The Watch could get messages from M and in some cases print them with a ticker-tape being conveniently read through afterwards. Really forward of its time for your seventies, I’d say. French watchmaker Baltic introduced new generations of two of its longstanding traces, the HMS (pictured) and the Bicompax chronograph. https://www.watchesworld.com/from-sean-to-daniel-tracing-the-evolution-of-james-bonds-iconic-watch-collection/