The aka "Hulk" and "Batman" where and who's idea?

[drakulie]

you mean the green lantern and mr. fantastic watches?? Never heard of them referred to as batman and hulk.

[x65975]

Originally Posted by Ravager135

Nicknames might be fun to some, I just think a lot of us find them childish. They are just watches, things. Not girlfriends. They don't need a nickname.

um, most people on this forum covet their watch likes its their first child

[Ruud Van Driver]

I'm not a fan of the nicknames. I find even Hulk and Smurf a bit silly, but if others want to use them, I'm ok with that.

The silly names attributed to the new RG YM have gone a way to putting me off buying one (Charlie Murphy and Duracell, FGS!). Quite why anyone would want to name an achingly beautiful watch after a comedian or a cheap battery is beyond me

[Eric Chan]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Pepsi and Coke do not describe the whole watch, though, just the bezel (or just the insert if you want to strip it right down).

And Batman? Is this nickname not referring to the blue and black colour of the bezel?

[Eric Chan]

[QUOTE=Chewbacca;5753602]

Originally Posted by Eric Chan

You do pose an interesting question. Personally, I am not a fan of nicknames (old and new) and thus choose not to use them. However, I am not against someone using nicknames to describe a watch and to call modern forum nicknames distasteful is a little much. Why are old nicknames (Pepsi, Coke, Root Beer, etc.) acceptable?

b/c they go with booze.

i wanted to name the Hulk the Peyote but it didn't catch on...

Doesn't really answer my question.

[Mr. K]

Originally Posted by jay1988

It's not the nicknames I oppose, it's the bad nicknames.

This poses the question who decides what is a good or bad nickname?

[lig]

Originally Posted by watchwatcher

not a fan of the nicknames, sorry.

+1000000000

[Eric Chan]

Originally Posted by mtl514

"You do pose an interesting question. Personally, I am not a fan of nicknames (old and new) and thus choose not to use them. However, I am not against someone using nicknames to describe a watch and to call modern forum nicknames distasteful is a little much. Why are old nicknames (Pepsi, Coke, Root Beer, etc.) acceptable?

A person should be able to reference their watch by nickname if they choose to and not worry that their use of the nickname is distasteful."

The old nicknames were cool, they weren't based on superheroes and they weren't created by people in a forum thread. Maybe rolex has something to do with it by making watches with different colours then they used to but I have a feeling if the "Pepsi" was introduced today the forum would want to call it the "Spider-Man".. Hmm

Don't be too certain nicknames were not created on forums. Maybe not TRF, but maybe another. It is arguable if the older nicknames are cool. C'mon, they are named after soft drinks for crying out loud.

In the end, call it whatever you want. And if others have a problem with the nickname, then it is their problem and they should keep their negative opinions to themselves.

[joe100]

The new nicknames are silly and childish. Superheroes? Come on.

Even some of the vintage ones make no sense. A good example is the Steve McQueen Explorer. He never wore one near as we can tell and the 1655 reference number does the same job.

Here is another point: if everyone used the correct reference numbers, it'd make searching the forum easier. Searching the reference would return better results, especially for those of us who use the search function regularly. I was looking for blnr photos the other day and had to do 5 or 6 searches for the reference and nicknames to get all the content.

[Chewbacca]

[QUOTE=Eric Chan;5754125]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

Doesn't really answer my question.

welcome to my world.

i still love ya eric!

[mtl514]

There was a natural sort of feeling to the process in the past, the gmt's had fun nicknames and a few others even if they had no relevance like with the "Steve McQueen". Not every watch had one, there was no need. Why people feel the need to make one up for every new watch they release is beyond me, it's not natural anymore, the process of natural selection or whatever you want to call it, is gone, replaced with a vote on a forum thread, the few people who seem to care and vote also seem to really like superheroes I guess

[Loevhagen]

Since I am no longer 9 years old, super hero comics is not my thing. My wife and family are my superhero. Maybe I should name my watches after them.

[arinsd]

I nicknamed my new SubC... SUBrina.