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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HOUSE OF THE DAY: A $40 Million Château In The Chicago Suburbs Is About To Hit The Auction Block

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Le Grand Rêve, a mansion in the  Chicago is about to hit the auction block.

This  27,000-square-foot palace sits on two acres and reportedly cost $40 million to build (via Curbed). 

The lake-front property was previously listed at $32 million, but was on the market for two years and the owners chopped the price to $23 million. With no prospective buyers in sight, the house is now up for auction.

The decadent estate has six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and three half baths.

Concierge Auctions is putting the house on the auction block Oct. 29.

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BREAKING: Justice Department Files Lawsuit To Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger

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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit to block AT&T's planned $39 billion merger T-Mobile.

“AT&T’s elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, low- priced rival would remove a significant competitive force from the market,” DOJ said in its filing obtained by Bloomberg.

AT&T shares are down about 4 percent on the news, while those of Sprint — seen as losing out if the merger were to go through — are up over 7 percent.

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