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gbesq
·This is a weird thing to say during a discussion about this scene 😵💫
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cvalue13
·I'm not sure what's weird about responding to a point that you were evidently trying to make - that the scene somehow makes Omega look desperate in wanting to be compared to Rolex. Perhaps I misunderstood what you wrote?
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The plot of the exchange is that Vespa guesses/mistakes the watch for a Rolex, and Craig corrects her, suggesting that Rolex and Omega may be confused/compared but that Bond prefers Omega over Rolex.
I understand that both you and Omega think this quip itself puts “a stick in the eye of Rolex,” as you put it.
But to me, as greasily employed in the film, I rather think that Omega jabbing this stick reflects more poorly on Omega than anything.
Smells of this:
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Cod Holliday
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The plot of the exchange is that Vespa guesses/mistakes the watch for a Rolex, and Craig corrects her, suggesting that Rolex and Omega may be confused/compared but that Bond prefers Omega over Rolex.
And here I thought her name was Vesper. Turns out hot af she's named an Italian scooter...
Oh well...
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nicolamilton
·You pay, you show your watch in the film. Easy.
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gbesq
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The plot of the exchange is that Vespa guesses/mistakes the watch for a Rolex, and Craig corrects her, suggesting that Rolex and Omega may be confused/compared but that Bond prefers Omega over Rolex.
I understand that both you and Omega think this quip itself puts “a stick in the eye of Rolex,” as you put it.
But to me, as greasily employed in the film, I rather think that Omega jabbing this stick reflects more poorly on Omega than anything.
Smells of this:
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TheGreekPhysique
·As a Greek and OMEGA being a Greek word (the last letter of the Greek alphabet "Ω") i can confirm it is "Oh-Mega". Practically it means the Mega O. The other O in the alphabet ("Ο") is called Omicron (Oh-Micron) which means the small O. Micron means small in Greek. So the Greek has a Mega O and a Small O. Ω and Ο.
Omicron was also given as a name to the latest covid variant. All variants are based on Greek letters (Like Delta "Δ") which is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. Hope we dont have an Omega variant.
Written exactly as my father would have said it. Great explanation
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cvalue13
·Written exactly as my father would have said it. Great explanation
Though, for the Swiss company, “Omega” is both a loanword (the speakers of one language borrowing a word from another language) and a proper noun; so it may not be that Greek pronunciation of the Greek letter is instructive to how the Swiss corporation pronounces its own name.
While not a perfect analogy, it reminds me of the Moët brand of French champagne; in French that word would be pronounced with a silent “t,” but the actual pronunciation of the brand is with a hard “t” (because it’s founder was Dutch with the last name Moët pronounced as the Dutch do).
In any event, I suspect that as a practical matter I pronounce “IKEA” correctly - whatever that means - even though it would be pronounced with a Swedish accent: 'ee-kay-uh'.
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TimeODanaos
·Pronouncing "Vincent Van Gogh"? Let's not even go there.
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cvalue13
·Pronouncing "Vincent Van Gogh"? Let's not even go there.
I went there - very interesting (and hard for an American to pronounce)
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neyromantis
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Yieah,no. The actor wears a Speedmaster powered by 861 or 1861.
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cvalue13
·Yieah,no. The actor wears a Speedmaster powered by 861 or 1861.
Damn, you’re right - good catch!
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Ha! Good catch indeed.
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gbesq
·The movie may have been in the production phase and filming before the 3861 was available.
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crd
·Do you mind pointing out what makes that obvious? I’m surely just not so familiar with these but nothing from the photo shared just above is obvious to me. Thanks
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crd
·The giveaways that I would expect would be stepped dial and DON, neither of which appear to be discernible to me. I must be missing something
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OmegaFan503
·The 1861 has a flat counter weight on the Chrono hand and the 3861has tear shape end.
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cvalue13
·The giveaways that I would expect would be stepped dial and DON, neither of which appear to be discernible to me. I must be missing something
If you zoom in, you *can* just see the DON
but also and in addition to the chrono minute hand counter-weight noted above, are the dial’s “seconds” indices: 4 in the photo, vs 3 in the new watch
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