Comments on: Jason Bourne wearing Tag Heuer Link?

By: knowitall

knowitall — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:37:18 +0000

there is a lot of misinformation here.
larry is right. the watch in all bourne films is a tag heuer link QUARTZ chrono (ct1111 or ct1110). matt damon actually liked the watch so much that he kept it after the first movie and wears it pretty much every day in PRIVATE LIFE! just google ‘matt damon candids’ and you will have a hard time to find a picture without the link on his wrist.
the reason that matt damon is not on the TH website as an ambassador is because he is not getting paid for wearing the watch and he did not get the watch from TH but just kept it after filming and brought it back to the set for the second and third bourne movie since the watch was no longer available and was replaced by the new link quartz version cj1110.
john is wrong with his rolex statement. while it is true that matt has a vintage explorer I he almost never wears it.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:38:09 +0000

Its deff. a Tag I have the same watch. I also have the rolex daytona and I must say I prefer the tag its better looking.

By: TCR

TCR — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:47:02 +0000

A great watch…
Larry is correct. Bourne’s watch is a 2001 Tag Heuer Link Quartz Chronograph with a black face but many watch sellers show the wrong model with just a numeral 12 to try and sell their stock. The real deal also has a beautiful green and red Tag logo, not the plain silver logo. The calendar window is also located horizontally at 4 o’clock instead of parallel to the hands as in later models.

Damon wears the watch in the 2009 season finale of Entourage so obviously it is one of his favorites and a reminder of his incredible (and unexpected) success with the Bourne character that took his acting career to legendary status, and I suspect his wearing it on Entourage is probably some kind of inside joke.

TCR

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:03:39 +0000

The watch most iconically associated with the Jason Bourne character is most definitely a Tag Heuer Link. The specific version is a black dial model CT1111 from the year 2001 collection. This specific version featured stylized arabic numerals at 3, 9, and 12 positions which were not featured on later versions. The first of the Bourne trilogy was released in 2002, so the 2001 version of the CT1111 was ripe for ‘product placement’ during the film’s production. Without question one of the best looking Tags – even without the Bourne connection!

By: John

John — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:45:41 +0000

Actually Bourne wore a Tag Heuer Link Chronograph Auto CT5111 which was the Link Chronograph for 2000. It was pictured in the safety deposit box and was worn through out the Bourne series. The current Tag Heuer Link Chronograph is a CJ1110 which is the newer vision and has a larger Bezel unlike the CT5111. Furthermore, Tag Heuer’s website under, News lists films which includes Bourne Ultimatum. “In addition to a unique expertise in measuring the tiniest fraction of time, TAG Heuer’s LINK Chronograph sophisticated and timelessly chic design was an obvious match with Jason Bourne’s character” (Tag Heuer, News, The Bourne Ultimatum). In addition, Matt wore the same Tag Heuer Link Chronograph Auto CT5111 in the Departed.

By the way, the reason Matt Damon is not listed as an ambassador for Tag Heuer is simply because he prefers Rolex. He actually wears a vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer 1016. In fact, Matt Damon went to a college reunion back in 2002 and bought each of his 36 classmates a $3,623.18 Rolex watch.

*On a side note, if you ever come across Matt in Las Vegas, he will be wearing a Rolex.

Finally, Daniel Craig is not listed on Omega’s website simply because during a CNN interview for Quantum, he mentioned that he perfers Rolex over Omega. In fact, Sir Sean Connery presented Daniel with a Rolex Submariner 6358. If anyone can recall, Sir Sean Connery always wore a Rolex Submariner 6358 in the early classic Bond films, Daniel Craig pays tribute to Connery by wearing the Rolex.

By: Deputy

Deputy — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:39:08 +0000

I’m a bit confused. From what I understand, in the first movie the watch is a discontinued Tag Link model. But on the TAG website it is described and pictured as a current Link model in blue (CJ1112.BA0576). And on this website it is the newer model with a black face as shown in the picture above. So what is it, a discontinued model, a black one, a blue one, or a different watch in each movie???

By: Rufio

Rufio — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:14:10 +0000

I’m pretty sure the watch in the safety depositbox -seen ever so briefly- is a Breitling chrono avanger.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:17:11 +0000

they should be displaying Bourne’s name on their site. like what omega do with their site. omega lists james bond as its ambassador and give a complete review of what type he wore.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:34:04 +0000

Steve is not too bright. Anyway, it was definitely a Tag and yes, it does look good! You should get your facts straight before spouting off, steve-o.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:37:33 +0000

The list of celebrities on the Tag website are people who endorse Tag Heuer outside of the movies they work on. They don’t list everybody who has ever worn one on-screen.