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  • JET007JET007 Austin, TXPosts: 184MI6 Agent
    I saw a video on YouTube reviewing the AT where the reviewer commented on Omega’s craftsmanship and how the crown logo aligned perfectly.

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    Has anyone else found this to be typically true? My SMPc obviously does not.



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  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    The crown on my NTTD doesn’t when fully screwed in. I did think they were meant to line up (crowns on my AT and PO do) but hey, doesn’t really bother me too much.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    edited October 2020
    JET007 wrote:
    I saw a video on YouTube reviewing the AT where the reviewer commented on Omega’s craftsmanship and how the crown logo aligned perfectly.

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    Has anyone else found this to be typically true? My SMPc obviously does not.



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    It’s just luck if the crown lines up. There are too many variables involved for them to do that by design, and over time it would change anyway. When I worked for Rolex we used to get idiots coming back and ranting about the coronet not being aligned on the crown. No matter how much you explained how that could never be done, they wouldn’t have it I’ve heard of high end car dealers having the same with costumers expecting all four hub cap badges be the same alignment on every wheel all the time :))
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  • imranbecksimranbecks SingaporePosts: 139MI6 Agent
    edited October 2020
    JET007 wrote:
    I saw a video on YouTube reviewing the AT where the reviewer commented on Omega’s craftsmanship and how the crown logo aligned perfectly.



    Has anyone else found this to be typically true? My SMPc obviously does not.



    No. It all depends on luck. The logo on the crown won't be straight on most of the watches. Rolex as well as other brands too won't have the logo straight for their crown. Omega's craftsmanship may be good, but the logo being straight on the crown has nothing to do with it. It's pure luck and coincidence that his comes with the logo straight when screwed in.

    On all 3 of my Omega's, the logo on the crown is inverted. Honestly speaking, you hardly notice the logo on the crown once it's worn anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    JET007 wrote:
    Omega’s craftsmanship and how the crown logo aligned perfectly.

    If you are looking for craftmanship, buy Grand Seiko ;)
    That aside, if you understand the specifics of a locked crown, you‘ll understand that it‘s almost impossible to lign up the logo perfectly - and more importantly - permanently.
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  • imranbecksimranbecks SingaporePosts: 139MI6 Agent
    I've often wondered if Blofeld's cat survived the explosion in Spectre :))

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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    The cat may have, but I doubt the watch did... :))
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • imranbecksimranbecks SingaporePosts: 139MI6 Agent
    The cat may have, but I doubt the watch did... :))

    The watch obviously didn't. It exploded right in front of Blofeld and gave him that scar :))
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    imranbecks wrote:
    The cat may have, but I doubt the watch did... :))

    The watch obviously didn't. It exploded right in front of Blofeld and gave him that scar :))

    Well Omega does like to advertise how strong their watches are...so hey, it could’ve made it ;)
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    ermmm, wasn‘t the concept of an exploding watch - that it basically explodes? :v
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  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,948MI6 Agent
    Asp9mm wrote:
    JET007 wrote:
    I saw a video on YouTube reviewing the AT where the reviewer commented on Omega’s craftsmanship and how the crown logo aligned perfectly.

    421590-ED-E43-B-4-F65-B0-B0-1-AF53753-CF4-A.jpg

    Has anyone else found this to be typically true? My SMPc obviously does not.



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    It’s just luck if the crown lines up. There are too many variables involved for them to do that by design, and over time it would change anyway. When I worked for Rolex we used to get idiots coming back and ranting about the coronet not being aligned on the crown. No matter how much you explained how that could never be done, they wouldn’t have it I’ve heard of high end car dealers having the same with costumers expecting all four hub cap badges be the same alignment on every wheel all the time :))

    Although Rolls found a way to satisfy those guys! :)
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    ermmm, wasn‘t the concept of an exploding watch - that it basically explodes? :v

    I think you’re all misremembering that scene. After the explosion, Bond gets free of his torture chair and runs over and picks up the watch from the ground. Madeline then says “Oh my god, how did that survive?” and then Bond looks towards camera and says “Because it’s an Omega”. It was quite a memorable moment ;)
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I remember it, but see that as a gigantic plothole ;)
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    ermmm, wasn‘t the concept of an exploding watch - that it basically explodes? :v

    I think you’re all misremembering that scene. After the explosion, Bond gets free of his torture chair and runs over and picks up the watch from the ground. Madeline then says “Oh my god, how did that survive?” and then Bond looks towards camera and says “Because it’s an Omega”. It was quite a memorable moment ;)

    Oh yeah. It’s the extended Omega Edition with 40 minutes of extra watch time.
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Doesn't Dolly from MR come in wearing braces on her teeth at that point? :D
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  • JellyfishJellyfish EnglandPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
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    Higgins, please can you explain what's going on with the coloured bezel here? I understand that it's a GMT bezel, and the red hand is showing the hour, but why is the bezel rotated a bit, the blue part is bigger and the silver triangle is still at 12? I'm curious as to how it differs from a GMT bezel you would find on an analogue watch. Thanks. -{ -{
  • imranbecksimranbecks SingaporePosts: 139MI6 Agent
    Kinda pissed the movie is delayed yet again. Good grief....

