Gadgets

From Russia With Love (1963)
Pager
Pager
Another way-ahead-of-it’s-time invention seen in From Russia With Love, is a pager. This particular pager simply beeps to inform 007 that he must use his car phone.

 

Camera Voice Recorder
Camera Voice Recorder
Bond uses this recorder built inside of a camera to discreetly have Romanova describe the Lektor to his superiors.

 

Car Phone
Car Phone
A car/cell phone…in 1962?! This unheard of device (at the time) was used by Bond to contact MI6, who had contacted him via his beeper to call.

 

The Briefcase
The Briefcase
This smart-looking piece of luggage is issued to all double-oh personnel. Just an ordinary, black leather case, right? Wrong!

 

The Briefcase - Ammunition
The Briefcase – Ammunition
20 rounds of ammunition can be found in metallic tubes on either side of the briefcase – for those times when you run out!

 

The Briefcase - Throwing Knife
The Briefcase – Throwing Knife
This flat knife is hidden discreetly in the top part of the case.

 

The Briefcase - AR7 Folding Sniper's Rifle
The Briefcase – AR7 Folding Sniper’s Rifle
This versatile gun is .25 caliber with an infrared telescopic sight. It is used by Bond on a few occasions throughout his mission.

 

The Briefcase - Gold Sovereigns
The Briefcase – Gold Sovereigns
Fifty gold sovereigns (25 on either side) can be found hidden in the internal straps of the case – useful for the occasional bribe or anonymous exchange.

 

The Briefcase - Talcum Powder Tear Gas
The Briefcase – Talcum Powder Tear Gas
This normal looking talcum powder case contains a tear gas canister inside. Its container is magnetized, so it won’t fall or move around in the case.

 

The Briefcase - Defense Mechanism
The Briefcase – Defense Mechanism
The catches to open the briefcase are designed to detonate the internal tear gas cartridge if opened via the standard method. To avoid detonation, the user must first move the catches horizontally, then open as normal.

 

Goldfinger (1964)
Magnetic Homing Device
Magnetic Homing Device
Q issues this neat magnetic homing device to Bond in the event of a need to track someone or something. It turns out particularly useful in tracking Goldfinger’s car through the Alps and to his headquarters.

 

Thunderball (1965)
Camera Geiger Counter
Camera Geiger Counter
Another of the many gaqdgets seen in Thunderball. The geiger counter is used to detect radiation, aiding 007’s search for two stolen nuclear warheads. It is cleverly disguised as a camera.

 

Underwater Jetpack
Underwater Jetpack
A major feature in the underwater battle in Thunderball, this underwater pack has spear guns, a propulsion unit, and a water-resistant, high power flashlight to say the least.

 

Rebreather
Rebreather
In the event of a debreather not being available, this gadget was to be used for short times only: say five minutes. Bond used it twice in Thunderball: once to escape from the shark tank, then again to finish the final underwater battle.

 

The Jet Pack
The Jet Pack
A memorable gadget used by Bond in Thunderball, the jet pack could raise one person as high as 600 feet. It helps Bond to make a quick escape in the opening moments of the film. As in his words, “no well-dressed man should be without one”.

 

Radioactive Homing Pill
Radioactive Homing Pill
Q instructs 007 to swallow this harmless radioactive device, which sends out a homing signal to a special receiver.

 

Geiger Counter Watch
Geiger Counter Watch
This waterproof watch is retrofitted with a geiger counter to detect radioactivity. Its “sweep hand” as Q says, indicates any radioactivity detected.

 

You Only Live Twice (1967)
Little Nellie
Little Nellie
An autogyro which could be assembled from four leather cases to become a small, manouverable one-man helicopter. Nellie included two machine guns, two rocket launchers, two fire throwers, aerial mines and a device which created smoke screens.

 

Safe Cracker
Safe Cracker
Bond uses this handy safe cracker at Osato’s headquarters to obtain any information he can about the shady company.

