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Rare’s GoldenEye 007 came out in 1997 and, nearly three decades on, it can still be played in several ways, some of them free if you already own the right subscription. Here is every legitimate route, what each one gives you, and what the old cartridge costs now.

The 1997 game and why it matters

GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter for the Nintendo 64, developed by Rare and published by Nintendo, based on the 1995 film with Pierce Brosnan’s Bond. It reached North America on 25 August 1997 and went on to sell about 8.09 million copies, making it the third-best-selling game on the console, behind Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64.

In May 2025 The Strong National Museum of Play inducted it into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The museum singled out the four-person multiplayer mode and said it is still considered one of the best multiplayer experiences on a Nintendo system, with an influence on later console shooters including Halo. For the film behind it, and where Brosnan sits among the actors, see our guides to the films and the Bonds.

Xbox: Game Pass and Rare Replay

Rare released a remastered version on 27 January 2023. Xbox describes it as running at native 16:9 up to 4K Ultra HD, with a consistent refresh rate, a full set of Xbox achievements and modern control options including dual analogue sticks. The four-player split-screen mode is still there.

It is available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S as part of Game Pass, and the Xbox Store lists it as cloud-playable with Game Pass Premium and Ultimate. If you have a digital copy of Rare Replay on your Xbox account, you can download it free, with or without Game Pass. Xbox Wire is explicit that physical copies of Rare Replay do not work in the same way. The Xbox Store listed Rare Replay at US$29.99 at the time of writing.

Online multiplayer is the gap. The Xbox Store lists local multiplayer for two to four players and does not list an online mode, and Xbox Wire’s launch announcement does not mention one either. If you want to play with friends who are not in the room, this is not the version for it.

Nintendo Switch Online and the Expansion Pack

The other official route is Nintendo’s. GoldenEye 007 is part of the Nintendo 64 library for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members. Nintendo’s US price for the Expansion Pack tier is US$49.99 a year for an individual membership, at the time of writing in October 2026.

Nintendo describes a two to four player multiplayer mode, and its Nintendo 64 library page mentions online play for up to four players, which is the headline difference from Xbox. Nintendo also says the game is fully playable with its Nintendo 64 controller for Switch, sold separately and not required. The version on Switch is the Nintendo 64 game itself, rather than a remaster, so the visuals are the original ones.

Original hardware and cartridge prices

The oldest route is also the most direct: a Nintendo 64, a controller and the cartridge. Prices are low for a game with this reputation. PriceCharting’s tracked eBay sales between 29 August and 11 September 2026 show a loose US cartridge selling for roughly US$19 to US$30, one cleaned near-mint copy at US$69.95, and a complete copy with box and manual at US$54.60. The cheaper PAL cartridge sold for US$12.74 in the same period.

Collector variants are another matter. A Not for Resale copy is listed on the same site at about US$650, and a factory-sealed copy sold for US$699 in July 2023. Regional versions exist, so check that the cartridge matches your console. You can search eBay for it, and we would buy a tested loose cartridge rather than a sealed one unless you intend to keep it on a shelf.

Connecting an N64 to a modern TV

The console outputs analogue video, and modern televisions do not like it. There are three broad options. The simplest is the console’s own composite cable into a TV that still has the old inputs, which works on some sets. The second is a plug-in HDMI adapter that sits where the console’s AV cable would go. The third is an external scaler: the RetroTINK 2X, for example, is commonly recommended for connecting an unmodified console to a new TV. We have not tested any of these devices, so read current reviews before you buy one.

Emulation, and the legal position

Emulators, the software that imitates a console, are generally legal to download and use. The games are a different matter. A ROM is a copy of the game itself, and downloading ROMs of games you do not own is generally not legal, in the sense that it is copyright infringement. Nintendo’s own support pages list ROM files under online piracy and discuss emulator software in its piracy FAQ, and it invites reports of ROM sites and emulators through its support pages.

The position most often cited is that making a copy of a cartridge you own, for your own use, is the only legitimate way to get a ROM. That depends on where you live, and circumventing copy protection can raise its own problems, so treat it as a question to check for your own country rather than a guarantee. This is general information, not legal advice. With GoldenEye 007 on Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online, there is a licensed route to the game that does not need any of this.

What changes between versions

The three official versions are not identical. The Xbox remaster changes the picture and the controls: 4K output, achievements and dual analogue sticks. The Switch version keeps the Nintendo 64 game as it was, and adds online play. The cartridge is the original in every respect, including the way it looks on a modern screen. If the multiplayer is what you are after, the practical test is who you are playing with: Xbox and the cartridge are for people in the same room, and the Switch is the only one of the three that lists play over the internet.

Which route we would take

For a first play in years, the Switch route is best if you want to play online, and the Xbox route is best if you already have Game Pass or Rare Replay and want the 4K picture. The cartridge suits the player who wants the original feel and the hardware, and the cost is time spent on adapters. Emulation is best left for those who own the cartridge and are prepared to check their own legal position first.

A new era: 007 First Light

The Bond of the games now has a new chapter. IO Interactive’s 007 First Light, the studio’s first Bond game, came out on 27 May 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It is not a film adaptation but an original origin story: a young recruit in MI6’s Double-0 programme who has not yet earned the number, working with a reluctant mentor to expose a conspiracy. The Standard Edition lists at US$69.99, and Omega has made a real watch for it, the Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light, at US$9,400 on its US site. It is a long way from four players sharing one screen in 1997. Our watches section has the rest of the Omega story.

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Omega has quietly listed a new Seamaster Diver 300M on its own website, named simply James Bond Edition, and the watch trade has spent the last few days working out what it is. Omega has not yet announced anything, so here is what the page confirms and what is still reported.

What Omega’s page confirms

Omega’s US product page carries the reference 210.30.42.20.03.004, a “New” tag, an “Exclusive access” label and the name James Bond Edition. The listed specifications are a stainless steel case 42mm across and 14.23mm thick, a blue aluminium dial, a domed sapphire crystal, 300m of water resistance and a steel bracelet with a foldover clasp. The weight is given as about 157g, and the features include Master Chronometer certification, a helium escape valve and a transparent caseback.

The price shown is US$8,600 at the time of writing, in October 2026. The same page says the watch is “Currently unavailable online” and offers a wish list and a boutique contact. It has no photograph, only a placeholder. A release date has not been given.

What is reported, not confirmed

The Spectre logo appeared in the page. Gear Patrol, Something About Rocks and The Wind-Up each report that the Omega logo briefly turns into the Spectre octopus, and that the graphic also sits in the page’s source code. The first sighting is credited to the @jamesbondlifestyle Instagram account. Gear Patrol considers the leak deliberate; its reading of it is that this is unlikely to be a tie-in with a new film and more likely a stand-alone homage. We would not read more into it than that.

The Casino Royale anniversary link is a theory. Several outlets suggest that a 42mm steel diver with a blue dial points to the 20th anniversary of the film in which Daniel Craig’s Bond first wore a Seamaster. Something About Rocks adds that the film is set to return to cinemas on 5 October, James Bond Day. Omega has not confirmed the connection, and The Wind-Up says plainly that it remains speculation.

The bracelet is also unconfirmed. Omega says steel on steel, and the weight has led some writers to expect a mesh bracelet. Luxury Bazaar names the calibre as 8806 with a 55-hour power reserve; neither appears in the Omega text we could read, so we are not treating them as fact. It also reports a leak of a second, Spectre-themed Diver 300M, reference 210.32.42.20.01.023. We have seen no official sign of that watch.

How it compares

On paper this is close to the James Bond 60th Anniversary Seamaster of 2022 (210.30.42.20.03.002), which Omega’s US site lists at US$9,400. Size and materials look similar, and the new watch is listed at a lower price. Until Omega shows the dial, bezel and caseback, the differences are guesswork.

It also sits alongside, rather than replacing, the titanium watch from Craig’s last film, which is already in our catalogue and can be bought now.

The two are different propositions. The 007 Edition is titanium throughout and tied to a specific film; the new watch is, on Omega’s own evidence, steel with a blue dial and a brief that Omega has not yet explained. Anyone who wants a Bond Seamaster this year does not need to wait for the reveal, but anyone drawn to the blue-dialled look of Casino Royale has a reason to.

What to watch for

The likeliest date for news is 5 October, though that is inference rather than an announcement. We will update this piece, and add the watch to our watches section, once there are official photographs, a confirmed bracelet and a release date. Until then, the sensible course is to read the listing for what it says and leave the rest alone. Every film in the series is on the films page.

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The No Time To Die wardrobe is the most wearable the series has produced, and the reason is simple: Daniel Craig’s Bond spends most of the film out of a suit. A retired man in Jamaica, a man on the move in southern Italy, a man in a long coat in Norway, and only then the London tailoring and the black tie. This guide takes the outfits in the order the film does, says what he wore, and says what is worth borrowing from each. If you came for the No Time To Die James Bond outfits as a checklist, you will find one. If you came to dress better, you will find that too.

The short answer

Five looks carry the film. In Jamaica, Bond wears a dark silk shirt, a plain grey T-shirt, blue shorts and tan boat shoes. In Matera, he wears a sand corduroy suit, then a navy linen jacket over grey cord. In Norway, a long green needlecord duster over a white Henley. In London, the Tom Ford O’Connor suits in grey check and navy, in black calf Crockett & Jones. In Cuba, a black Tom Ford tuxedo. Through all of them runs one watch, the titanium Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition. The most useful pieces for an ordinary life are the unglamorous ones: the T-shirt, the Henley, the chukka boots, the corduroy.

What the films show

A note on method before the clothes. Everything below comes from our catalogue of the film’s costume, which records each piece against a character, an outfit and a scene, and from the makers’ own pages. Where a source says a garment is “possibly” or “apparently” in a scene, we say so or leave it out. The film’s costume designer was Suttirat Anne Larlarb, and several makers worked with her on pieces made for Bond rather than bought off the rail. Where a retail version is the same model as the screen piece, we say so. Where it is only close, we call it a route to the look.

Craig’s Bond is covered in full on our No Time To Die film page, and his earlier wardrobes sit under the Daniel Craig hub.

Jamaica: the retired man

The film opens its present-day story with Bond retired, and the clothes say it before anyone does. The shirt is dark and silk, long in the sleeve, with a chest pocket and a shortened hem: the Tommy Bahama Catalina Twill is the shirt identified as the one. He wears it around his house, behind the wheel of the Land Rover Series III, and on the yacht, where it is unbuttoned as he changes into his tuxedo. Sources differ on whether it is black or very dark navy, so we call it dark.

