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The Q-Watch is Bond's signature gadget in 007 First Light. It is modeled on an Omega Seamaster chronograph and functions as a hacking and environmental-trigger device. The Q-Watch is one of the four launch-loadout gadgets unlocked after the mission The Heart of the Matter.
Function
Capability | Effect |
|---|---|
Camera hack | Disables nearby security cameras for 45 seconds without triggering an alarm |
Environmental trigger | Activates chandeliers, burst gas valves, broken electronics, fire extinguishers, and other prepared environmental kills |
Grenade defuse | Hacks an enemy grenade in mid-air to defuse it (trophy: Damp Squib) |
Alarm panel hack | Disables alarm panels and unlocks electronic doors |
Force-detonation | Detonates enemy explosives at a chosen moment |
Unlock
The Q-Watch unlocks after mission The Heart of the Matter alongside the Q-Lens, Laser Strap, and Dart Phone. From that mission onward, it is selectable in the three-slot Q Branch gadget loadout.
In-Fiction Brand
The Q-Watch is canonically an Omega Seamaster chronograph. The brand placement is presented as Q Branch's engineering choice: the Seamaster's existing chronograph movement is the chassis Q used to integrate the hacking circuitry.
Collectible Highlighting
Beyond hacking, the Q-Watch doubles as the game's collectible finder. Holding the highlight button (L1 on PlayStation, LB on Xbox) near a Collectibles item marks it in yellow, making nearby Playing Cards, MI6 Files, Mementos, Postcards, and Legacy Items easier to spot. Because the Q-Watch is unlocked during the early-campaign Q-Lab visit, this highlight ability is available for almost the entire collectible hunt.
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New Game+
New Game+ allows gadgets to be changed during a mission, but only after each gadget has become available at that point in the story. Finishing the campaign does not make the entire gadget catalog available in the opening missions. See New Game+ for the campaign completion gate and replay options.
Update 1.3.0 repaired a crash that could occur after picking up the Q-Watch during an MI6 Hub sequence. This is a dated pickup repair, separate from the Q-Lens controls fixes.