From an article in WatchTime October 2020

 

People self-identifying as 'gents', is that a large customer base these days? Did Omega really phrase it like that, or did a really ornery writer just make it up?

 

What font type is the title of that article? Random I know

 

Are these rhetorical questions? Cause I have no clue what type of font, if gents are a large customer base, if Omega phrased it like that, or if a horny writer just made it up.

 

I read this thread at EXACTLY the right time in posts.

 

8 past 10?

 

Not a fan. I much prefer these.

 

Omega do nice dials, but it's time to update the bezels. I know it's been said before.

 

Flashback to 1990. Not fond of it.

 

If I didn’t know better, you could have told me that ad was in a Playboy magazine from 1978 and I would have believed you.

The font, the colors, the layout, the watch...just blech.

 

I believe these are big sellers in Asia.

 

There hasn’t been a nice Connie since the 1970s. Nothing to see here.

 

I really, really do not like these.

 

I wholeheartedly agree 100%.
From this..... stunning

To This....

 

I guess when you are competing with this all bets are off.

 

Bit off-topic I know, but I have a real abiding interest in certain language phenomena, and observing some of them is for me one of the delights of this forum. That includes unintentional errors of tone or style by otherwise fluent users of English as a second language. In this instance, I know how clanging and down-market the abbreviation "gents" sounds to a British English-speaker, but I was wondering, do e.g. Aussie, N American, SA., or other Anglos hear the same thing? What about others? Non-anglophone companies pay a lot - if they are wise - to ensure they don't suffer any damage from these subleties, so I was surprised that WatchTime missed it.

 

Approximately no one uses "gents" in the US except once in a long while to reference the bathroom or if they use the MC term "ladies and gentlemen...."

 

What kind of gigolo watch is this...?

 

As an American English first language speaker, when I first read the article I did notice the term "Gent". My first thought was,"Why not Gentlemen, sounds more dignified." So, yes, in a way it did bother me, but, not enough to point it out to anyone. I agree with Skunkprince ( two words that probably don't belong together), no one uses the term, gents, unless referring to the men's restroom in a bar or restaurant. I far more often hear the terms dudes and bros' in describing a group of men, but not gents.
Probably going to need to take it up with Omega, because, believe it or not, "Gents" is what Omega is calling the collection and WatchTime didn't miss anything.
Here's the link to Omega Website and the Gents collection
https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watches/constellation/constellation/gents-collection/product

 

One for the lady killers out there god help us