OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Anything with a given name as a part of it. I'll never own a watch with
Carl
Karl
Steve (SteveRal worst name ever, though maybe a tie with Huey/Lewy)
Frank
Hugo
Raymond
Girard
Roger
Chris, Christopher, CHR
Arnold
Etc
As part of the name.
Than there's Festina which looks like Fistina.
Carl
Karl
Steve (SteveRal worst name ever, though maybe a tie with Huey/Lewy)
Frank
Hugo
Raymond
Girard
Roger
Chris, Christopher, CHR
Arnold
Etc
As part of the name.
Than there's Festina which looks like Fistina.
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Yeah, one of the smartest things Hans Wilsdorf did when starting his watch company was using a completely made up name purely because it sounds really good coming off the tongue. No baggage associated with the name at all.
Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Movado - not a bad name, but means "always in motion" in some made up turn of the century language called Esperanto.
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
dnslater wrote:Yeah, one of the smartest things Hans Wilsdorf did when starting his watch company was using a completely made up name purely because it sounds really good coming off the tongue. No baggage associated with the name at all.
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Names only bother me if they're bad to an extreme. like bagelsport.
i'm more annoyed by bad logo design (or dial positioning). like borealis' generic times new roman. or christpher ward at 9pm with open space at 12. i don't even mind the "logo" font for CW, just can't stand it at 9.
i'm more annoyed by bad logo design (or dial positioning). like borealis' generic times new roman. or christpher ward at 9pm with open space at 12. i don't even mind the "logo" font for CW, just can't stand it at 9.
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
It's full names that bother me, Ward would have been fine. I'm so glad Helmut didn't add his first name to his watches
Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Yes and yes.gwells wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:38 amNames only bother me if they're bad to an extreme. like bagelsport.
i'm more annoyed by bad logo design (or dial positioning). like borealis' generic times new roman. or christpher ward at 9pm with open space at 12. i don't even mind the "logo" font for CW, just can't stand it at 9.
Some of the posts are funny though...like Mido. I actually think the name is pretty innocuous.
Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Hmmmm.....
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Kobold.
Damn. That was a soft lob if I ever saw one.
Oh yea. And crepas.
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Kobold.
Damn. That was a soft lob if I ever saw one.
Oh yea. And crepas.
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It always just says now
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-- Eric Cartman
“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman
I bought a cheap watch from a crazy man
Floating down canal
It doesn't use numbers or moving hands
It always just says now
Now you may be thinking that I was had
But this watch is never wrong
And If I have trouble the warranty said
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
That’s got to be the craziest one. I can’t believe they picked that name for it.
Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Good point, though you probably wouldn't have to. George just had "Daniels" on watches and Roger has "R.W", so only a surname and Initials (which I find less offensive, e.g. F.P., than having Roger or François on a dial). Never understood the whole designer full name thing, though I would have failed miserably with a career in marketing or sales, so I'm probably not a good source for naming techniques
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At least they don’t market it as a ladies’ watch.
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Not a brand name, but "railmaster". Don't care how great or aesthetically pleasing it is, but couldn't possibly own one.
"Hey, what's that watch you're wearing?"
"It's a 'Seamaster', master of the sea!"
"Coool!"
"Hey, what's that watch you're wearing?"
"It's a 'Railmaster', master of the railway"
" . . . "
"You know, trains and railways"
" . . . "
"Hey, what's that watch you're wearing?"
"It's a 'Seamaster', master of the sea!"
"Coool!"
"Hey, what's that watch you're wearing?"
"It's a 'Railmaster', master of the railway"
" . . . "
"You know, trains and railways"
" . . . "
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Re: OK, admit it... which watch brand names can you just not get past?
Trust me, there’s a weird group of people that would see this as a positive and those people are referred to by railroaders as Foamers.poppydog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:53 pmNot a brand name, but "railmaster". Don't care how great or aesthetically pleasing it is, but couldn't possibly own one.
"Hey, what's that watch you're wearing?"
"It's a 'Seamaster', master of the sea!"
"Coool!"
"Hey, what's that watch you're wearing?"
"It's a 'Railmaster', master of the railway"
" . . . "
"You know, trains and railways"
" . . . "
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