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View Poll Results: What will the name of new Basel release shown on teaser at Rolex.com be? | |||
SKY-DWELLER | 67 | 54.92% | |
SKY-MASTER | 55 | 45.08% | |
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6 March 2012, 10:29 AM | #31 |
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6 March 2012, 10:56 AM | #32 |
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dweller as it has been registered
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6 March 2012, 11:03 AM | #33 |
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I posted earlier, but I don't think 'Dweller' has the right connotation, at least in English. When I hear about a 'dweller' I think of some one or thing hoveled up in close, dark confines. I think it's a perfect word for the depths of the DSSD. 'Master,' as evidenced in the name of the GMT, is much more appropriate when describing one who resides in the skies. I think of Moby Dick as a dweller of the seas, and the Bald Eagle as master of the skies.
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If I had to pick one it will be sky dweller.
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6 March 2012, 11:19 AM | #35 |
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6 March 2012, 11:30 AM | #36 |
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the link to rolex uses 'sky-master' so I'll put myself down for sky-master
http://www.rolex.com/en#/rolex-watches/sky-master/ |
6 March 2012, 11:35 AM | #37 |
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Sky Masterson?
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6 March 2012, 11:48 AM | #38 | |
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Doesn't actually mean anything: http://www.rolex.com/en#/rolex-watch...atchamacallit/ |
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6 March 2012, 12:04 PM | #39 |
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How about Skywalker? After all, Yoda did say "there is another Skywalker..." .
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6 March 2012, 12:11 PM | #40 |
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Who or what dwells in the sky?
We don't really think of orbital craft as being in the sky so much as being beyond the sky. If it must be a Sky-Something, Master would be much more realistic, but then who knows what new reality Rolex intends to create or suggest? Does anyone have any speculation as to what function the Sky-Something will have that will set it apart from the other watches in the line-up? Will it be a more colorful GMT or a kind of Explorer III or will it be something totally new for the field of horology like the programmable mechanical countdown timer of the YMII?
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