 

Rocket Cigarette
Rocket Cigarette
Bond is equipped with this explosive smoking device thanks to Tanaka, and it allows 007 to disrupt activity in Blofeld’s volcano lair.

 

Casino Royale (1967)
Video Rolex
Video Rolex
Evelyn Tremble (James Bond, 007) gets a Q Branch-assigned Rolex is a two-way television and radio wristwatch – an American idea that came from a comic strip.

 

“Protective Clothing”
This absurd garment assigned to Evelyn Tremble (James Bond, 007) by Q Branch has many bizarre features. Alongside its Union Jack patch and many oddly-placed zippers, it is sanforized (pre-shrunk) and contains a poison capsule compartment, switchblade, geiger counter, an intercom with midget transmitters (“for short-range contacts”), infrared camera, tape recorder, a Beretta and a minigun.

 

Infrared Glasses
Infrared Glasses
These cool shades allow Tremble (James Bond, 007) to see the identity of playing cards, even if they are face down, as seen in the image.

 

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Copy/Cracker Machine
Copy/Cracker Machine
To find out the whereabouts of Blofeld, 007 uses this machine, which fits neatly in a briefcase, to determine a safe’s combination and then copy the documents contained within.

 

Mini Camera
Mini Camera
Bond uses this mini camera to snap pictures of girls in Blofeld’s mountaintop lair. Definitely technology ahead of its time!

 

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Voice Algorithm Duplicator
Voice Algorithm Duplicator
Seen in Diamonds Are Forever, this ingenious device enables your voice to be converted in to another person’s! There is a large version which can be connected to a phone as well as a smaller one which can be attached to your voice box.

 

Pocket Trap
Pocket Trap
This pocket trap allows Bond to disarm a few Blofeld baddies after he surrendered. It makes for a squashed and bloody hand!

 

Grappling Hook Gun
Grappling Hook Gun
Bond uses this gun to traverse the outside of Willard Whyte’s casino and enter into the security room.

 

Live And Let Die (1973)
Shark Gun with Compressed Gas Pellets
Shark Gun with Compressed Gas Pellets
Fortunately for Bond, this single bullet of shark gun ammunition is magnetic. 007 pulls it to himself with his magnetic wristwatch while tied up in Live And Let Die. He activates the round and shoves it down Mr. Big’s throat – with big and deadly results!

 

The Rolex
The Rolex
Live And Let Die sees one of the best gadget-laden watches for 007 to use. It is equipped with an incredibly powerful electro-magnet which can ‘deflect the path of a bullet’. As well as the repel setting which deflects, it can also attract which almost helps 007 when some hungry alligators want him to come to dinner. The magnetic setting is useful to 007 on many occasions. As if that wasn’t enough, the watch also comes fitted with a rim which can rotate at high speed, turning it into a miniaturized saw.

 

Toiletry Bag
Toiletry Bag
This toiletry bag is for the complex man on a mission. Alongside simple shaving cream, it has several items every spy needs for a trip!

 

Toiletry Bag - Hairbrush Radio
Toiletry Bag – Hairbrush Radio
This brush doubles as a two-way radio. As Bond is about to use it, he realizes his room might be bugged, so he stops short of saying anything. Later on, he uses it to send a message to MI6 in morse code.

 

Toiletry Bag - Bug Detector
Toiletry Bag – Bug Detector
Bond uses this device to search for bugs (listening devices) in his hotel room. He finds one on a statue and one on a couch’s fabric button.

 

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Skipole Gun
Skipole Gun
At the start of The Spy Who Loved Me, 007 uses this to dispose of some persuers. It is simply a normal-looking Rossignol skipole which has a concealed trigger near the handle. When pressing the trigger, a single .30 calibre bullet is shot out of the pole, which is actually a gun barrel, into an enemy. It has a magazine of four bullets.

 

Handheld Microfilm Reader
Handheld Microfilm Reader
To view some microfilm he retrieved in The Spy Who Loved Me, 007 uses this little gadget supplied by the one and only Q. It is disguised as a cigerette case but after arranging it’s components correctly it enables portable viewing of microfilm.

