Which watch did you pick?
The glowing gold one on the left, of courtse.
>>739870553Watch niggers are pathetic, like bro. You own a fucking phone and you almost certianly look at that fucking thing like it's attatched to your hand.
>james bond>secret agent in life or death missions>gets to wear a measly entrance tier sports watchoh so far have we fallen
>modern shittersI uninstalled
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>>739870553
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>>739870553Nobody that worked on this game watched a single bond movie
>>739870553I think extravagant amounts of bling should be the new standard for wealthy businessmen
>>739870553F-91w
>>739870643>gets to wear a measly entrance tier sports watchSo what Rolex actually was in the '60s.
>>739871015actually they did, Bond has been wearing Omega watches since the 90shttps://teddybaldassarre.com/blogs/watches/james-bond-watches
why are watchfags and hood niggers the only men that wear jewelry?
>>739870553>no Casio >uninstall game>cant refund game>money stolen
>>739871284my man ain't NEVER getting married
>>739870673Besides the annoying waitlist experience Rolex is too flashy, it attracts the worst kind of people. The odds of getting robbed go up dramatically because it's the only watch 95% of the population can recognize and wearing a Rolex comes across as "look at me I'm wearing a Rolex" energy
>>739871367the replica scene is huge. i haven't kept up with it in a couple years but several factories in china were putting out unbelievable reproductions. like, you could swap the parts out for genuine rolex and it still functions, level of reproduction.
>>739871350I still have mine from bootcamp, I loved it because it tells time.
>>739871350>Not the one with the keypadPleb
>>739870553Uh. Am I just stupid, or are all the watches the same?>>739871225>>739871015I would assume it's part of the licensing agreement. >>739871075It needs to be FUN bling though.
>>739870624One benefit of having a watch is you have one reason less to look at the phone.
>>739871350I'm so hard on watches I've killed two of those and a fucking timex. Its just nothing I would ever willingly spend money on because it would just be throwing it away.
>>739870553So this is just a straight up ad in the new bond game? lmao. They said video games aren't art but now we've got product placement, checkmate Ebert
Best watch don't @ me
>Look up Omega brand watches >Run about $10,000-$20,000>Some can run up to $50,000-$60,000>Swiss made I don't care about watches, but I was curious about that brand since I've never heard of it. I mean...the game is giving James Bond a free like $20,000 watch.
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>>739871905Bond has loads of marketing deals. There's probably restrictions on the car as well. I don't know if the old n64 game licensed or required the watch, but the goldeneye movie did.
>>739871810every single bond has had product placement
>>739871905Bond movies are full of product placement.
>>739871810Blatant product placement is practically a defining element of the franchise. You can't have Bond without shilling some luxury item or some sort.And this is still nowhere near as bad as MGS4 stopping mid-game to just slobber over Sony's dick in a ridiculous 4th wall breaking moment.
>>739871905Bond wears a Seamaster Diver 300m which usually runs between 7-12k unless you get it in bronze or gold or something
>>739871556It's not replication, it's the actual Chinese Rolex factories making more supply than Rolex contracted them to make and then selling these extras themselves. They do it for all luxury items
>>739872142>making more supply than Rolex contracted them to makeMostly it's just salvaging shit that didn't pass quality control.
>>739871968>Bond has loads of marketing dealIt's part of the charm of the movies Tbh
>>739870624it's only pathetic if you're a poorfaga watch is the best way to flaunt wealth casually
>>739871810You have never, ever, ever watched a 007 film
>>739870624I agree anon, it's fucking stupid plus it's only truly worth it as a status symbol.
>>739870553I don't play wokeslop, so none.
>>739872958By that same logic, you don't need a phone to tell the time because you can look at the position of the sun. Ditto for using it to browse the net when your PC can do that, or make calls when a landline can do that.
>>739872880Whats stopping me from getting an identical fake and pretending to have spent the money without actually doing so? Most people can't tell the difference between a rolex and a folex.
>>739873931because then you'd have to either pretend to be wealthy all the way, or be "that guy" who has an expensive watch despite being poor, which is pathetic desu
>>739874120>or be "that guy" who has an expensive watch despite being poorSo most people who buy luxury goods?
>>739872142i don't think that's how it works with replica watches. i remember reading how they reverse engineer the parts and such. it's iterative and the factories that replicate the watches get better over time. they put out different generations as feedback comes in. manufacturers come and go as the chinese government busts their operations.it's actually pretty neat. there's a big community on reddit for it.
>>739874263There's counterfeit people who legit just straight up reverse engineer and counterfeit. And then there's the "counterfeiter" who are actually the factories where the legit shit comes from and they do sly shit on the side for themselves. Supposedly where the latter is the biggest problem is in the luxury clothing brand industry.
