2024 was the year of the Olympics in Paris, England nearly bringing football home and Brat, but it was also the year Daniel Craig debuted a wild art dealer rebrand, bangs and all. His hair got longer, his trousers got baggier, and he starred in arguably the most hotly anticipated films of the year: Luca Guadagnino’s Queer with Drew Starkey. One thing has remained consistent – an US perfect replica Omega watches are always strapped to his wrist. And at last night’s Governors Awards, he took an unreleased timepiece for a spin in LA.
Craig’s last outing as James Bond was in 2021’s No Time To Die. But in a double-breasted Loewe tuxedo and killer one-of-a-kind mystery kettle, the enviable cool that comes with world-saving espionage was in attendance. It looks like Craig was wearing an unreleased gold Seamaster Diver 300, with a sexy burgundy bezel, black dial and mega stylish Milanese bracelet. Coincidentally, the high quality fake Omega Seamaster Diver 300 was the model chosen for a 007 collab piece in 2021, so the links are definitely there.
The US cheap super clone Omega Speedmaster Diver 300 dropped in 1993, and alongside a return to the dive watch game marked the brand’s official partnership with James Bond. With 300 metres of water resistance, a diving bezel and helium escape valve (to release built-up helium pressure underwater), it’s hardy enough to handle any kind of secret-agent action while still looking sick with a tuxedo (much to some watch heads’ disapproval).
In November last year, Craig pulled up to Omega’s Planet Omega exhibition in NYC rocking a then-unreleased white dial Speedmaster Professional. While in Paris for this year’s Olympics he wore a silver Seamaster Diver 300, stoking the horological hype flames in the process. And with his latest TBC watch marking a hat-trick of unreleased best fake Omega he’s worn, it doesn’t look like their relationship could be any stronger.
All being said, it’s fair to say Craig likes to surprise us with his 1:1 wholesale replica watches. At Loewe’s spring/summer 2025 fashion show in Paris, the actor wore a 40mm Red Gold Speedmaster. It hadn’t been seen since the 2020 Golden Globes, fresh off the back of his final scenes as Bond. Even when he was on his way to the Queer photocall at Venice Film Festival this year, Craig swapped out the titanium bracelet on his Swiss made copy Omega Seamaster 300 for a NATO strap, adding some save the world style points.
But now, with the post-Bond bangs in full form and the rebrand in full effect, rocking a ticker with ties to 007 and a full tux shows Daniel Craig’s secret agent sauce hasn’t left him just yet.