 

Moonraker (1979)
Seiko Detonator Watch
Seiko Detonator Watch
In Moonraker this watch has a pull-out detonation wire as well as a small amount of explosive which can be placed at the end. All of this is concealed in the watch. It tells the time too!

 

Wrist Dart Gun
Wrist Dart Gun
Worn around wrist like a watch and triggered by nerve impulses, the dart gun came with 5 blue-tipped armor piercing darts and 5 red-tipped darts which were cyanide coated.

 

Mini Camera
Mini Camera
This pocket sized camera sports the 007 logo and is able to take pictures in dimly lit rooms. In Moonraker, Bond takes photos of the Moonraker Space Shuttle blueprints inside the Venini Glass factory.

 

Hydrofoil Gondola
Hydrofoil Gondola
Bond makes a great land escape on a gondola, thanks to Q designing it to transform into a hydrofoil, allowing it to travel on land and water.

 

Hang Glider Boat
Hang Glider Boat
This boat is equipped with rockets, jet propulsion, and a hand-glider that can be used in an escape. Bond uses this boat while he is escaping from Jaws, eventually using the hang glider after he drives his boat off of the Iguazu Falls.

 

Cigarette Case Safe Cracker
Cigarette Case Safe Cracker
Bond uses this gadget to crack the safe combination while staying at Drax’s compound.

 

Pen Needle
Pen Needle
Bond is lucky to have this pen handy, as he uses it to subdue and kill a large anaconda after falling into the water in pursuit of Drax.

 

For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Identigraph
Identigraph
For Your Eyes Only is where we see the identigraph in action. After Bond gave Q an accurate description of Locque, he matched up the face to several secret service files around the world.

 

Seiko Contact Watch
Seiko Contact Watch
This watch gives Bond the ability to receive texts and voice messages from MI6. At the end of the movie, he sees it as “for the birds,” however, and more pressing matters with Bond girl Melina Havelock take precedence.

 

Octopussy (1983)
Acrostar Mini-Jet
Acrostar Mini-Jet
Piloted by 007 in the pre-title sequence of Octopussy, Acrostar Mini-Jet is a small, fast and a very nimble plane. It is said that the movie contained more action in its first five minutes than can be found in most feature length films, and Acrostar is definitely the contributor.

 

Fountain Pen - Earpiece
Fountain Pen – Earpiece
In Octopussy the transmitter placed in the Faberge egg doubles as a microphone. It transmits sounds to an earpiece in this pen, giving Bond important surveillance information.

 

Fountain Pen - Acid
Fountain Pen – Acid
The pen also contains a small amount of a highly concentrated mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid, perfect for weakening metal bars. Bond puts uses it to weaken and remove the bars that cover his room’s window at Khan’s estate, ensuring his escape.

 

Seiko Homer Watch
Seiko Homer Watch
Reprising it’s role in Octopussy, the Seiko is used to keep track of a homing device placed in the Faberge egg. It is also used as a video monitor during the final fight at Octopussy’s compound via the cameras on Q’s hot air balloon.

 

Alligator Sub
Alligator Sub
Bond uses this sub disguised as an alligator to get close to and eventually infiltrate Octopussy’s compound.

 

Q's Hot Air Balloon
Q’s Hot Air Balloon
Q’s hot air balloon is retrofitted with several cameras to give MI6 and 007 (via his Seiko watch) a bird’s eye view during the final battle at Octopussy’s compound. Its insignia is of course the Union Jack.

 

Never Say Never Again (1983)
Noisy Flying Disc
Noisy Flying Disc
Bond throws this flying disc that makes an odd noise (in the image he is getting set to throw it) to distract the bad guys during a training exercise in the opening scene of this unofficial Bond movie.

 

Zipline Hook
Zipline Hook
Bond uses this handy zipline hook during the training exercise at the beginning of the movie.

 

Blow Dart Gun
Blow Dart Gun
Bond uses this blow dart gun during the training sequence to subdue a guard on the roof.

