The Watch could obtain messages from M and in some cases print them on the ticker-tape to be conveniently study later. Fairly ahead of its time for the seventies, I’d say. Guaranteed, Fleming used to have on a Rolex Explorer, and it is probably going the watch he had in https://www.watchesworld.com/from-sean-to-daniel-tracing-the-evolution-of-james-bonds-iconic-watch-collection/