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Jellyfish wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
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    Higgins, please can you explain what's going on with the coloured bezel here? I understand that it's a GMT bezel, and the red hand is showing the hour, but why is the bezel rotated a bit, the blue part is bigger and the silver triangle is still at 12? I'm curious as to how it differs from a GMT bezel you would find on an analogue watch. Thanks. -{ -{

    Very well observed and I was curious who would ask this question.

    On a conventional GMT bezel, the night starts at 18:00 and ends at 6:00 in the morning.
    The blue segment stands for night, the red segment for daytime.
    My Apple watch is set to local time (Hamburg) and presently the sun sets at around 18:50 and rises at 7:30 and that is reflected in the blue/red elements on the watch.
    Keep in mind that the picture has been done on 30th September, so the times where slightly different then.

    In an extreme case - somewhere in Finland or Sweden, where there is no night during midsommar, the blue segment should entirely disappear.

    Also notice that there are no numbers on the bezel, there is only one number closest to the 24 hr hand
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  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,113MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Jellyfish wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
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    Higgins, please can you explain what's going on with the coloured bezel here? I understand that it's a GMT bezel, and the red hand is showing the hour, but why is the bezel rotated a bit, the blue part is bigger and the silver triangle is still at 12? I'm curious as to how it differs from a GMT bezel you would find on an analogue watch. Thanks. -{ -{

    Very well observed and I was curious who would ask this question.

    On a conventional GMT bezel, the night starts at 18:00 and ends at 6:00 in the morning.
    The blue segment stands for night, the red segment for daytime.
    My Apple watch is set to local time (Hamburg) and presently the sun sets at around 18:50 and rises at 7:30 and that is reflected in the blue/red elements on the watch.
    Keep in mind that the picture has been done on 30th September, so the times where slightly different then.

    In an extreme case - somewhere in Finland or Sweden, where there is no night during midsommar, the blue segment should entirely disappear.

    Also notice that there are no numbers on the bezel, there is only one number closest to the 24 hr hand

    Higgins, that GMT app is fantastic. What app is it?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    You can select various factory dial styles for the Apple watch and that GMT is one of them.
    You can change the colors of the bezel segments, too.
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  • Bond44Bond44 Vauxhall CrossPosts: 1,581MI6 Agent
    Black Ti PO8500 has been hogging my wrist this week :))

    Cheers :007)



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  • JellyfishJellyfish EnglandPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Jellyfish wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
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    Higgins, please can you explain what's going on with the coloured bezel here? I understand that it's a GMT bezel, and the red hand is showing the hour, but why is the bezel rotated a bit, the blue part is bigger and the silver triangle is still at 12? I'm curious as to how it differs from a GMT bezel you would find on an analogue watch. Thanks. -{ -{

    Very well observed and I was curious who would ask this question.

    On a conventional GMT bezel, the night starts at 18:00 and ends at 6:00 in the morning.
    The blue segment stands for night, the red segment for daytime.
    My Apple watch is set to local time (Hamburg) and presently the sun sets at around 18:50 and rises at 7:30 and that is reflected in the blue/red elements on the watch.
    Keep in mind that the picture has been done on 30th September, so the times where slightly different then.

    In an extreme case - somewhere in Finland or Sweden, where there is no night during midsommar, the blue segment should entirely disappear.

    Also notice that there are no numbers on the bezel, there is only one number closest to the 24 hr hand

    That is really clever! I'm more of an analogue watch person but I find some of the features on Apple watches to be fantastic.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I am wearing the Apple watch on my right wrist - mainly for the health functions.

    I keep on wearing my mechanical watches on the left wrist
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  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,113MI6 Agent
    I wonder if there is an app for Android smart watches that do the same thing.
  • imranbecksimranbecks SingaporePosts: 139MI6 Agent
    Happy James Bond Day!

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  • EggsyEggsy Posts: 22MI6 Agent
    Curious, as a yank, I have always pronounced it o may ga, and most I know had as well.
    After CR 06 Craig said o mee ga, than a lot of people especially bond fans started to use that pronunciation.

    Is one or the other “correct,” or is it just a preference or how Craig or Europeans pronounce?

    Like tomato in US and toe ma toe in the UK?
  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,353MI6 Agent
    I'm not gonna start saying ALooMINNYum just because the Brits do :p
  • imranbecksimranbecks SingaporePosts: 139MI6 Agent
    Eggsy wrote:
    Curious, as a yank, I have always pronounced it o may ga, and most I know had as well.
    After CR 06 Craig said o mee ga, than a lot of people especially bond fans started to use that pronunciation.

    Is one or the other “correct,” or is it just a preference or how Craig or Europeans pronounce?

    Like tomato in US and toe ma toe in the UK?

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  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    I'm not gonna start saying ALooMINNYum just because the Brits do :p

    It's AlUminium!
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