The movies follows Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), a man suffering from total amnesia, without an identity or background except that he has a talent for fighting, linguistics and self-defense. The Bourne Identity is a 2002 film based on Robert Ludlum’s 1980 novel of the same name. That had me wondering about whether the filmmakers of the Bourne films were as meticulous their watch selection for the actors and questioning what watch does Jason Bourne wear? While it appears they were not as meticulous as in Bond, there are still a few notable wristwatches that appear throughout the Bourne series.

As a less than rabid fan of the Bond films, I always appreciated the films’ close association with watches, earlier Rolex and more recently Omega. And indeed the two film series share quite a bit in common, including a charming lead (Matt Damon in 4 of the 5 Bourne films and Daniel Craig as the most recent Bond protagonist). Some describe Jason Bourne as a more modern, American version of James Bond (I mean even the initials “J.B.” are the same').

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