Underneath, or instead of it, the Orlebar Brown OB-T in grey melange is a plain tailored cotton crew neck, worn with blue shorts walking from the yacht to the villa, out fishing and sailing. The shorts themselves are the Jed North Agile, a gym short with the logo removed for the film. The shoes are tan Sperry Gold Cup Rivingston boat shoes, worn driving to Port Antonio to meet Felix Leiter. A navy Carhartt cap and a Croakies strap for the glasses complete the yacht look.

The glasses are the Vuarnet Legend 06, in a brown nylon frame with Brownlynx lenses. Vuarnet says Craig chose the 06 for the film, and it is most clearly seen while he drives the Land Rover. We would buy one pair of sunglasses like this and keep it for a decade.

What to take from Jamaica: dark silk is a better hot-weather shirt than most men expect, provided it is cut with room and worn open at the neck. Pair it with the plainest trousers you own, and let the T-shirt do the work in the heat. Nothing here is loud, which is the point.

Matera: the chase and the walk

Matera gives Bond two outfits. The first is for the chase through the stone streets, and it is the most relaxed suit of the Craig era: the Massimo Alba Sloop suit, in sand-toned baby corduroy, soft in the shoulder and cut like a cardigan. It is worn with a blue shirt, a broad burgundy Alexander Olch Avery necktie, Albert Thurston dove grey braces and the Drake’s Crosby chukka boots. Each of those details is recorded against the Matera scenes.

The boots deserve their own note. The Drake’s Crosby is a dark brown suede chukka with moccasin stitching across the toe, and it carries the car chase, the hotel stay at the Palazzo Lucareschi and the later walk with Madeleine Swann. One caution from our provenance notes: the boots on the IMAX poster, with Bond on the motorcycle, belong to the stunt rider and are not these.

The second Matera look is the quiet one. For the romantic walk he wears the Connolly Giubbino, a short, unlined navy jacket in mixed linen, over a white short-sleeve Henley and light grey Massimo Alba Winch corduroy trousers held up with a black Max2 belt. He wears round tortoiseshell Barton Perreira Norton sunglasses with it. The jacket is neither blazer nor overshirt, and opinion on it is split. We think it works, provided the rest of the outfit stays plain.

What to take from Matera: soft tailoring in cotton and linen, not wool, for any warm-weather trip. A sand corduroy suit will not do for a boardroom, and was never meant to. It is for a long lunch and a walk afterwards.

Norway: the long coat

The Norway sequence is where the film’s costume is most unlike a Bond film. The Massimo Alba duster coat is a long, loose, unlined coat in green needlecord, sold as the RAIN2. Bond wears it most often over a white Henley, with Massimo Alba Mauko needlecord trousers and dark brown suede boots, and it appears in the scene with the Toyota Land Cruiser and the helicopter. Larlarb has said the coat began as a left-field piece in a fitting that Craig liked, and became the one Bond simply grabs once the scene was written.

The boots are the Crockett & Jones Molton, in dark brown rough-out suede on a Dainite rubber sole. Rough-out is waxed, which makes it a better answer to bad weather than ordinary suede. The shirt is harder to pin down: the Connolly x Finamore oatmeal shirt appears in a Norway outfit with the Molton boots, though the exact scene is not recorded, so we treat that pairing as likely rather than certain.

That shirt is worth knowing about regardless. The Connolly No Time To Die shirt is oatmeal, a 70/30 cotton and linen blend, cut and sewn in Italy with a cutaway collar. It also appears in a Matera outfit. It is the easiest piece in the film to bring into an ordinary week.

What to take from Norway: a coat that is not a topcoat. Most men own one overcoat and nothing between it and a jumper. A loose, long cord coat fills that gap, and it asks nothing of what is under it.

The mission clothes

For the final act, Bond is in navy. The N.Peal 007 Ribbed Army Sweater is a ribbed Merino and cashmere sweater with shoulder and elbow patches, developed with Larlarb and seen on the character poster and in the trailer. Under it sits the white Rag & Bone Classic Henley, with N.Peal 007 combat trousers, braces and black touch gloves. We leave the rest of that outfit out; the sweater and the Henley are what a reader can wear.

The Henley is the quieter lesson. It appears across several outfits, and in most scenes only the collar and placket show. A soft white long-sleeve Henley is the layer we would add to any wardrobe first.

London: the suits

London is where the film returns to Tom Ford. The grey Tom Ford O’Connor Prince of Wales suit is worn walking from the Aston Martin V8 Vantage to a government building, and appears in one of the first promotional images. Our provenance notes record the screen match as similar rather than identical, so the retail suit is the closest route to the look, not the same cloth. A navy O’Connor appears in the same scenes and near Hammersmith Bridge.

The details are in the small things: a blue silk tie held with a plain rhodium Benson & Clegg tie slide, and black calf shoes. The Crockett & Jones Highbury is a plain-fronted derby with three eyelets, the same model Bond wore in Skyfall and Spectre. It is worn with both London suits and on Hammersmith Bridge.

What to take from London: a grey check that reads as plain grey at a distance is the most forgiving suit a man can own, and a slim cut leaves no room for a poor fit. Spend on the alteration.

Cuba: black tie

Cuba brings the evening look. In the scene where Paloma presents the tuxedo from a Bennett Winch suit carrier, Bond wears the Tom Ford Atticus tuxedo with a white poplin shirt and black braces. The trousers, in wool and mohair with a satin side stripe, are sold on their own as the Tom Ford Atticus evening trousers. Our notes say the Highbury shoes were not clearly seen with the tuxedo, so we do not claim them. More from the film’s wardrobe is collected under Clothing.

The accessories and the watch

One watch runs through the film: the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition, reference 210.90.42.20.01.001, in Grade 2 titanium with a tropical brown dial on a titanium mesh bracelet. Omega describes it as identical to the watch worn on screen. It is seen in Jamaica, in London around Whitehall and the Thames, in Cuba, and on the mission with Nomi, where it appears on a NATO strap, though that is less firmly confirmed. We would wear it on the mesh. More watches are collected under Watches.

What we would choose

If you buy one thing from the film, make it the Henley or the chukka boots, not the suit. They cost less, they go with what you own, and they are the pieces that still look right without the story attached. If you buy two, add the Vuarnet glasses. If you are buying a suit, choose the grey check and have it altered properly. The sand corduroy is a pleasure but only if you have somewhere to wear it.

Questions

What suit does Bond wear in No Time To Die?

In London, a grey Prince of Wales check Tom Ford O’Connor suit, and a navy O’Connor. In Matera, the Massimo Alba Sloop corduroy suit. In Cuba, a black Tom Ford Atticus tuxedo.

What watch does Bond wear in No Time To Die?

The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition, in titanium with a brown dial and mesh bracelet.

What does Bond wear in Jamaica?

A dark silk Tommy Bahama shirt, a grey Orlebar Brown T-shirt, dark blue Jed North shorts, tan Sperry boat shoes and Vuarnet Legend 06 sunglasses.

Is the clothing still available?

Many pieces are still sold by their makers, though some were limited runs or have been renamed, so check the maker before you plan around one.

The pieces mentioned

• Tom Ford O’Connor Prince of Wales suit: the London grey check.
• Massimo Alba Sloop suit: Matera, in sand corduroy.
• Massimo Alba duster coat: Norway, the long cord coat.
• Connolly Giubbino jacket: the Matera walk.
• Connolly x Finamore shirt: oatmeal cotton and linen.
• Tommy Bahama Catalina Twill shirt: Jamaica, in dark silk.
• Orlebar Brown OB-T: the grey T-shirt.
• N.Peal 007 Ribbed Army Sweater: the mission sweater.
• Drake’s Crosby chukka boot and Crockett & Jones Molton: Matera and Norway.
• Crockett & Jones Highbury: the London shoe.
• Vuarnet Legend 06: Jamaica sunglasses.
• Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition: the watch.

For the earlier Craig wardrobes, start at the Daniel Craig hub.

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James Bond winter style is not about looking like a man in a film. It is about the few things that keep you warm and composed when the temperature drops: one good knit, one coat you trust, a pair of gloves that fit, and boots that grip. Get those four right and the rest of the season looks after itself. Daniel Craig’s Bond is a useful guide here, because his winters are practical ones, spent in Austrian snow, Norwegian forest, Shanghai and London, and the clothes chosen for them are plain by design.

The short answer

Wear a fine knit in cashmere or merino next to the skin, and let it do the work a shirt and tie would. Add one coat in a dense, dull cloth, navy or olive, cut close enough to wear over a jacket. Keep a pair of black leather gloves for town and a pair of technical ones for everything else. Choose a boot with a proper sole. Stay within three colours: navy, grey and black, with brown or olive as the accent. Nothing here needs to be new every year.

What the winter films wear

The cold chapters of the Craig films are short but well dressed. In Spectre, Bond meets Mr White in Austria in a pale cable-knit roll neck, and later wears a fine mock turtle neck beneath a suede jacket. In Skyfall he works under cover in Shanghai in a black v-neck and a navy peacoat. In No Time To Die the Norway scenes call for a long green needlecord coat, brown suede boots and corduroy trousers. We would not copy any of it whole. What carries over is the method: soft layers, muted colour, and clothes chosen for the weather before the occasion. More of it sits on the Daniel Craig page.

The knit

Everything starts with what sits against the skin, and that is why the knit matters more than the coat. A roll neck fills the gap at the throat of a jacket far more neatly than an open collar, and in pure cashmere it is warm without weight. The film’s grey version is the N.Peal Cable Roll Neck Sweater in Fumo Grey: 100% Mongolian cashmere with a fine cable that reads as plain grey from across a room. Fumo is Italian for smoke, and the colour is pale enough to lift a dark jacket and neutral enough to sit with navy, charcoal, brown and olive.

If a roll neck feels too much indoors, the mock neck is the quieter route. The N.Peal 007 Fine Gauge Mock Turtle Neck is cashmere spun with silk (70/30), thin enough to add warmth under a suede or tweed jacket without bulk at the shoulder or cuff. Bond wears the Lapis Blue in Spectre, which N.Peal no longer lists; the maker still sells the charcoal. It suits dinner, a gallery or the train to the country, where a tie would be stiff and a crew neck too casual.

For a heavier knit, the N.Peal 007 Ribbed Army Sweater in navy is 90 per cent superfine merino and 10 per cent cashmere, with canvas patches at the shoulders and elbows and a drawstring neck. Bond wears it in No Time To Die. Our view is that it works best when you leave it alone: with dark denim or grey flannel rather than the combat trousers of the film. And if you want the Shanghai look, the John Smedley Bobby V-Neck in extra fine merino is the answer to the question of what goes under a good coat. It is made in England, and the maker says it can be machine washed at 30°C, which is rare for something this fine.

