007 Embroidered Baseball Cap is a premium cotton design featuring the 007 logo embroidered in a high-build black & white layered design.

Coming later this year but available for pre-order is this very detailed, 1:12 scale Corgi model of the Triumph used by some of he bad guys in No Time To Die.


SALE

Vuarnet Private Sales

 

The Vuarnet Legend 06 in the colour brown (similar model as seen in No Time To Die) is now on sale from $275 for $220.

And do you remember that James Bond wore Vuarnet Glacier sunglasses in SPECTRE? I haven’t seen many sightings since, but suddenly this year, three different Glacier models appear in major movies:

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