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Old 21 January 2018, 06:07 AM   #61
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Ironically this is the most immature post in the thread.
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Old 21 January 2018, 06:09 AM   #62
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It’s silver. Not black. How about calling it the “color blind?”
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Old 21 January 2018, 06:28 AM   #63
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Again, only time will tell if the names stick, but I hardly think anyone "ran out of real people" to name watches after.
True. Now just imagine if Pee Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) were to be seen wearing an unnamed or 'soon-to-be-named' Rolex model.
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Old 21 January 2018, 06:45 AM   #64
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True. Now just imagine if Pee Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) were to be seen wearing an unnamed or 'soon-to-be-named' Rolex model.
would it be the only thing he was wearing?
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Old 21 January 2018, 07:22 AM   #65
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It's a watch and it's black.
It deserves a name.
#blackwatchesmatter

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Old 21 January 2018, 07:34 AM   #66
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The name doesn’t match the characteristics....black panther reminds me of a stealthy, dangerous and hunterous predator

Skydweller....well.... private jet, well noticed and PCL’s LOL

This was not a well thought post....sorry dude have to call it as it is
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Old 21 January 2018, 07:41 AM   #67
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It's a watch and it's black.
It deserves a name.
#blackwatchesmatter

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Old 21 January 2018, 08:08 AM   #68
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Old 21 January 2018, 09:08 AM   #69
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Watch nicknames prove that watch people shouldn't attempt to nickname watches because like a broken watch is only right twice a day, besides the couple passable watch nicknames (Pussy Galore, Paul Newman) the rest seemed forced or downright lame.

The world is full of good nicknames for devices and mechanical things, from Mae West lifejackets to Big Bertha cannon and Peacemaker unmentionables. Aviation has many good and acceptable ones for aircraft; BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F....ellow, FLUF (Fat Little Ugly F....ellow). Thud (sound it makes hitting the ground), Flying Prostitute (little wings/no visible means of support), Lawn Dart (because they look like one and follow the same trajectory with inop engines), Barbie Jet (small airliner), Widowmaker (self-explanatory). The list goes on and on and on....

But left to their own devices, watch people come up with names like Kermit, Hulk, Batman, and lamest of all...Smurf. If "Smurf" is considered legit (and I mean, who above the age of 5 goes around thinking about Smurfs in the first place?), why don't we just dub the Sea Dweller with red letters the "Strawberry Shortcake" while we're at it beause, you know, it has red on it.

The evidence of lameness is clear with a hitting percentage of 0.001, so in the name of all that is holy in the world of Righteous Nicknames for things, please please please stop trying to nickname watches.
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Old 21 January 2018, 09:18 AM   #70
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Old 21 January 2018, 09:18 AM   #71
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Old 21 January 2018, 10:17 AM   #72
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As I mentioned above, what about all of the delicious and poisonous sodas people named watches after? Coke, Pepsi, Root Beer.
Coke, Pepsi, and Root Beer aren't watch nicknames, they're nicknames for the interchangeable bezel inserts which (between Bakelite and Ceramic) are a strip/ring made of thin aluminum. Nor do they refer to the soda, but to the cans soda comes in which, NOT coincidently, are also made from thin aluminum.

Once you understand that Coke/Pepsi/Root Beer nicknames refer to the inserts, not watches, and that the names, in addition to color, liken the similar thin aluminum construction/material for each (as if cheap soda cans is what Rolex inserts could have been made from), you'll see there's at least a little bit of cleverness beyond mere color similarities and why soda (cans) were chosen rather than, say, cartoon characters.

There's nothing imaginative or clever beyond color similarities in all the comic book/Muppet nicknames, which is why they're so lame.
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Old 21 January 2018, 11:12 AM   #73
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Coke, Pepsi, and Root Beer aren't watch nicknames, they're nicknames for the interchangeable bezel inserts which (between Bakelite and Ceramic) are a strip/ring made of thin aluminum. Nor do they refer to the soda, but to the cans soda comes in which, NOT coincidently, are also made from thin aluminum.

Once you understand that Coke/Pepsi/Root Beer nicknames refer to the inserts, not watches, and that the names, in addition to color, liken the similar thin aluminum construction/material for each (as if cheap soda cans is what Rolex inserts could have been made from), you'll see there's at least a little bit of cleverness beyond mere color similarities and why soda (cans) were chosen rather than, say, cartoon characters.

There's nothing imaginative or clever beyond color similarities in all the comic book/Muppet nicknames, which is why they're so lame.
In bold, I don’t disagree.

I also think what you’re saying about the soda names is interesting and it didn’t occur to me. Thanks for the input.

Only thing I’d say to slightly counter that, is whether you like it or not and regardless of the origination, those have become commonly known and used nicknames for said watches.
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Old 21 January 2018, 12:12 PM   #74
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The Rolex inventory of past and present timepieces seems ripe for even more nicknames based on the celebrities that wear them (i.e. the Clapton, the Tyler, the Mayer, the Sheeran, the Pitt et al). There is no end in sight.

From the standpoint of comic characters (along with its second tier status in the Rolex line-up), Tudor could come up with a Robin sports model (the Dick Grayson) and perhaps a dressier version paying homage to the butler Alfred.

On thing's for certain, if any more Rolexes are to be named in tribute to the 'Dark Knight', Rolex is going to have to do something about improving its lume.
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Old 21 January 2018, 05:22 PM   #75
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I am generally an easy going guy, but when a relatively well known watch Youtuber refers to his Submariner as a Subby/Subbie I want to soil my britches. The problem is some of this caught on and now people are talking about a Hammie instead of a Hamilton, Flighty instead of a flightmaster etc.
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Old 21 January 2018, 06:34 PM   #76
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There's nothing imaginative or clever beyond color similarities in all the comic book/Muppet nicknames, which is why they're so lame.
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Only thing I’d say to slightly counter that, is whether you like it or not and regardless of the origination, those have become commonly known and used nicknames for said watches.
The question is, who comes up with all of these silly/childish nicknames (certainly not Rolex SA) and how in the world do they manage to become ubiquitous model references?

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...and now people are talking about a Hammie instead of a Hamilton, Flighty instead of a flightmaster etc.
And to top it off, these monikers aren't even cute (or even worthy of further consideration).
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Old 22 January 2018, 07:10 AM   #77
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Sex Panther? 60% of the time it works everytime....
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