The coat

Choose a coat in a dense cloth that holds its shape, and choose it before anything else in the wardrobe, because it is seen most. The strongest case for a navy one is the Billy Reid Bond Peacoat. It is melton wool, cut close with a small peak lapel and bound seams in place of a lining, with horn buttons and handwarmer pockets. The maker describes the cloth as warm and sturdy, and its current navy version is a 75/25 wool and polyamide blend. Because it is so close in cut, it sits over a jacket less comfortably than over a knit; size for the knit.

The coat from Norway is a different proposition. The Massimo Alba Duster Coat, sold as the RAIN2 in Agades, a light olive green, is cut in fine cotton needlecord and is unlined. That makes it a light layer, not a winter overcoat. We would treat it as the coat for the cold, dry days of early winter or spring, over a good knit, and keep the peacoat for January. If you prefer something that takes weather, the Rogue Territory Ridgeline Supply Jacket in ten-ounce waxed canvas is naturally water repellent, though not waterproof, and it is unlined, so what you wear beneath it sets the season. It is the piece from the film that most men could wear tomorrow. See the full coats and outerwear range for the rest.

Gloves

Most men own one good pair and one bad pair, and wear the bad pair more often. Own two good ones instead. For town, the Dents Daniel gloves (5-1007) are black, unlined hairsheep leather, cut close to the hand, with inseam stitching and a palm vent. Dents says it is the glove worn by Craig in Skyfall. They are right for a dark overcoat and a cold morning; the trade for having no lining is that they are for wind and rain rather than deep winter.

For real cold, the Agnelle James gloves are quilted lambskin lined with alpaca, with touchscreen thumb and index fingers on the current pair. They are a coat-and-knitwear glove rather than an evening one, and Agnelle is a family firm from Saint-Junien in the Limousin. For black tie we would reach for something thinner. And for days when practicality wins, the Mil-Tec touch gloves are plain black nylon with a grippy palm, among the least expensive things you can buy from the film. They are a working glove rather than a winter one, which is exactly why they look right. See gloves and scarves for the full list.

Boots

A dress shoe is the wrong tool for a wet pavement. A chukka in rough-out suede, which the maker treats with wax for water resistance, is the better answer, and the Crockett & Jones Molton adds a Dainite rubber sole and a storm welt. It is a three-eyelet boot with nothing to explain, made in Northampton, and Bond wears it in the Norway scenes of No Time To Die.

For snow, the Danner Mountain Light II is another matter: a stitchdown hiker with a GORE-TEX liner and a Vibram outsole, built in Portland, Oregon, and worn in the Austrian sequences of Spectre. It is not a light boot, at 62oz a pair, but it can be rebuilt rather than replaced, and in black it passes with dark knitwear and heavy cotton trousers. Our caution is that the film does not tie this model to No Time To Die, so we do not claim it. The wider shoes range has other options.

Colour and layering

Winter colour should be narrow. Navy, charcoal and black carry the body; grey, olive and brown are the supporting notes. Pale grey, as in the Fumo roll neck, lifts a dark coat, while a black knit under a navy coat is quieter than it sounds. Layer thin to thick, outwards: a fine knit, a jacket if the day calls for one, then the coat. Gloves in a darker shade than the coat, and boots in a darker shade than the trousers, keep the whole thing from looking assembled.

Accessories matter less than they are made to. A scarf in wool or cashmere, tucked in rather than draped, does what a collar cannot; a plain knitted hat in navy or grey does the rest. Neither needs a label.

What we would choose

If we could own one piece from each group, it would be the grey roll neck, the navy peacoat, the Dents gloves and the Molton chukkas. Together they cover work, a weekend and a cold evening out, and none of them dates. The alternatives are there for a different winter: the mock turtle neck for a warmer office, the Agnelle gloves for a harder frost, the Danner boots for snow.

Questions

How should a man dress for winter?

In layers, thinnest first: a fine merino or cashmere knit, a jacket if needed, then a coat in a dense cloth. Keep to two or three colours and finish with leather gloves and boots with a rubber sole.

Is cashmere worth it for a roll neck?

For the one piece that sits against the skin all day, yes. Pure cashmere is soft and warm without bulk, and a roll neck is where the yarn is felt most. Check the label for the fibre content.

Which gloves are best for winter?

Lined leather for real cold, such as quilted lambskin with an alpaca lining. Unlined hairsheep leather is better for town, and technical nylon with touchscreen fingertips is the practical third pair.

What boots grip in wet weather?

Choose a rubber sole, ideally studded, such as a Dainite or Vibram, and a storm welt or waterproof liner. Leather soles are poor on wet stone.

The pieces mentioned

• N.Peal Cable Roll Neck Sweater: pure cashmere, Fumo Grey.
• N.Peal 007 Fine Gauge Mock Turtle Neck: cashmere and silk.
• N.Peal 007 Ribbed Army Sweater: merino and cashmere, navy.
• John Smedley Bobby V-Neck: extra fine merino, black.
• Billy Reid Bond Peacoat: navy melton wool.
• Massimo Alba Duster Coat: needlecord, unlined.
• Rogue Territory Ridgeline Supply Jacket: waxed canvas.
• Dents Daniel gloves: unlined hairsheep leather.
• Agnelle James gloves: quilted lambskin, alpaca lining.
• Mil-Tec touch gloves: technical nylon.
• Crockett & Jones Molton chukka boots: rough-out suede, Dainite sole.
• Danner Mountain Light II: stitchdown, GORE-TEX lined.

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The question behind most searches for James Bond watches is not which one was famous but which one you could put on tomorrow and keep on. Size, water resistance, legibility and how a watch behaves under a shirt cuff matter far more on a Tuesday than a scene list does. So this is a ranking of the Bond watches by how well they wear, and it is our editorial judgement, stated plainly. It covers the seven Bond-world watches we currently list in our watches section, not every watch the series has ever shown.

The short answer

For one watch that does everything, choose the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition: titanium, 42mm, 300m and a quiet brown dial. If you want a plainer, harder-working diver at a fraction of the cost of an Omega, the Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman Auto is the one. For a suit, the Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar is the most sensible dress watch on the list. The two 27mm quartz watches are lovely objects that suit a smaller wrist, and we have ranked them last for that reason alone.

How we rank

We scored nothing and tested nothing; this is a judgement from the published specifications and the proportions on paper. Five questions decide the order.

Size and thickness. A watch that fits most wrists and slides under a cuff will be worn more. Over about 44mm across, or about 14mm thick, it starts to dictate what you wear it with.

Water resistance. Not because you will dive, but because 100m or more means you stop thinking about rain, hand-washing and the sea.

Legibility. A plain dial with strong contrast reads at a glance, in bright light and in a dim restaurant.

Range. A watch that goes from a grey suit to a linen shirt is worth two that do one thing.

Upkeep. Power reserve, crystal and movement decide whether it is ready when you pick it up.

The films in a paragraph

None of these are all Daniel Craig’s Bond. The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition is on his wrist through No Time To Die. The others belong to the people around him: Primo wears the Hamilton, Felix Leiter the Speedmaster Racing, Moneypenny the De Ville Prestige, Bill Tanner the Hour Vision, Madeleine Swann the Constellation and M the Longines. We say whose watch it is every time, because a watch worn by someone else is still a good watch, and it is more honest to say so. You will find the wider cast of watches under Daniel Craig and in the film hubs.

Tier one: wear daily

First place is the one the series built its recent reputation on. The 007 Edition is a 42mm Grade 2 titanium Seamaster Diver 300M on a titanium mesh bracelet, with a tropical brown dial and bezel, a domed sapphire crystal and water resistance to 300m. Titanium keeps the weight down, brown keeps the colour quiet, and the Calibre 8806 is a Co-Axial Master Chronometer. It passes every test we set. Omega describes it as identical to the watch in the film, and we would take the mesh, as Bond wears it, over the NATO strap. RRP at the time of writing (October 2026) is US$11,300 on the mesh.

Second is the diver for a man who does not want to be careful. The Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman Auto in reference H77605335 is 42mm in steel, rated to 300m, with a unidirectional rotating bezel, luminous markers and an 80-hour power reserve. Primo wears it in No Time To Die, first seen in the Matera scene. It has no titanium and no chronometer certificate, and it does not need either. On rubber, with the sleeves pushed up, we think it is the better holiday watch of the two.

Third, and the best of the dress watches, is the Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar, reference 431.33.41.22.02.001. It is 41mm in steel with a silver dial, a black leather strap, a transparent caseback and an annual-calendar movement, the Calibre 8601, with 60 hours of reserve. At 100m it will cope with rain and a basin. Our catalogue places it on Bill Tanner in Skyfall and Spectre; we make no claim that it appears in No Time To Die, because that is not confirmed. For a grey or navy suit it is the one we would choose.

Tier two: wear often

Fourth is the Longines Conquest Heritage rose gold, reference L1.611.8.78.4, worn by M in Spectre and so little seen that it was identified through the Christie’s sale of film material in 2016. It is 18kt rose gold at 35mm, with a silver sunray dial, a date at 12 and a black crocodile strap. It is a proper evening watch. The limits are honest ones: 30m of water resistance, a plexi crystal that scratches more easily than sapphire, and a 38-hour power reserve, which means it will have stopped after a weekend in a drawer. We would wear it often, but not hard.

Fifth is the Omega Speedmaster Racing, the 44.25mm steel chronograph Felix Leiter wears in the Jamaica scenes of No Time To Die. It has the best dial for reading quickly on this list, matt black with a racing minute track. But it is 14.92mm thick and rated to only 50m, so it will not slide under a fitted cuff and we would keep it out of the pool. It is a weekend and travel watch. If your wrist is slim, try it on first. RRP at the time of writing (October 2026) is US$10,400 on leather, which is also the version we would choose.

Tier three: for the right wrist

The last two share a size and a movement. Both are 27mm, quartz, and both run on Omega’s Calibre 1376. We rank them last not because they are poor but because 27mm is a small case, and a watch that does not fit the wrist cannot be worn daily. If you wear a small watch, or you are buying for someone who does, move them up.

The Omega Constellation Quartz 27mm is the better of the two to live with. It is brushed steel, 9mm thick, with a white mother-of-pearl dial, engraved Roman numerals and a sapphire crystal, rated to 100m per the retailer listing. Madeleine Swann wears it at the Höffler Klinik in Spectre. Our catalogue identifies the model with high confidence, though the identification rests on collector research and not on a maker announcement, so we call it the identified model.

