BILLIONAIRE GADGET OF THE DAY: James Bond's Actual Rolex Watch Hits The Auction Block

If you want to look as cool as James Bond, here's your chance to stock up on one of coolest his accessories (via Hodinkee).

The Rolex Rodger Moore wore in "Live and Let Die" is up for auction through Christie's in Geneva next month.

It's expected to sell for between $230,000 amd $450,000.

In the movie the watch, a Rolex Reference 5513 has been tweaked by Q to include a buzzsaw bezel, which Bond uses to free himself and Solitaire (played by Jane Seymour) and the watch has a "hyper intensified magnetic field generator" that was used to stop a bullet.

The buzzsaw bezel is still in place on this watch. The caseback is also signed "Roger Moore 007." There's a small pinhole where there was once a thin wire installed to help unzip Miss Smith's dress during filming. 

The watch itself was produced by Rolex in 1972 and still has its original bracelet.

Bond, of course, was also known for sporting a tuxedo.

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Some Actual Good News On Greece...

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Now granted, it's only Saturday, but it certainly doesn't sound as though the big Greek default is going to happen this weekend, as people were freaking out about on Friday.

Instead, Prime Minister George Papandreou came out and defended the current path in an economic speech in Greece.

From Bloomberg:

Prime Minister George Papandreou said he’ll fight to keep Greece in the euro and avoid a default, as resistance builds to providing more aid to the European Union’s most-indebted nation.

The government’s top priority is “to save the country from bankruptcy,” Papandreou said in a speech in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki today. “We have taken the decision to fight to avoid a catastrophe for our country and its citizens: bankruptcy. We will remain in the euro. And this meant and means difficult decisions.”

Granted, this could all be for show, and things may blow up anyway if things don't go the right way in Germany (or in Finland or Slovakia, for that matter). But at least at this point, it doesn't look as though Greece is about to jump off the bridge itself.

For an optimistic take on how things could turn out, see Citi's Willem Buiter on the subject.

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