 

Fountain Pen Grenade Launcher
Fountain Pen Grenade Launcher
This Union Jack fountain pen can turn deadly once the user twists it properly. Q shows off its explosive ability during 007’s target practice, and Bond eventually uses it to kill SPECTRE agent (and Bond girl) Fatima Blush.

 

Watch Laser
Watch Laser
This device helps Bond escape from shackles where Largo left him to die in North Africa.

 

XT7B Personal Rocket
XT7B Personal Rocket
Bond and Leiter are launched airborne from an American submarine with these top secret devices. After reaching their apex, the rocket breaks apart to reveal a jet pack-like personal transport system that each of them uses to get as close as possible to Largo’s headquarters.

 

A View To A Kill (1985)
Microchip GPS Detector
Microchip GPS Detector
Bond uses this on the ski slopes to locate a microchip recovered by 003. 003 is unfortunately found dead, with the microchip in a keepsake heart locket, frozen under what appears to be an avalanche in the opening sequence to A View to a Kill.

 

Glacier Sub
Glacier Sub
Perfect for camouflage in an arctic setting, Bond’s glacier sub is seen by him because of its Union Jack design on its port cover. Bond uses it as a quick getaway vehicle and for a female exploit.

 

Reflection-Eliminating Glasses
Reflection-Eliminating Glasses
At Zorin’s estate, Bond uses this reflection-eliminating glasses to see into the room where Zorin is talking to Stacy Sutton.

 

Ring Camera
Ring Camera
At Zorin’s estate in A View To A Kill, this tiny camera is used to photograph the crowds in case anything suspicious can be retieved from it. The photos it takes are transmitted to MI6 who can then compare the images to files in the MI6 database.

 

Shaver Bug Detector
Shaver Bug Detector
Tibbett uses this shaver to detect a bug in Bond’s room. He plays a recording to keep the listeners on the other end occupied while Bond investigates other parts of Zorin’s huge estate.

 

Check Reader
Check Reader
This Louis Vuitton-stylized check reader allows the user to scan a check for the imprint of the previous check. It gives Bond a lead into the relationship between Stacy Sutton and Zorin Industries.

 

Credit Card Window Unlocker
Credit Card Window Unlocker
Bond uses this spiffy Sharper Image credit card gadget to unlock the front window to Stacy Sutton’s house.

 

The Living Daylights (1987)
Stun Gas Key Fob
Stun Gas Key Fob
Containing some clever audio-actuated modifications, the first bar of “Rule Britannia” would cause the key fob to eject stun gas. The ring would explode with Bond’s personalized signal – a wolf whistle. It also comes with skeleton keys attached which could open 90 percent of the locks in the world.

 

Skeleton Keys
Skeleton Keys
Attached to the stun gas key fob are these handy retractable skeleton keys. Q describes the keys as “useful” since “they open 90 percent of the world’s locks.”

 

Binocular Glasses
Binocular Glasses
These rather dorky-looking glasses allow Bond to get a better look at General Pushkin.

 

Licence To Kill (1989)
Manta Ray Diving Camouflage
Manta Ray Diving Camouflage
Bond uses this awesome manta ray disguise while scuba diving around Milton Krest’s boat the Wavekrest, successfully avoiding detection.

 

Holiday Bag
Holiday Bag
On leave, Q surprises Bond by dropping in his hotel room to give him some much needed gadgets for Bond’s rogue mission.

 

Holiday Bag - Explosive Alarm Clock
Holiday Bag – Explosive Alarm Clock
As Q says: “Guaranteed never to wake up anybody who uses it.”

 

Holiday Bag - Camera Signature Gun
Holiday Bag – Camera Signature Gun
A sniper’s rifle disguised as a camera, the gun also has an ingenious handgrip which can read the palm of the hand holding the gun. Once the signature has been set, it can be only used by it’s owner.

 

Holiday Bag - Polaroid Laser
Holiday Bag – Polaroid Laser
Pam attempts to take a snapshot of Q and Bond with this Polaroid camera, almost killing Bond in the process. Its flash emits a powerful laser.