The Omega De Ville Prestige Quartz 27.4mm is the more singular. It is a slim 27.4mm steel dress watch with a pale opaline dial, blackened Roman numerals, six diamond-set markers and a hunter green alligator strap, worn by Naomie Harris’s Moneypenny with her London office outfit in No Time To Die. At 30m it is a dry-weather watch. Omega lists it as no longer available, so you are shopping among retailers with stock; confirm that the reference reads 424.13.27.60.52.002 before you commit.

Where to start

If you are buying one watch, buy the first on the list. If the budget is smaller, start with the Hamilton, which is the only diver here that asks you to compromise on nothing except the name on the dial. If you wear a suit most days and want a watch that disappears under a cuff, the Hour Vision is a better first purchase than any of the others. And if you are buying a gift for someone with a slim wrist, either of the Omega quartz watches will be worn a great deal more than a large chronograph.

We have not ranked watches from other makers that the films have shown, such as a Rolex Submariner, because we do not yet list them as products. When we do, they will be placed against these seven by the same five questions.

Questions

What is the best James Bond watch to wear every day?

In our judgement it is the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition. It is 42mm in titanium, water resistant to 300m, and the brown dial is quiet enough for a suit or a field jacket.

Which Bond watch is best with a suit?

The Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar. Its 41mm steel case, silver dial and black leather strap suit grey and navy, and it is slim enough to sit under a cuff.

Is there a Bond watch for a smaller wrist?

Yes. The Longines Conquest Heritage is 35mm, and the Omega Constellation Quartz and De Ville Prestige Quartz are 27mm and 27.4mm. Try any of them on first, as small cases wear differently from modern 40mm ones.

Are these all watches Daniel Craig’s Bond wears?

No. Only the Seamaster 007 Edition is worn by Bond himself in these seven. The rest are worn by Primo, Felix Leiter, Bill Tanner, M, Madeleine Swann and Moneypenny, and we name the wearer each time.

Can I swim with these watches?

The Seamaster and the Hamilton are rated to 300m, and the Hour Vision and Constellation to 100m. The Speedmaster Racing is rated to 50m, and the Longines and De Ville Prestige to 30m, so we would keep those out of the pool.

The pieces mentioned

• Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition: titanium, 300m, our first choice for daily wear.
• Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman Auto: a plain 300m steel diver on rubber.
• Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar: the sensible dress watch for a suit.
• Longines Conquest Heritage rose gold: a small rose gold evening watch.
• Omega Speedmaster Racing: a large, legible weekend chronograph.
• Omega Constellation Quartz 27mm: a small pearl-dial quartz in brushed steel.
• Omega De Ville Prestige Quartz 27.4mm: a slim green-strapped dress watch, no longer sold by Omega.

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The James Bond locations in Italy are best taken as a route rather than a list: a stone city in the south, a capital, a canal, two lakes and a stretch of Tuscan coast. Daniel Craig’s Bond passes through all of them across five films, and each place asks for something slightly different of the person who visits. This guide sets out where the films put him, how we would order the trip, and what a considered man packs for it.

We write from the catalogue and from the films’ own scenes, not from a visit. Where a scene is set in a place, we say so; where we cannot confirm a detail, we leave it out.

The short answer

Give Italy ten days if you want all of it, or pick one thread. Matera in Basilicata is the strongest single reason to go, because it carries the whole pre-title sequence of No Time To Die. Rome belongs to Spectre, Venice to Casino Royale, and Lake Garda, Lake Como and southern Tuscany to Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Pack soft tailoring, suede and good sunglasses rather than a suit, and leave room for the one stay in the films that you can actually book.

What the films show

Italy is the most frequent holiday in the Craig films. Our No Time To Die pages place Bond in Matera for the Aston Martin DB5 chase, a hotel stay and a slow walk with Madeleine Swann. Spectre sends him through Rome for Sciarra’s funeral and a night chase. Casino Royale has a yacht on the Venice Grand Canal and ends at a villa on Lake Como. In Quantum of Solace the opening car chase runs around Lake Garda, and Bond later visits René Mathis in Talamone.

A word on method. A scene set in a place is not always shot there, and film-location claims are the easiest to get wrong. Everything below is described as the films set it, and we would check a venue’s current arrangements with the venue itself before building a day around it.

Matera and Basilicata

Start in the south. The chase that opens No Time To Die runs through Matera: Bond in an Aston Martin DB5, then on a Triumph taken from Primo, through narrow streets and over stone steps. The same town gives the film its quiet half, the walk with Madeleine Swann and the hotel the porters unload the luggage at.

The hardware is easy to admire and hard to own, with one exception. The black Triumph in the chase is the Scrambler 1200 XE, and Triumph still builds it; the bikes on screen were modified stunt machines, so the XE is the model behind them rather than a copy. If a motorcycle is your reason for the trip, the Scrambler 1200 XE is the version to look at.

For a visit on foot, the logic of the film is the right one: nothing stiff, nothing that fights stone and steps. Plan for walking, for long lunches and for the light changing quickly between day and evening. Matera is a town to give a night or two, not an hour, and its streets suit the clothes described later better than anything with a sharp crease.

Rome

Rome is the city of Spectre. Bond goes to Sciarra’s funeral, attends the SPECTRE meeting, and is chased by Hinx in the Jaguar C-X75 while he drives the Aston Martin DB10. The tone is darker than Matera: charcoal, black, a good overcoat.

The detail worth taking from Rome is the sunglasses. For the funeral Bond wears a squared frame in dark Havana acetate, the Tom Ford Snowdon, which Tom Ford announced as his pair. It is the least conspicuous way of acknowledging the film in a city that is mostly stone, sun and traffic.

Give Rome the evening. The film uses the river, the night and the car lights, and the city rewards a dinner that starts late. Dress for it in navy or charcoal and leave the linen for the south.

Venice

In Casino Royale Bond sails the Grand Canal in a yacht, the Spirit 54, and takes M’s call in the city. Moonraker sets part of its story there too: the catalogue records a Bollinger cooler in Holly Goodhead’s room at the Hotel Danieli. We are not able to confirm Danieli’s current arrangements from our sources, so we mention it as film history and not as a recommendation.

Venice is a city of water and stone, so the practical advice is simple. Wear shoes with a sole that grips on wet paving and a jacket that copes with a damp wind off the water. A suede boot is the wrong shoe here in rain, whatever the film shows elsewhere; save it for dry days.

Lake Garda

The pre-credits chase of Quantum of Solace sends two black Alfa Romeo 159 saloons after Bond’s Aston Martin DBS on roads around Lake Garda, near Limone. It is a driving trip first, and the lake road is the thing to see.

If you want a keepsake that is quieter than a car, the DBS is the car Aston Martin names as Bond’s in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, and the Limited100 print of it is a studio photograph in an edition of 100. It is a collectible inspired by the car, not a film-used item.

Lake Como

The last scene of Casino Royale takes place at Villa La Gaeta in San Siro, on the western shore of Lake Como, where Bond finds Mr White. The villa was built in 1921 to designs by Gino and Adolfo Coppedè, and it is a private estate. Some of its apartments can be rented, which makes it one of the few Bond locations where you can stay the night. Our page lists a one-bedroom penthouse with a lake-view terrace, but dates and rates change, so check the current listing.

We would book it out of season and use it as a base for quiet days. Villa La Gaeta is the only stay in this guide we can tell you is bookable, and we would sooner say that plainly than pad the list.

Talamone and southern Tuscany

In Quantum of Solace, Bond visits René Mathis at Villa Le Torre in Talamone, southern Tuscany, after the opera, and asks him to help in Bolivia. Mathis wears a pair of squared aviators, the Ray-Ban Caravan RB3136. The silver pair on screen is no longer sold, and Ray-Ban’s current listing shows other finishes. One of our research sources says the model is thought to be the Caravan rather than confirmed, so we describe it as likely and not certain.

The same film puts Bond in Siena when he delivers White to M. The coast and the hill towns are the gentlest part of this route, and a sensible way to finish.

What to wear in Italy

The clothes in the Matera sequences are the most useful guide to dressing for the trip, because they were chosen for warmth, walking and ease. Two outfits stand out, and both are worth understanding as ideas before you buy any of them.

The chase outfit is a suit that behaves like a cardigan. The Massimo Alba Sloop suit is cut from fine-wale baby corduroy in a sand tone, with soft shoulders and dark horn buttons, and Bond wears it with a blue shirt, braces and chukka boots. It is the most relaxed suit of the Craig era, and the maker’s Italian cloth makes sense in an Italian town.

Under it Bond wears a broad burgundy silk tie from Alexander Olch, handmade in New York from Italian silk, and dove grey braces from Albert Thurston. The tie adds warmth; the braces replace a belt and quietly signal that the jacket may come off.

The second outfit is for the walk with Madeleine Swann. A short navy jacket, the Connolly Giubbino, is unlined mixed linen and cotton cut like a 1950s bomber, and it works over a plain Henley. Below it, the Massimo Alba Winch trousers in grey Alluminio corduroy are slim and flat-fronted; we think they are the most useful piece in Bond’s off-duty wardrobe.

On the feet, both outfits use the same brown suede chukka. The Drake’s Crosby is unlined, with a crepe sole and moccasin stitching, made in Italy. It is a boot for dry days and mild weather, which is also what the south asks for. One caution from our film notes: the boots on the IMAX poster, with Bond on the motorcycle, are the stunt rider’s and not this pair.

For eyewear, the Barton Perreira Norton is the round tortoise pair Bond takes off on the Italian coast in No Time To Die. The 007 edition is sold out at the maker at the time of writing, and the standard Norton in Chestnut with Bottle Green lenses is the nearest route to the same look.

Season matters more than any single piece. Summer in the south and by the lakes is hot, so linen and unlined cotton earn their place and the corduroy belongs to spring and autumn. Winter in Rome and Venice calls for the overcoat and a scarf. Browse the full clothing edit if you want more than the pieces mentioned here.

What we would choose

If we were planning one trip, we would take Matera for two nights, then Lake Como for a few quiet days out of season. That gives you the best of the films’ architecture and the one stay that is genuinely bookable. For the wardrobe we would buy fewer things, not more: the Winch trousers, the Crosby chukka and a pair of round sunglasses cover most of what the trip requires, and none of them looks like fancy dress.

We would skip the full outfit. Dressing as Bond in Matera is a costume; dressing as a man who has thought about the climate is not.

