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by JAFO » Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:19 am
https://www.esquire.com/uk/watches/a631 ... nYAlMOmbVw
Ive seen this on a few websites. Nice colour. I just read a bit and it's a hybrid, part quartz, part automatic. But the dial texture is constructed of Boss logos. Shades of the CW 12. Mike should sue them
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by Bahnstormer_vRS » Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:28 am
^^^^ Innovative Hybrid movement? Won't that be a Seiko Kinetic? I had one 20 years ago.
As for the dial? Looks like the perforations on a tea bag. I don't think CW has anything to be worried about.
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by gwells » Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:51 am
me either. feels very "meh" to me.
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by Redpat » Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:28 am
Took the words out of my mouth, I dont think they'll be loosing any sleep at CW hq on this one.
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by Amor Vincit Omnia » Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:49 am
The article’s opening gambit…
They say you can tell a lot about a man by his shoes. But for our money, what’s on his wrist is far more revealing.
One hesitates to judge on these things alone, but it would be tempting.
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by rkovars » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:27 pm
I would be really surprised if it wasn't a Seiko, Epson or Citizen movement of some kind. The glommed stuff from all over the place. The hands say Omega for sure. I can see a little Christopher Ward influence although not directly.
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by exHowfener » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:33 pm
Mike should sue them
Not sure that throwing stones is a wise hobby for people who live in glass houses ...
As for the rest, and the rather "advertorial" tone of the article: it's a £349 watch from a fashion brand. Does that help manage expectations?
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by Maraeburn » Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:28 pm
Can omega have their skeleton hands back?
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by JAFO » Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:51 pm
exHowfener wrote: ↑ Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:33 pm
Mike should sue them
Not sure that throwing stones is a wise hobby for people who live in glass houses ...
As for the rest, and the rather "advertorial" tone of the article: it's a £349 watch from a fashion brand. Does that help manage expectations?
I was referring to the dial being constructed of logos. CW did that first. I hope.
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by Bahnstormer_vRS » Sun Jan 12, 2025 5:33 pm
JAFO wrote: ↑ Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:51 pm
. . . . .
I was referring to the dial being constructed of logos. CW did that first. I hope.
I fail to see how the perforations on the dial of the Bossmatic, which look like the perforations on a tea bag to me, bear any resemblance to the 'BOSS' logo.
It's just some kind of anodyne pattern.
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by Amor Vincit Omnia » Sun Jan 12, 2025 5:52 pm
Looking closely, perhaps it is meant to be a tessellation of capital Bs??
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by Bahnstormer_vRS » Sun Jan 12, 2025 5:54 pm
^^^^
Looking closely, perhaps it is meant to be a Tetleyisation of capital Bs??
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by Amor Vincit Omnia » Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:03 pm
^^^ You’re not impressed, Guy. I can tell.
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by JAFO » Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:20 pm
I expect Rolex will have a tessellation of coronets soon.
Escher would have been in his element.
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by Amor Vincit Omnia » Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:57 pm
Well, not exactly a tessellation, but Omega has repeating patterns of 007 and little guns. I’m told they even appeal to grown-ups.
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