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Why was the "Who knows this logo on my Seamaster" thread closed?

rob#1
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Thanks for this, I’m off down the rabbit hole again 😵‍💫.

Now I’m trawling African airways logos from the 60s and 70s, Nigeria Air is close (but green, so nope), and Zambia is not dissimilar. Off out for the day now, so good luck everyone 😜

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ConElPueblo
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rob#1 rob#1
Off out for the day now, so good luck everyone 😜

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I am going to bed now. I am NOT getting dragged into this again!
 
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Twocats Twocats
when you google the family names Sodipo and Omenai they are both Nigerian names. This is a good direction but I am fairly sure there were no airlines with this Logo in Nigeria at that time. Nigeria as a country is full of Eagle symbols so it does not narrow it down much.

The third rock from the Sun has over 200 countries, right? @89-0 might have eliminated 99.5% of them. However in the 1960s I knew quite a few Nigerians who had emigrated to the UK, call it 99% 😉
 
airansun
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Wow. Just wow!

With this development, I’m guessing someone’s going to solve it in the next 24 hours.

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arturo7
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I guess my theory that the logo is a happy winged llama doesn't hold much water considering that there probably aren't so many llamas in Nigeria.
 
timoss
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I, too, spent way too many hours on this: can't wait for the big reveal....
 
Walrus
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Now that people are interested again I guess it’s a good time to sell my invicta in this thread
 
queriver
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There was a Mr Omenai in Nigeria who was "appointed Federal Permanent Secretary in 1962. While in that position, he served in the federal ministries of Internal Affairs (1962-1965); Aviation (1965-1966); and Transport (1966-1967). He also served as Chairman, Nigerian Airways, Nigerian National Shipping Line, Nigerian Ports Authority, and Civil Aviation Training Centre, Zaria."
If this is the gentleman who received the watch it suggests we are on the right track looking at the transportation sector. Agree with comments above though that most Nigerian government/agency logos look nothing like what we have.
https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/transition/henry-osime-omenai-1922-2015/
 
Foo2rama
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Nigeria tends towards Green logos.
 
rcs914
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I did a lot of searching for Nigerian company symbols back when the Omani watch surfaced but found nothing at the time. With both now though, I'd say that we are back on the hunt!
 
JwRosenthal
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I have nothing to contribute here other than an excited spectator with a big bag of Carmel corn.
 
STANDY
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Thought I saw it on something Indonesian the other week. Have to recall now.
 
vbrad26
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I'm at the office today, which will no doubt be slow, so I intend to devote my whole day to this.
 
Dor_42
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Spent half a day on this site trying by year, country, industry, letters (h&n) - nothing...
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Logopedia

Started a thread here-
https://logos.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000001789009

And a new reddit post here-
https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/kiq2q8/2nd_attempt_please_help_identify_this_logo/

Also gone over this entire list (only relevant years)-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Companies_of_Nigeria_by_year_of_establishment

NOTHING!
 
Dor_42
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My next step is to PM any Sodipo I can find on any social network.
I will report back in 2023.
 
queriver
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Past my sleep time but just had a thought. Check the national birds of countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_birds I did a quick scan and the African fish eagle (eagle beak) is the national bird of Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Nigeria's national bird looks nothing like our logo. Too late for me to go thru every country tonight though.
 
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I tried using the trademark lookup but I can't seem to get any good results...or really understand it hah.
Here is the link for anyone who wants to give it a shot...

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4802:rv0oxd.1.1

Still not sure if this is only for US trademarks though.

I'm currently running on this query-
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=brws_img&state=4808:q7e3qy.9.1&p_L=100&p_toc=brws_img

It's for companies with an animal as part of a letter, there are 8412 results and it's 100 images per page.
Anyone wants to split some pages with me?
 
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