 

Holiday Bag - Dentonite Toothpaste
Holiday Bag – Dentonite Toothpaste
“To be used sparingly” – plastic explosives in the form of toothpaste.

 

Holiday Bag - Cigarette Pack Detonator
Holiday Bag – Cigarette Pack Detonator
This digital cigarette pack can be stuck in the Dentonite toothpaste to act as a detonator, while the user detonates the plastic explosives using a remove from afar.

 

GoldenEye (1995)
Grappling/Laser Gun
Grappling/Laser Gun
This gun aided Bond after his bungee jump by pulling him towards the entrance of the facility and then cutting an entrance open with the laser.

 

Passcode Cracker
Passcode Cracker
Bond and 006 use this device to bypass the card entry into the chemical storage section of the Arkhangelsk facility.

 

Grappling Belt
Grappling Belt
This belt shot a grappling hook as far as 100 feet and could support Bond’s weight. He used it to escape from the Russian Hall of Records.

 

Laser Equipped Omega Watch
Laser Equipped Omega Watch
This Omega boasts a laser and an explosives activating button for the bombs that 007 purposely plants.

 

Explosive Pen
Explosive Pen
The smart-looking pen is actually a class four grenade, the four second fuse being armed by clicking the button three times in succession. A small gadget which has a devastating effect in GoldenEye.

 

Monocular Camera
Monocular Camera
Bond uses this monocular camera to snap shots of Xenia Onattop boarding a boat. Back at his Aston Martin, he prints off the images he took.

 

Sub Sandwich
Sub Sandwich
“Don’t touch that…that’s my lunch!”

 

Mines
Mines
Bond uses these mines frequently in GoldenEye: first in blowing up the facility in the pre-title sequence, and second in blowing up the antenna in Puerto Rico.

 

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Omega Seamaster 300M
Omega Seamaster 300M
Bond borrows this watch from Wai Lin’s arsenal, and it comes in handy in signalling a separate piece to break a glass jar containing a grenade with a pulled pin.

 

Ericsson Cell Phone
Ericsson Cell Phone
Not just for making calls and texting…this cell phone comes fully loaded with useful features Bond uses throughout Tomorrow Never Dies.

 

Ericsson Cell Phone - Car Remote Control
Ericsson Cell Phone – Car Remote Control
Bond’s cell phone can remotely control his recently issued BMW 750 via touchpad and small on-screen camera, along with its defense mechanisms. He not only uses its remote starter for a quick getaway out of the Tomorrow printing factory, he also brings new meaning to the term “backseat driver” in one of the most memorable James Bond car chase scenes.

 

Ericsson Cell Phone - Stun Gun
Ericsson Cell Phone – Stun Gun
Pushing a special button on the phone releases a two-pronged electric shocker that can be used to subdue an enemy or open a tricky door. Pressing “Recall + 3 + Send” (or really, it looks like down on the keypad) also shocks its current holder into submission, as Dr. Kaufman found out.

 

Ericsson Cell Phone - Fingerprint Scanner
Ericsson Cell Phone – Fingerprint Scanner
This handy fingerprint scanner can digitally detect a fingerprint and make it usable on the phone’ screen. Bond uses this to crack Gupta’s safe and obtain the GPS encoder.

 

Ericsson Cell Phone - Key Replicator
Ericsson Cell Phone – Key Replicator
The antenna portion of the phone is removable, and turns into a skeleton key that can open any lock. Bond uses it to open the emergency hatch to gain access Carver’s secret lab.

 

The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Gun Bomb
Gun Bomb
In the opening scene, Bond places this gun retrofitted with an explosive device on the desk of the Swiss banker, while retrieving Sir Robert King’s money.

 

Glasses Detonator
Glasses Detonator
Bond’s “hidden asset” is used to detonate the aforementioned gun bomb in the Swiss banker’s office, allowing him to get the upper hand in the situation.

