please stop calling it Batman

[agsstructures]

Originally Posted by lefty1999

after almost 2 years there are still some that keep trying ... its BLNR ok, the nickname didn't stick give it up already .. thank you

You realize your on a watch forum asking people to stop calling a watch the name of a Superhero??

[RFX45]

And I do think the name did stuck. I hear it being called the Batman as much as BLNR.

[Pix]

Love the Batman. Hate the Drake!

[The Submariner]

Personally I call it "Overrated"..in person it does nothing for me..and i wanted to love it.

[9999]

"Pan Am" makes much more sense--and has much more significance to the watch.

[joe100]

Originally Posted by 9999

"Pan Am" makes much more sense--and has much more significance to the watch.

But that would cause confusion with the GMT master 6542 made for PanAm. Blnr is the best way to refer to the watch

[Knappo 1307]

Originally Posted by Pix

Love the Batman. Hate the Drake!

Now that's funny......

[Planar]

My AD calls it "bruiser"

[T. Ferguson]

I confess "Batman" annoys me too but I also realize there's absolutely no reason it should considering "Hulk" doesn't bother me at all.

I suppose it's simply because I sort of heard Hulk more organically mentioned whereas I was here to see the nickname Batman come out of a lame "Name the new BLNR" thread here on TRF. So it just seems contrived to me.

[997.2]

it doesn't matter, you probably have never heard anyone call it that IRL. i just called your dog Jennifer from halfway across the world, are you gonna make a thread about that?

[vipergts]

if it's been 2 years and we are still calling it that i think the nickname did stick

[Piloto]

Don't make me post the picture... Awwww, nevermind.

[2th Dr]

Did anyone have a problem with the 16610LV being called "Kermit"???

[Mosco]

Call it 'Rihanna'. End of story.

[Thevenin]

Not fancy Rolex nicknames, but what's wrong with Batman really?

Handsome one

[GradyPhilpott]

Everyone at my AD calls the BLNR the "Bruiser."

I hate it, but I always smile when I hear it.

Insofar as Fleming had Bond use his as a "knuckle-duster," we should be glad that there's little consensus regarding just what Rolex Fleming was discussing.

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by 2th Dr

Did anyone have a problem with the 16610LV being called "Kermit"???

Yes, they did Mouthwash!


It's just silly forum nonsense. I don't like I the nicknames either, so I just ignore them. Some are worse.

[S329]

The more you tell people not to do/say something....you know the rest.
This thread alone will add another couple hundred people that start calling it batman. That my friend is called irony

[Time Exposure]

How does one pronounce BLNR?
Bleener? Blahner?

[h999r]

batman is easier then saying BLNR . I ll stick with calling it Batman.

[lefty1999]

I suppose it's simply because I sort of heard Hulk more organically mentioned whereas I was here to see the nickname Batman come out of a lame "Name the new BLNR" thread here on TRF. So it just seems contrived to me

my point exactly when Pontiac wanted to call the GTO "the humbler" it never stuck, people just called it Goat till today its called that..

Pepsi, Coke, Smurf, Hulk, Platona, Polar all worked this didn't

[lefty1999]

The more you tell people not to do/say something....you know the rest.
This thread alone will add another couple hundred people that start calling it batman. That my friend is called irony

this is my first time telling them and I am not gonna do it no more, just a thread in good fun :)

[melons]

Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman.

[HERITAGE82]

[A.Sharp]

who cares?

[T. Ferguson]

Originally Posted by lefty1999

my point exactly when Pontiac wanted to call the GTO "the humbler" it never stuck, people just called it Goat till today its called that..

Pepsi, Coke, Smurf, Hulk, Platona, Polar all worked this didn't

It's all relative though, really. For all I know it could be that "Hulk" also came out of a "Name that watch" thread but if it was I wasn't privy to that. I just heard the term tossed around occasionally in conversation so to me it came about more naturally.

[TopNotchChach]

i don't like the nickname either. when first heard, i was like what watch are they referring to?

[superdog]

This thread is great fun.

Just got caught up.

[Ravager135]

I don't lose any sleep over nicknames or get aggravated by their use but I do find it childish. In the same way, when some TRF members talk about their watches like they are the Crown Jewels I can't help but cringe. Watches are just things and by obsessing over them or giving them baby names my instinct is to cringe. There are such things as healthy obsessions (which we all have with Rolex) and unhealthy ones in which we nitpick over ridiculous aspects of the brand.

[affalterbach]

Thank you for posting this request. I totally agree.