Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)

Reilly: Ace of Spies

A fictionalized account of Sidney Reilly, the Russian-born adventurer and British agent often cited as a real-life inspiration for James Bond, follows his exploits from tsarist St. Petersburg through the Bolshevik Revolution and beyond. (Wikipedia) Directed across its run by Martin Campbell and Jim Goddard for ITV, the twelve-part 1983 miniseries stars Sam Neill as Reilly and premiered September 5, 1983.

Watches

Cartier Tank

Worn by Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly. In "After Moscow" (episode 9, set in London in November 1918), Reilly wears a gold tank watch with a white square dial on a dark leather strap. BAMF Style identifies the design as Cartier's seminal Tank but notes the watch would not actually have been available to the character yet in 1918, as the Renault-tank-inspired design only entered full production after the war; it is cataloged here at brand and model only, without the specific reference the anachronism would rule out. (BAMF Style)

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