Practical notes

• Check any stay directly. Rates, availability and house rules change, and we do not quote them.
• Suede is for dry days. If you pack chukkas, take a suede brush and avoid wet cobbles.
• Corduroy is a spring and autumn fabric. In high summer, choose linen or unlined cotton.
• The Sloop suit’s trousers are sold unhemmed, so budget for a tailor before you travel.
• For stays and villas beyond this route, see our travel and hotels pages.

Questions

Where was No Time To Die filmed in Italy?

The film sets its pre-title chase and the quiet walk with Madeleine Swann in Matera, Basilicata. Our catalogue records the scenes as Matera scenes; we have not independently verified every shooting location.

Can you stay at a James Bond location in Italy?

Yes, in one case we can confirm. Some apartments at Villa La Gaeta on Lake Como, the setting for the end of Casino Royale, can be rented. Check the current listing before planning around it.

Which films put Bond in Italy?

Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Spectre and No Time To Die are the four Craig films with Italian scenes. Moonraker also visits Venice.

What should you wear in Matera?

Something soft and made for walking. The film’s own choice is unlined jackets, fine corduroy and suede chukkas, with a quiet palette and nothing stiff.

The pieces mentioned

• Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE: the motorcycle in the Matera chase, still in production.
• Tom Ford Snowdon sunglasses: Havana acetate, worn for the Rome funeral.
• Limited100 Aston Martin DBS print: a studio photograph in an edition of 100.
• Villa La Gaeta, Lake Como: the stay from the end of Casino Royale.
• Ray-Ban Caravan RB3136: Mathis’s squared aviators.
• Massimo Alba Sloop suit: sand baby corduroy, the Matera chase suit.
• Alexander Olch Avery necktie: broad burgundy silk.
• Albert Thurston dove grey braces: 35mm, brown leather ends.
• Connolly Giubbino jacket: unlined navy linen blend.
• Massimo Alba Winch trousers: grey baby corduroy.
• Drake’s Crosby chukka: dark brown suede, crepe sole.
• Barton Perreira Norton: round tortoise frame, Bottle Green lenses.

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The best James Bond gifts are rarely the ones with a film logo on them. The man who loves these films has usually seen every frame, and he does not need another mug. What he tends to value is the thing he would not buy for himself: a well-made bag, a bottle worth keeping, a lamp that will outlast three flats. So this guide is arranged by the person receiving the gift rather than by price, and it keeps to fewer, better choices. Where a piece appears in a film, we say so only when the record supports it.

The short answer

If you are buying for a man who travels, choose the Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall with Suit Carrier. If he drinks well, choose a bottle of Macallan 18 Year Old or, for a table of two, Château Angélus. If he is particular about his wardrobe, a cashmere N.Peal cable roll neck sweater or a pair of Albert Thurston dove grey braces will be worn for years. For a desk or a study, the Anglepoise Original 1227 desk lamp is the quiet answer. For the man who has everything, a Leica Q2 is a considered buy, with a caveat about availability that we explain below.

For the traveller

A man who moves between cities in a suit wants one thing above others: that the suit arrives looking as it left. In No Time To Die, Paloma unrolls a long olive canvas carrier to present Daniel Craig’s Bond with his Tom Ford tuxedo. Only the carrier is seen, but it is the suit-carrier half of the Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall with Suit Carrier, and the pair together are, in our view, the most sensible way to travel with tailoring.

The carrier is 24oz British dyed, waterproof cotton canvas, and it wraps around an 18oz canvas twill holdall that holds 32 litres. Bennett Winch says the assembled bag meets carry-on rules for most full-service airlines. The hardware is solid brass, and it is made in England. The RRP is US$1,650 (£995), RRP at the time of writing, October 2026.

We would give it to someone who moves a good suit about for weddings and client dinners, not to a man who rarely travels with tailoring; it weighs 2.2kg empty and is a lot to spend on a bag. Olive is the colour on screen and the one we would choose.

For a smaller gift on the same theme, the Dents Daniel gloves are black, unlined hairsheep leather with inseam stitching and a palm vent, and Dents describes them as the glove worn by Craig’s Bond in Skyfall. They are cut close, so size with care: measure around the widest part of the hand and, between sizes, round down. The RRP is US$182 on Dents’ US site, at the time of writing, October 2026.

For the man who dresses well

Clothing is the riskiest gift, and the only safe version is the one that hardly depends on fit. Three things qualify.

The first is the N.Peal cable roll neck sweater in Fumo Grey. N.Peal lists it as worn by Bond in Spectre, in the Austrian scenes where he meets Mr White. It is 100% Mongolian cashmere in a fine cable, and the light grey sits with navy, charcoal, brown and olive. A roll neck fills the gap at the throat of a jacket more neatly than an open collar. Fold it rather than hanging it.

The second is the Albert Thurston dove grey braces. They are 35mm wide, narrower than the maker’s standard 40mm, with brown leather ends and gilt fittings, and they are made in England. Albert Thurston lists the dove grey pair as worn by Craig in No Time To Die; our catalogue places them with the Matera chase outfit. They come with loops for trouser buttons and clips for trousers without them, which is worth checking before you give them. Braces have no size, which is rather the point.

The third is the S.T. Dupont Diamond Head cufflinks. Palladium, square, with a grid of raised diamond tips taken from the maker’s lighters, 17.06mm across. Bond wears the 5172 in Casino Royale, and again with the tuxedo at the Bregenz opera in Quantum of Solace. Dupont now lists the same pattern under reference 005568, and we would treat that as the pair to buy. They need a double cuff, so check his shirts first.

For the host

A bottle brought to a dinner should be one the host will want to open soon, not one that sits in a cellar being admired. For a dinner for two, Château Angélus is the choice. In Casino Royale, Craig’s Bond and Vesper Lynd drink it together, and a 2005 bottle sits in the dining car in Spectre. We would open it for two or four with something simple and red-meat-led. The 2021 is the last vintage labelled Premier Grand Cru Classé A; the estate withdrew from the classification at the start of 2022. Prices vary by vintage, so ask the retailer. For a less costly route in the spirit of the bottle, the estate’s second wine, Carillon d’Angélus, costs a fraction of the grand vin.

For a larger table, Bollinger R.D. 2002 is the Champagne Craig’s Bond drinks in Spectre. R.D. stands for récemment dégorgé: it rests on its lees for years and is disgorged shortly before release. It is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, and we would pour it with food (oysters, duck, aged Comté) in a white-wine glass rather than a flute. The RRP is US$375 (RRP at the time of writing, October 2026). One honest warning: the retailer we checked listed it as pre-arrival, with stock due in February 2027, so confirm availability before you promise it for Christmas.

If the host would rather have glass than wine, the Royal Doulton Highclere tumblers are a plain diamond-and-wedge-cut crystal tumbler of 290ml, seen in No Time To Die when M sets one down in Bond’s honour. Buy the set of four. Royal Doulton’s own page did not list them at the time of writing, so treat availability as unconfirmed.

For the man who has everything

He does not need a thing. He needs a reason to do something he already half wants to do. A Leica Q2 is that kind of gift. It is a full-frame compact with a fixed 28mm f/1.7 lens, 47.3 megapixels, and very little else to decide about. It sits on Q’s desk at his home in No Time To Die, unremarked, which is rather why we like it.

The caveat is plain. Leica USA lists the Q2 as no longer available and points buyers to the Q3, which leaves second-hand; at the time of writing, October 2026, B&H lists used examples from US$3,799.95. We would buy from an authorised dealer with a documented condition report. It is a gift for a partner or a close family member, not for a colleague.

For the reader and the desk

We looked for a book to put here and found none on our shelves that we would recommend as a gift, so we will not pretend otherwise. What a reader actually needs is light and quiet, and the Anglepoise Original 1227 desk lamp supplies both. George Carwardine, an automotive engineer, built it around a constant-tension spring, which is why the arms stay where you leave them. It launched in 1935 and Anglepoise still makes it, in aluminium with a cast iron base, with a bulb in the box. A pale example stands on the boat in No Time To Die where Bond meets Felix Leiter, and a black one sits beside the leather chair in Bond’s apartment in Spectre. We cannot say which pale colour was used on the boat, so Linen White or Dove Grey are both in the spirit of it, and Jet Black is the quieter choice for a study. The RRP is US$320, at the time of writing, October 2026.

Beside it, the Tivoli Audio Model One radio makes a good second gift for the same room. In No Time To Die it sits in the background of Bond’s room at the Jamaican villa. It has a handmade wood cabinet, one 3-inch driver, an AM/FM tuner and a 3.5mm input, and it is mono, so it belongs in a room rather than at the centre of a stereo pair. The RRP is US$149.99 (RRP at the time of writing, October 2026). Tivoli listed the Walnut / Beige as out of stock, so check the finish; the separate Model One BT is the version to give if he plays music from a phone. More for the room is in home and interiors.

For the person who loves a drink

Whisky is the easy answer, and for once the easy answer is right. The Macallan 18 Year Old is matured for a minimum of 18 years, predominantly in sherry-seasoned European oak casks from Jerez, at 43% ABV, and the maker describes ginger, dark chocolate and dates. Craig’s Bond drinks an 18 Year Old in his apartment in Spectre; the film does not name the release, so ours is the current Sherry Oak 18. In Skyfall he drinks a different bottle, the Macallan Fine & Rare 1962, which is not what we are suggesting. We would buy the current release. Our wider food and drink collection has more bottles worth keeping.

For a man who prefers the bathroom shelf to the drinks cabinet, grooming is the quieter route. The Geo. F. Trumper Eucris shaving soap is glycerine-based, 80g, in a black wooden bowl, with a refill sold separately. In Skyfall Bond shaves with a black wooden bowl, brush and razor; our records read it as the Trumper Eucris, though the label is absent on the prop. The RRP runs from £15 to £25 across the refill and the bowl (RRP at the time of writing, October 2026). The brush is bought separately.

The Santa Maria Novella Melograno eau de cologne is a gift for anyone, not only for him. It is a pomegranate-led citrus and rose cologne from a Florentine house that dates its founding to 1221, and the bottle appears in Vesper Lynd’s purse at the end of Casino Royale. It runs from bergamot and bitter orange through pomegranate and rose to oakmoss and musk, and is sold for men and women alike. We would choose the 100ml (EUR 135; the 50ml is EUR 95, RRP at the time of writing, October 2026).

What to avoid

Some gifts are easy to buy and hard to receive.

