BOND'S ROLEX WRISTWATCH ADAPTED BY Q WITH ..A HYPER INTENSIFIED MAGNETIC FIELD POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DEFLECT THE PATH OF A BULLET AT LONG RANGE... WAS THE PRINCIPAL GADGET FOR JAMES BOND IN LIVE AND LET DIE, THE FILM WHICH MARKED ROGER MOORE'S DEBUT AS 007. THE WATCH'S POWERFUL MAGNETIC FORCE WAS USED BY BOND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE FILM. NOT ONLY DID IT SAVE THE LIVES OF BOND AND SOLITAIRE [JANE SEYMOUR] AT THE END OF THE FILM WHEN IT TURNED INTO A BUZZ SAW, ENABLING MOORE TO EFFECT THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE HOIST ABOVE THE SHARK POOL. IT ALSO GAVE RISE TO SOME OF THE HUMOUR IN THE FILM, WHEN BOND USED THE WATCH'S MAGNETIC POWERS TO UNDO THE ZIP OF HIS ITALIAN GIRLFRIEND'S DRESS SHE REMARKED ON THE DELICACY OF HIS TOUCH TO WHICH HE GAVE A TYPICALLY SARDONIC RESPONSE SHEER MAGNETISM, DARLING!


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