 

Omega Seamaster Watch
Omega Seamaster Watch
Bond’s watch is the same that it has been for the past few movies: the Omega Seamaster. However, it has some new tricks in the form of a high-powered flashlight and a grappling gun.

 

The Q Boat
The Q Boat
More a vehicle than a gadget, Q was constructing this boat for his retirement. When Bond needs to persue the Cigar Girl down the Thames, he “borrows” it from Q’s lab. Equipped with torpedos, a dive function, jet propulsion, and the ability to travel through city streets, this boat is a must for any vacation.

 

Avalanche Jacket
Avalanche Jacket
This ski jacket is designed to protect from avalanches. If a specific string is pulled, it inflates a protective, padded sphere that surrounds the wearer to give them time to signal for help or dig out from the snow. It saves Bond and Elektra’s lives on the slopes.

 

X-Ray Glasses
X-Ray Glasses
Bond uses these glasses at Zukovksy’s party to identify who is carrying a weapon. To his surprise, most people are, and he also gets the added perk of getting a more intimate view of the women with these glasses.

 

Credit Card Lockpick
Credit Card Lockpick
This Visa credit card has a hidden lockpick that Bond uses to break into one of King’s offices.

 

Die Another Day (2002)
Surfboard
Surfboard
Bond uses this surfboard to infiltrate North Korea. Once on-site, 007 twists one of its tail fins to reveal a compartment which holds several useful items, including C4 explosives and a knife that doubles as a GPS transponder.

 

Virtual Reality Training Glasses
Virtual Reality Training Glasses
These slick shades allows 007 to execute a full on training exercise at Q Branch, shooting bad guys and attempting to rescue a virtual hostage M.

 

Rebreather
Rebreather
Not seen since Thunderball, the underwater rebreather makes its reappearance. Bond uses this device when he is infiltrating Gustav Graves’ headquarters and fake diamond mine in Die Another Day. To get in, 007 must swim under a sheet of ice and up through an opening inside.

 

OMEGA Seamaster Professional Chronometer
OMEGA Seamaster Professional Chronometer
During the pre-title sequence in Die Another Day, Bond uses a pin found in his watch and sticks in a bundle of explosives in a suitcase full of diamonds. It turned out that the pin was used as a sort of ‘detonator pin’ and the watch as the detonator itself. Later, Q gives him another watch which has a high-power laser built into it which Bond uses to cut through a sheet of ice in Gustav Grave’s headquarters in Iceland.

 

Glass-Shattering Ring
Glass-Shattering Ring
Q equips Bond with a ring that emits an ultra-high-frequency pulse that can shatter any piece of glass. Bond uses it to escape from Graves in his headquarters and to break the front window of his Aston Martin to save Jinx from drowning.

 

Casino Royale (2006)
USB Data Analyzer
USB Data Analyzer
Bond uses this analyzer to gather information from the SIM card of the ‘Ellipsis’ phone he stole from Mollaka.

 

Tracking Device
Tracking Device
“So you can keep an eye on me?” M has this device implanted in Bond’s forearm to ensure his whereabouts are known. This won’t be the first time that MI6 wants to keep physical tabs on Craig’s Bond at all times, as they implant him with “Smart Blood” technology in Spectre.

 

Skyfall (2012)
Radio Transmitter
Radio Transmitter
When activated, this transmitter broadcasts a distress signal and Bond’s location back to MI6. It is used to locate Bond on Silva’s island.

 

Spectre (2015)
Omega Seamaster 300M
Omega Seamaster 300M
Not only does this watch “tell the time,” it also has a rather loud alarm that saves Bond while he is being tortured by Blofeld.

 

“Smart Blood” Nanotechnology
This cutting-edge nanotechnology (“microchips in your bloodstream”) allows MI6 to track Bond’s whereabouts and vital signs at all times. Although it is a “post-Mexico insurance policy by direct order of M,” Q bends the rules a bit by extending the developmental period where drops in coverage can occur from 24 to 48 hours to cater to Bond’s penchant for traveling abroad against orders.