• Anything with a logo. Branded mugs, T-shirts and keyrings say that you reached for the nearest film reference.
• Prop replicas. Unless he collects them, they live in a drawer.
• Clothing in a size you are guessing. Braces, cufflinks and cologne need no size; shoes and tailoring do.
• Anything promised for Christmas that is not in stock. Some pieces here are pre-arrival, out of stock in one finish or second-hand only. Check before you commit.

Questions

What is a good gift for a James Bond fan who has seen everything?

Choose something he can use that also appears in the films, rather than a licensed novelty. A desk lamp such as the Anglepoise Original 1227, a radio such as the Tivoli Audio Model One, or a bottle of The Macallan 18 Year Old all work, because they belong in a room whether or not he ever thinks of the film.

What should I give a man who travels?

A bag that protects tailoring. The Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall with Suit Carrier is the one we would choose; for something smaller, a pair of Dents Daniel gloves is a gift that needs only a glove size.

Which gifts need no sizing?

Braces, cufflinks, a lamp, a radio, a bottle, shaving soap and cologne.

The pieces mentioned

• Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall with Suit Carrier: carry-on holdall with suit carrier, for the traveller.
• Dents Daniel gloves: black unlined hairsheep leather, for the cold morning.
• N.Peal cable roll neck sweater: Mongolian cashmere in Fumo Grey.
• Albert Thurston dove grey braces: 35mm, brown leather ends, made in England.
• S.T. Dupont Diamond Head cufflinks: palladium, square, no sizing required.
• Château Angélus: Saint-Émilion, for a dinner for two.
• Bollinger R.D. 2002: for a larger table; check availability.
• Royal Doulton Highclere tumblers: crystal tumblers, for the host.
• Leica Q2: now second-hand only, for the man who has everything.
• Anglepoise Original 1227 desk lamp: the lamp for the reading chair.
• Tivoli Audio Model One radio: a wooden table radio.
• Macallan 18 Year Old: the whisky.
• Geo. F. Trumper Eucris shaving soap: shaving soap in a wooden bowl.
• Santa Maria Novella Melograno eau de cologne: cologne, for anyone.

For more of the same, see our Daniel Craig hub and the accessories collection. Last reviewed 2 October 2026.

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The James Bond Alps locations are a short list, and most of the best of it sits in a single film. In Spectre, Daniel Craig’s Bond spends a stretch of the story in the Austrian snow: a walk to a remote cabin, a clinic in the mountains, a chase on white ground. Earlier films went to the Swiss side of the range. What follows is a grown-up reading of those places, and then the more useful question, which is what to wear when the weather is real. The answer is mostly knitwear, boots and gloves, and very little of it needs to look like a ski catalogue.

The short answer

Go to the Tyrol in the middle of winter, and plan the trip around the mountain rather than the film. Wear one fine cashmere layer against the skin, a second knit over it, a water-resistant coat and a boot built for snow. Keep the colour to grey, navy and black. The Alpine outfits in Spectre work for exactly this reason: nothing in them is decorative, and every piece has a job.

What the films show

The catalogue records the Austria sequence of Spectre (2015) in some detail. Bond arrives in the snow carrying a leather Boston bag and walks towards the Höffler Klinik, where he meets Madeleine Swann for the first time. Earlier in the sequence he walks to a remote Austrian cabin believing Mr White lives there; the lake cabin is where the Agnelle gloves appear in our records. Q turns up at the clinic to meet Bond, and Swann is later abducted as Bond runs out into the snow. Mr Hinx follows Bond through the Austria scenes and then drives a Range Rover; the catalogue describes that car speeding across the snow in the Alpine chase filmed in Austria.

On the location itself, we keep to what the records support. The catalogue places the snow scene in Sölden, in Austria, and notes a photocall for the film held on Gaislachkogl in Sölden on 7 January 2015. The Höffler Klinik is a place in the story; the records give no real-world address for it, so we do not send you looking for a building. Filming locations and fictional ones are not always the same thing, and a reader planning a trip should check the resort’s own pages for what can actually be visited.

The Swiss Alps appear earlier. In Goldfinger (1964), Bond drives his Aston Martin around the Swiss mountains, meeting Tilly Masterson and spying on Goldfinger’s factory, in an Anthony Sinclair barleycorn tweed hacking jacket and cavalry twill trousers. In On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), Blofeld’s research institute, Piz Gloria, sits on the Schilthorn, and Bond, undercover as Sir Hilary Bray, wears a vintage Rolex chronograph there. The tweed and the Rolex are a different Bond and a different era, and they are a useful reminder that the mountain look has always been about sturdy cloth.

When to go and how to plan it

The sensible approach is to treat Sölden as a ski destination first and a film location second. Go when the snow is reliable, which in the Alps generally means the heart of winter, and check the resort’s own pages for lift opening dates and conditions before you book. Nothing here is a booking recommendation, because we have not stayed anywhere and will not pretend otherwise. What we can say is general: a trip to high altitude rewards being warm and dry more than it rewards being stylish, and the order of priorities should reflect that.

Travel in the layers you will wear on the mountain. Airports and trains are overheated, so the warmth should come from layers you can remove, not from one heavy coat you cannot.

What to wear on the mountain

Start with the knit. In the Austria scenes Bond wears a pale cable roll neck while walking to the cabin to see Mr White. The N.Peal cable roll neck in Fumo Grey is the one the catalogue ties to those scenes, and N.Peal still makes it, in 100% Mongolian cashmere with a fine cable and a folded collar that fills the gap at the throat of a jacket. It is, in our view, the more useful of the film’s two N.Peal sweaters, because it goes under almost anything.

The other is a plain mock neck. In Lapis Blue, Bond wears it at the Höffler Klinik when he first meets Swann, and the same sweater is recorded under the suede jacket in the London river chase. The N.Peal Spectre fine gauge mock turtle neck is a 70% cashmere, 30% silk knit, thin enough to sit beneath a jacket without bulk. N.Peal no longer lists the Lapis Blue; it still sells the Dark Charcoal Grey. As a base layer it is the better choice, because it adds warmth without adding width at the shoulder.

Footwear is where a mountain trip is won or lost. The Danner Mountain Light II in black is the boot recorded in the Austria sequences of Spectre, from the clinic through the action that follows. It is a stitchdown build with a full-grain one-piece upper, a GORE-TEX liner and a Vibram 148 Kletterlift outsole. It stands five inches tall, and Danner will rebuild it as a paid service, so it is a boot you can keep. One caution on films: in No Time To Die the evidence points to a different Danner, so this model belongs to Spectre alone.

Gloves are the quietest piece in the outfit and the one most often got wrong. Bond’s pair in Austria are black quilted lambskin. Agnelle sells that glove today as the Agnelle James, lined in alpaca, with sensitive thumb and index fingertips in the current version. Agnelle advises ordering a size up, and lambskin should dry naturally, away from radiators, if it gets wet. It is a coat-and-knitwear glove, not an evening one. RRP at the time of writing, October 2026, is €155.

A cheaper and plainer route is worth knowing about. The Mil-Tec touch gloves are the black nylon pair from No Time To Die, made for working outdoors rather than for the cold. They are not a ski glove and we would not put them in the snow for a day on the mountain. As a thin inner glove under something warmer, or for cold mornings in town, they do the job.

For the outer layer, the film is less helpful for Bond and more interesting for his pursuer. Dave Bautista’s Mr Hinx wears a grey coat in the Austria scenes. The Matchless Hinx coat is fine wool with a waterproofing treatment, finished in Nappa leather at the collar, shoulders and cuffs, with a belt, and made in Italy. It suits cold-weather travel, long drives and city winters rather than a day on skis. The leather trim means it should be dry cleaned by a leather specialist, and a retailer listing showed it sold out, so check availability first.

What the rest of the party wears

Q is the quiet lesson of the Austria scenes. He arrives at the clinic in his own clothes, with the same glasses he has worn since Skyfall. The Univo U5 C1 eyeglasses are black fading to clear, with two small dots beside the lenses, and an eye size of 49mm, a bridge of 18mm and 145mm arms, according to the retailer. They are an ordinary retail frame that can be glazed with your own prescription, which makes them a sensible thing to bring to a bright, cold place if you wear glasses, although you would add proper sunglasses or goggles on the mountain itself.

The same logic applies to the glacier goggles recorded in the snow scene in Sölden, and to the Boston bag that Bond carries. Both come from the catalogue, and neither has a page on this site yet, so we mention them only as part of the picture. The principle holds without them: the best mountain clothes are chosen by function and then by colour.

Driving the high road

The Range Rover in the Austria chase is a Range Rover Sport SVR, a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 with 575PS. The Range Rover Sport SVR is the road car; Land Rover’s own film material notes that the vehicle on screen was modified for safety purposes, so the same model is not the same car. Bond does not drive it in the film, and we would not pretend a road trip through the Tyrol needs it. For snow, the point is tyres, not horsepower: winter tyres, a full tank and a check of the local rules on snow chains. The Swiss mountains of Goldfinger and the Austrian ones of Spectre both suggest the same thing, which is that a good road matters more than a fast car.

What we would choose

If we were buying one piece for a trip like this, it would be the boots. Everything else can be borrowed, layered or replaced, but a boot that fails in the snow ends the day. After that, the fine mock neck, because it works far beyond the mountain. The roll neck comes third, and the gloves fourth, with the caveat that gloves are the easiest thing to buy locally if you have forgotten them.

We would leave the dramatic coat at home unless the trip includes evenings in town. Bond’s Alpine wardrobe is useful because it is plain. The wardrobe of Daniel Craig’s Bond is restrained throughout, and our clothing and shoes collections show the rest.

Practical notes

Dress in three layers: a fine knit against the skin, a heavier knit above it, and a shell that stops wind and wet. Cotton does little for you once it is damp. Leather gloves and boots both benefit from drying slowly and away from direct heat. Check the resort’s official pages for lift times, snow reports and access before you travel, and treat any detail in this guide about what is open as something to confirm. Last reviewed 2 October 2026.

Questions

Where was the Alps section of Spectre filmed?

The catalogue places the snow scenes in Sölden, in Austria, and records a photocall for the film on Gaislachkogl there on 7 January 2015. The Höffler Klinik is a place in the story, and we have no real-world address for it.

Which Bond films are set in the Alps?

Spectre is set in the Austrian Alps, while Goldfinger and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service both visit the Swiss Alps. In the latter, Blofeld’s institute Piz Gloria sits on the Schilthorn.

What boots does Bond wear in Austria in Spectre?

Black Danner Mountain Light II boots, according to the catalogue. They are a stitchdown boot with a GORE-TEX liner and a Vibram outsole.

Can you still buy the sweaters and gloves?

