Thunderball (1961)
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- This is the 1961 novel. For the 1965 film, see Thunderball (1965).
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Ian Fleming's ninth James Bond book. SPECTRE steals two atomic bombs and holds the West to ransom, sending Bond to the Bahamas to find Emilio Largo and the missing warheads. (Goodreads)
Watches
- Rolex Oyster Perpetual
- The narrator lists Petacchi's solid-gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer on a flexible gold bracelet among his possessions. Petacchi checks it before hijacking the bomber; Bond later removes the gold watch and identification disc from his body in the wreck.
Source text: a solid gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer on a flexible gold bracelet (Ian Fleming, Thunderball, unabridged Pan Books edition, 1963, chapter 9, "Multiple Requiem"; readable transcription. The recovery of the watch appears in chapter 17, "The Red-Eyed Catacomb".)