Mostly. N.Peal still sells the cable roll neck and the charcoal mock neck, though not the Lapis Blue, and Agnelle sells the glove as the James.

The pieces mentioned

• N.Peal cable roll neck, Fumo Grey: the pale knit worn to see Mr White.
• N.Peal Spectre mock turtle neck: the fine-gauge base layer.
• Danner Mountain Light II: the rebuildable snow boot.
• Agnelle James gloves: quilted lambskin, alpaca lined.
• Mil-Tec touch gloves: a plain, inexpensive inner glove.
• Matchless Hinx coat: a belted grey wool coat.
• Univo U5 C1 eyeglasses: Q’s everyday frame.
• Range Rover Sport SVR: the road car behind the Alpine chase.

For more from the same film, see Spectre and the clothing in our clothing collection.

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Most men own a dark suit and wear it everywhere. The dinner jacket is the other garment, the one that appears a few times a year and has to be right on those occasions. If you are learning how to wear a dinner jacket, the rules are shorter than the invitation suggests: black, plain, well fitted, and accompanied by a handful of small things worn correctly. Daniel Craig’s Bond in Casino Royale is a useful reference because the look is so little decorated. Everything below is about the garment and the reader. The films only supply examples.

The short answer

Buy a single-breasted dinner jacket in black or very dark midnight wool, with a peak or shawl lapel faced in satin or grosgrain, one button, and no vents. Wear it with matching trousers carrying a single braid down the side, a white dress shirt with a turndown collar and double cuffs, a self-tied black bow tie, braces rather than a belt, plain cufflinks and black plain-fronted shoes. Have the jacket altered to fit. Hang it on a wide hanger, brush it, and dry clean it only when it is truly marked. That is the whole of it.

Dinner jacket or tuxedo

They are the same garment. In Britain it is a dinner jacket, or a dinner suit when the trousers are included, and the dress code is black tie. In America it is a tuxedo, a name taken from Tuxedo Park in New York. Bond’s film wardrobe uses both words, and so do the makers: the catalogue lists a Brioni tuxedo and Tom Ford’s Atticus tuxedo alongside what we would call a dinner suit. We use dinner jacket for the jacket and tuxedo where a maker does.

The distinction that matters is not the name but the dress code. Black tie means a dinner jacket, a white shirt and a bow tie. It does not mean a black suit with a black tie, which is what a lot of hire shops quietly sell. If you are unsure what a host means, black tie is the one that asks for the full set.

The jacket: lapel, cloth and buttons

Start with the lapel, because it is the one feature that makes the jacket formal. A peak lapel is the more traditional choice, with the points of the lapels rising toward the shoulders. A shawl collar, a single unbroken curve with no notch, is softer and slightly more relaxed. Both are right. A notch lapel, the kind on a business suit, is the one to avoid in a dinner jacket. The facing should be silk: satin, which has a pronounced sheen, or grosgrain, a ribbed finish that is quieter under bad light. We lean to grosgrain on a first jacket for that reason.

The cloth should be black or midnight blue wool, matte, and dense enough to hang cleanly. Wool also travels well and forgives a long evening. The Brioni tuxedo in Casino Royale is described by its retailer as black wool with satin lapels, made in Italy, and it is a fair template for what to look for: one colour, one point of sheen, nothing announcing itself. Brioni’s current version is the Brioni tuxedo, a current design rather than the garment on screen, so we treat it as a route to the same look and not a copy. Its RRP at the time of writing (October 2026) is US$7,200.

One button is the classic arrangement and it keeps the front line clean. Two buttons are acceptable. Double-breasted is a style choice rather than a rule. Pockets should be jetted, with no flaps, and the jacket works best without vents so that the line falls uninterrupted over the seat. Buttons covered in the same silk as the facing disappear, and that is the idea.

Fit and tailoring

A dinner jacket is judged more harshly than a suit, because it is darker, plainer and worn under lights. The shoulder should sit flat, the collar should rest against the shirt collar without a gap, and the jacket should be long enough to cover the seat. Allow about a centimetre of shirt cuff to show beyond the sleeve. If you are deciding between a better-cut jacket and a famous name, take the better cut.

Trousers

The trousers match the jacket in cloth and carry a single stripe of braid or satin down each outer seam. They have no turn-ups, and they are cut high enough at the waist that no shirt shows between waistcoat or cummerbund and the waistband. A waist worn higher is the reason braces work so well here: the trouser hangs from the shoulders rather than gripping the hip.

The trouser is the more interesting half of a dinner suit. The Tom Ford Atticus evening trousers, which Craig’s Bond wears with the matching jacket in No Time To Die, are a wool and mohair cloth with a satin side stripe and satin waistband, made in Italy. The retailers disagree on the exact proportion of wool to mohair, so check the page of whoever you buy from. They are dry clean only. Mohair gives a dry crispness and a clean fall, which is what you want from a trouser that spends the evening standing and sitting.

If you are dividing a budget, a good pair of evening trousers can work with another maker’s dinner jacket of similar finish, though the cloths should be close. A midnight-blue jacket over black trousers is a long-established combination, but the black will look darker beside it.

The shirt

A white cotton shirt, with a concealed or pleated front, a turndown collar and double cuffs. Wing collars are more formal still and belong to white tie. Studs on the front are traditional; a concealed placket is the modern answer and the one Bond wears. The shirt should be smooth rather than textured, because the jacket and the tie will provide the only variation in the picture.

The Turnbull & Asser Casino Royale white dress shirt is the one Daniel Craig’s Bond wears with the Brioni tuxedo at the poker table. It is plain cotton poplin with a concealed front, double cuffs and a collar of the maker’s own design, made in the United Kingdom. Turnbull & Asser sells the model made for the film, not one of the originals. In our view it is the right white shirt for black tie.

The bow tie

Tie your own. A pre-tied bow tie is symmetrical in a way that gives it away, and a self-tied one has a small, pleasing irregularity. Choose black silk, of a width that suits your face: a slim bow tie reads modern, a wider butterfly shape reads traditional.

Turnbull & Asser supplied the tie for Casino Royale, and it sells the Casino Royale bow tie in black Shantung silk: 100% silk, 2in (5cm) wide, made in the United Kingdom, with a faintly slubbed texture where most formal ties are smooth. The maker says the current tie has been refined to sit closer to the one on screen, so we would call it a close interpretation. The texture is the point: it sits against smoother silk facings and gives the eye a little to rest on.

Braces, studs and cufflinks

Braces, not a belt. A belt breaks the clean line of a dinner suit and adds a buckle where there should be none. White moiré silk braces are the Craig-era choice, but black ones are the quieter default. Use the kind with leather or braid ends that button to the inside of the waistband, and keep them hidden.

Albert Thurston’s white moiré braces are the pair Bond wears in Casino Royale, and they return in Skyfall and Spectre. They are moiré silk with white goatskin joints and braid ends, and the maker adds an elasticated back for ease of movement. The clips in Casino Royale are gilt, and in Skyfall nickel, so check which finish a retailer is showing.

Cufflinks should be plain. Silver or gold tone, small, and with no design that competes with the shirt. The S.T. Dupont Diamond Head square cufflinks are a modest example: palladium, 17.06mm across and 23g as listed by the maker, with a pattern of raised diamond tips that catches the light only when the cuff moves. Bond wears them with a dinner jacket in Quantum of Solace. The 5172 is the reference seen on screen; Dupont now sells the pattern as 005568, at an RRP of €210 at the time of writing (October 2026).

If you prefer gold, Tom Ford’s cylinder cufflinks in 18K white gold are a restrained alternative: a small barrel, reference JM0093U-G18KW, sold by the maker as the Striped T cufflinks. White gold sits easily with a steel watch, which is the other metal on the wrist.

Shoes

Black, plain-fronted and polished. A black calf Oxford with a closed lacing and no toe cap is the standard; a patent version is traditional but optional.

It helps to know what to avoid. The Crockett & Jones Highbury that Bond wears in Skyfall is an excellent shoe, a plain-fronted derby in black calf with a rubber City sole, but we would not wear it with black tie. A derby has open lacing and a sole built for wet pavements, which makes it a business shoe. With a dinner suit we would reach for something finer, closed-laced and leather-soled.

Colours and variations

Midnight blue is the one variation worth owning. Under artificial light it reads blacker than black, and in daylight it reads as navy, which is why many tailors prefer it. White or ivory dinner jackets are for summer, warm climates and evenings on the water, and they take black trousers, not white. A cummerbund or a low waistcoat is for covering the waistband if the jacket may come off.

What we would choose

One black, single-breasted, one-button dinner jacket with a peak or shawl lapel in grosgrain, matching trousers with a single braid, a plain white double-cuff shirt, a self-tied black silk bow tie, black braces, plain cufflinks and black closed-laced shoes. Spend on the jacket and its alteration, then buy the small things once.

Care and storage

A dinner jacket is worn rarely, so most of its life is spent in a wardrobe. Hang it on a wide, shaped hanger so the shoulders keep their line, in a breathable garment bag rather than plastic. Brush wool with a soft clothes brush after wearing; brush silk facings gently or not at all, as satin shows marks. Air it overnight before putting it away.

Dry clean as rarely as you can. Every cleaning wears the cloth and can flatten silk facings, so spot-treat small marks and send the suit out only when it needs it. Press the trousers rather than washing them.

For travel, a suit carrier saves the folds. In No Time To Die, Paloma unrolls an olive carrier to present Bond with his Tom Ford tuxedo, and the carrier half of the Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall is the model seen on screen. It has a 24oz waterproof British canvas exterior and a soft cotton lining; the jacket and trousers lie over the holdall rather than folding hard. The holdall itself never appears in the film.

Questions

Is a tuxedo the same as a dinner jacket?

Yes. Dinner jacket is the British term and tuxedo the American one. Both describe the same black-tie jacket with silk-faced lapels.

What colour should a first dinner jacket be?

Black, or midnight blue if you prefer. Black is the safer choice and works at every black-tie event. Midnight blue looks richer under artificial light.

Do you wear a belt with a dinner suit?

No. Wear braces, which sit under the jacket and leave the waistline clean. If the jacket may come off, add a cummerbund or low waistcoat to cover the waistband.

How should you store a dinner jacket?

On a wide hanger, in a breathable garment bag, brushed and aired first. Dry clean only when it needs it.

The pieces mentioned

• Brioni Tuxedo (Casino Royale): black wool, satin lapels, made in Italy.
• Tom Ford Atticus Evening Trousers (No Time To Die): wool and mohair with a satin side stripe.
• Turnbull & Asser Casino Royale White Dress Shirt: plain poplin, concealed front, double cuffs.
• Turnbull & Asser Casino Royale Shantung Silk Bow Tie: black silk, 5cm wide.
• Albert Thurston White Moiré Braces: silk, with goatskin joints.
• S.T. Dupont Diamond Head Square Cufflinks: palladium, double-cuff.
• Tom Ford Cylinder Cufflinks, Striped T: 18K white gold.
• Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall with Suit Carrier: waterproof canvas, brass hardware.

For the wider wardrobe, browse Formalwear & Dinner Suits, or see Daniel Craig’s Bond.

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The question behind how to dress for a long haul flight is a simple one: what do you wear for twelve hours in a pressurised cabin that still looks right when the doors open at the other end? Most men answer only half of it. They choose comfort and arrive looking slept in, or they choose a suit and spend the night regretting it.

The answer is a short list of soft, dark, quiet things that layer well and need nothing from you. Daniel Craig’s Bond is a useful lens, not because the films show us his flights (they largely do not), but because his later wardrobe is built from exactly that kind of clothing: fine knits, needlecord, suede, plain shoes. We take the principles from it and leave the costume behind.

The short answer

Dress in three layers you can remove: a soft base, a fine knit, and a light jacket with real pockets. Wear trousers with a little give, in cord, wool or washed cotton, never stiff denim. Choose shoes that slip on and off at security and still look considered at the gate. Carry sunglasses, one good watch and a single bag. Then change one thing on arrival, the knit or the shirt, and you are ready for a meeting or a dinner.

What the films show

We should be plain about this: our records do not place the pieces below on a plane or in an airport. What they do show is a pattern. In Spectre, Bond meets Mr White in Austria in a fumo grey cashmere roll neck, and later wears a fine mock turtle neck under a suede jacket, a combination the catalogue also records in the final London scenes. In Morocco he arrives in a suede blouson over a navy polo. In No Time To Die, Matera brings grey needlecord and a brown suede chukka, and the commando scenes bring a white henley under a navy ribbed sweater.

None of it is flashy. It is soft in texture, dark or neutral in colour, and it works as a set. That is the lesson for a long flight, and it comes from Daniel Craig’s Bond rather than from any one scene.

Layers: the base, the knit, the jacket

A cabin runs cold at night and warm at boarding, so you want layers that come off in a second. Start against the skin with something plain and soft. The Rag & Bone Classic Henley is the sort of base we mean: slub cotton, a soft collar and a short placket, and it is the shirt that sits under the navy sweater in the commando outfit in No Time To Die. Its maker calls it soft and lightweight, which is what you want under another layer for twelve hours.

The knit does most of the work. It is pillow, blanket and smart layer in one, and it is where it pays to spend. Cashmere is warm without weight, and a fine gauge sits under a jacket without bunching at the shoulder. We would choose the N.Peal mock turtle neck, a fine gauge blend of 70% cashmere and 30% silk. It does the job of a shirt and tie in a softer way, and a mock neck does not crowd the chin when you lean back. If you want something warmer, the N.Peal cable roll neck in fumo grey is 100% Mongolian cashmere with a fine cable: pale enough to lift a dark jacket, and soft enough to fold behind your neck.

One honest limit. A roll neck is the wrong choice if you run warm, because you cannot take the collar off. For a flight into a hot city, the mock neck or the henley alone is the better call. Note too that Lapis Blue, the colour in the film, is no longer sold by N.Peal; the dark charcoal is the one to buy, and it goes with everything.

The third layer is the jacket, and it needs pockets deep enough for a passport and a phone. The Matchless Craig Blouson is a plain suede blouson with a two-way zip, slash pockets and a standing collar, made in Italy in a limited run of 700. We think it suits an early flight: a collarless, uncluttered jacket does not catch on a seatbelt. Its limits are that suede dislikes rain, and that availability varies. A softer, unstructured cotton or wool jacket in navy does the same job at lower risk.

If you prefer a sweater that can stand alone, the N.Peal Ribbed Army Sweater is the practical choice: 90% Merino and 10% cashmere, in deep navy, with a ribbed texture. The canvas patches protect the elbows, which matters when you spend half the night with them on an armrest.

Trousers that survive twelve hours

This is where most travel outfits fail. Stiff denim and sharp wool creases both punish you by hour six. What you want is a trouser with a little give, a flat front and no belt buckle pressing into the stomach.

The Massimo Alba Winch is cut from baby corduroy, a very fine needlecord, in a muted grey called Alluminio. The cut is slim and flat-fronted, so the line stays clean when you stand up after a night of sitting. Bond wears them in the Matera scenes of No Time To Die, and we think they are the most useful trousers in his off-duty wardrobe. They are Italian sized, 44 to 60, so check the maker’s chart before ordering. Corduroy is not a hot-weather choice; for tropical destinations, a washed cotton or a light wool is better.

Shoes

Feet swell on a long flight, and you will take your shoes off at security and probably again in the cabin. That argues for a lace-up that loosens easily or a boot that slips on, in a colour that goes with everything you packed.

The Drake’s Crosby is an unlined suede chukka with three eyelets and a crepe sole. Unlined means it is lighter and softer, and it settles to the foot, though Drake’s does note it is a boot for dry days and mild weather. Crepe is forgiving underfoot on a long walk through a terminal. The same sole says weekend, so we would not wear it with a dark business suit.

If your arrival involves a meeting, the Crockett & Jones Highbury is the more formal choice: a plain-fronted black calf derby with three pairs of eyelets, Goodyear welted and made in England, with a rubber City sole. Bond wears it in London in No Time To Die. It is a shoe that asks very little, and polished on arrival it goes with a dark suit. It is stiffer than the chukka for the flight itself, so it is a decision about what the day after looks like.

Whichever you choose, wear socks you would be content to be seen in, and carry a small shoe horn if the laces are short.

Sunglasses and what to carry

Sunglasses earn their place twice: against the glare on landing, and as a way to block cabin light. Pick a pair that folds or fits easily in a jacket pocket. The Vuarnet Legend 06 is a brown nylon frame with Brownlynx mineral glass lenses, made in France, in a shape dating from 1967 by the maker’s account. Daniel Craig’s Bond wears the pair in the Jamaica sequences of No Time To Die. The nylon has shape memory, so a pair that gets squashed in a pocket springs back. It comes in a single size, so try before you buy.

The rest of what you carry should be short. A passport, a phone, a wallet, a pen and one book is plenty. If you want a camera, the Leica Q2 is a full-frame compact with a fixed 28mm lens and a sealed body, so it does not mind a drizzle. It appears on Q’s desk in No Time To Die, and Bond does not carry it. We include it as a reasonable alternative to a bag of lenses: with nothing to swap, there is nothing to decide at the gate.

For the bag itself, the Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall is the thoughtful option when tailoring is going with you. The suit carrier wraps around a canvas holdall, so a jacket and trousers lie over a wide cylinder rather than being folded hard. Paloma unrolls the olive carrier to present Bond with his Tom Ford tuxedo in No Time To Die; only the carrier is seen, not the holdall. The outside pocket takes a passport and wallet, which is convenient at check-in. It is a great deal of bag for a short trip, and a plain soft holdall will do the same job for less.

Watch

Wear a watch you will not worry about. A long flight means knocks on armrests and overhead lockers, and a watch that is already a little worn is a relaxed companion. The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition is Grade 2 titanium, 42mm, with a tropical brown dial and a titanium mesh bracelet, which Omega describes as strong and light. A light bracelet matters when the wrist swells in the cabin. Bond wears it throughout No Time To Die. We would choose it on the mesh, as in the film. It is a major purchase, and any robust, simple watch with a clear dial serves the same purpose.

Set the time to your destination as you board.

Arrival: what to change into

You do not need a second outfit, only one change. If you have a meeting, put on a fresh shirt in the lavatory or at the hotel and swap the knit for the jacket. If you are heading to dinner, change the henley and keep the knit. Splash water on your face, run a comb through your hair, and put the sweater in the bag you are carrying rather than the hold.

This is why we favour dark colours and natural fabrics. Cashmere, cotton and suede recover; synthetic blends hold the creases and the smell. If a jacket arrives creased, hang it in the bathroom while you shower and the steam will relax it.

What we would choose

If we were choosing one outfit, it would be this. The Rag & Bone henley against the skin, the N.Peal mock turtle neck over it in charcoal, the Massimo Alba cord trousers, the Drake’s chukka, and an unstructured jacket on top. It is plain, warm and soft, and it looks as though you thought about it for thirty seconds, which is the right amount. The suede jacket is the finishing touch if you have the budget and the weather is dry.

Practical notes

• Keep metal to a minimum: a watch, and a belt only if you need one. It saves time at security.
• Wear your bulkiest layer, not your lightest. Space in the bag is worth more than a cooler cabin.
• Treat suede with a protector spray before the first trip, and brush it afterwards.

Questions

What should a man wear on a long haul flight?

Soft layers in dark, neutral colours: a cotton henley, a fine knit, a light jacket, trousers with some give and shoes that come off easily. Layers matter more than any single piece, because the cabin temperature changes through the night.

Can you wear a suit on a long flight?

You can, but we would not. A suit creases and restricts, and it makes the hours harder. Carry it in a suit carrier and change on arrival instead.

What shoes are best for a long flight?

Shoes that slip on or loosen easily, with a flexible sole and room for swollen feet. A suede chukka or a plain derby with a rubber sole both work. Avoid anything new or stiff.

Is cashmere good for flying?

Yes. It is warm for its weight, soft against the neck and recovers well from being folded. A fine gauge blend is the most useful, as it fits under a jacket.

Should you dress up for business class?

Dress to be comfortable first and presentable second. Tidy, dark, well-fitted casual clothes pass everywhere and suit the cabin better than formal wear.

The pieces mentioned

• Rag & Bone Classic Henley: the soft base layer.
• N.Peal Fine Gauge Mock Turtle Neck: the knit that does the work of a shirt and tie.
• N.Peal Cable Roll Neck: the warmer alternative in pure cashmere.
• N.Peal Ribbed Army Sweater: navy, hard-wearing and practical.
• Matchless Craig Blouson: a plain suede jacket for dry days.
• Massimo Alba Winch: needlecord with give.
• Drake’s Crosby: the easy chukka.
• Crockett & Jones Highbury: the plain black derby.
• Vuarnet Legend 06: durable sunglasses.
• Leica Q2: a single-lens camera.
• Bennett Winch S.C. Holdall: tailoring that travels.
• Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition: a light titanium watch.

For more of this wardrobe, see our guide to clothing and the bags and luggage we like.

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