>>739874892i definitely agree with you about it being a thing. clothing for sure, because it's often done off contracts (and why not just do another run and sell it yourself?)i figure it's because of how locked down the high-end watch market is. as far as i'm aware, the best gray/black market watches are all reverse engineered. some places will just do externals and put an off-the-shelf action in the watch. others cut their own gears and and emulate the same internals as rolex. i just think it's cool work. it'd be neat to have the job of replicating the intricate internals of a 20,000$ watch. it's crazy that they can make something that is so convincingly similar and sell it for like 600$ or whatever.
>>739871350I have this exact watch from middle school days and it's still running and beeping 20 years later
For me, it's a Casio. You literally don't need morr
I wasted about $600 collecting automatic watches. I still check my phone for time because I'm too lazy to set the time everytime I wear them.>t. Citizen promaster diver/seiko 5/bunch of casio owner
>>739870624expensive automatic watches are status symbols, sure. But there are many reasons to still wear a watch, many jobs or places you don't use or can't use phones. Also a quick look on your wrist is faster than pulling out your phone.
>>739871815I like it but I also kinda have a boner for the open heart
>>739871015>>739871225Bond doesn’t get to choose the wristband of his watch. They don’t lay out 7 watches for him. He follows orders. He takes whatever Q branch gives him.
>>739871350note: these watches also come in metal so you don't look a cheap fag who bought a single watch in middle school and is still wearing it now (while still being a cheap fag cause its casio)also the metal holds up better than a rubber watchband
>>739875541>>739871905he has to return that shit too if he doesn't use it to blow someone up
>>739870553Why would you even wear a diver watch with a suit?
>>739875759incase you gotta go diving dumbass
>>739871810let me know if you see a Radio Shack
>>739874219This is clearly ignoring the fact upper class orders bespoke, they just aren't counting it because they only examine "luxury" brands made in china.
>>739875418And because automatics lose 10-15 seconds every day
>>739870553Are these identical watch models with just different straps? Looks retarded
>>739870553>watch this!Bravo dunkey
>>739875759to present the image of being active. same reason they wear stuff like Chronographs despite not being pilots. the Omega Speedmaster is one of the most popular and recognisable 'luxury' watches in the world
>>739876123men used to treat watches the same way women treat shoes. the cellphone kinda killed that culture
>>739877061only gay men did this
>>739870553the difference is only the strap?
>>739875705>also the metal holds up better than a rubber watchbandNo, it doesn't. A metal BAND may last longer than a plastic band, but that doesn't matter when the metal CLASP breaks just as quickly as a plastic band.
Nato straps are for gays
>>739877269no, gay men obsessed over shoes like women. heterosexual men collected watches (and cufflinks).
most left one
>>739877594*metrosexual men
>>739877859basedlook at this beauty, 100% getting it once i get a job
>>739870553They arr rook same
>>739870553Omega is kinda uggo imo, they only managed to fool retards into thinking they are luxury just because they paid big bucks to be on James Bond
>>739878227>metrosexualdidn't exist until the 2000s. I'm sorry your only exposure to masculinity is gay men using it as a marketing gimmick, but there once was a time when men could actually take care of their appearance.
>>739878403Omega have been a big name since NASA took them into space in the 60s.
>>739878494oh wow how cool a fucking space government nigger watch
>>739870553none because the game is literally more cinematic than nuhitman which is already too much.
>>739878471If you care about the colored stripes on your wrist band you’re either a tween girl or a gay man. James Bond does not engage with this crap.
>>739878628>t. unemployed NEET whose greatest accomplishment is impregnating a sock
>>739878997>glazing watches this hardBrown and absolutely obsessed with status because you'll never be White, which is the only status symbol that matters.
>>739871810>nowhttps://youtu.be/b1lLk7yxrek?si=KmPJrsAHwYbUUBSo&t=93
>>739878997...says a man who impregnates watches while thinking about nerds working at NASA
>>739875208>fake rolex>still costs almost a thousand dollarsWhy even bother when you can just get an original fashion watch
Watchfags are so dam cringe.
>>739870553Which one lets me have this?
>>739875759Same reason your suit has buttons and pockets that you're not supposed to actually use.
>>739875705>Look at me I spent more money just because I could
>>739879483Content centered around wristwatches is hilarious. You get all the sensationalist videos and articles titled along the lines of "Rolex is FINISHED" or "Tissot can't stop messing up" or "REAL MEN only buy this brand now". Remember, it's a device you tie to your wrist so it tells you the time. It's fucking ridiculous and impossible to take seriously.
>>739871350Yup, it's watchin time
>>739879689>it's a device you tie to your wrist so it tells you the timeRetard
>>739875705I get the "luxury" aspect from them. But when you get down to the reality of the Watchole...its just the faggiest thing ever.You buy them to impress other suckers that got gaslit into purchasing same or more expensive pieces of metal than you.Literally just like women buying bags. An industry made to larp and juice money out of retards in high positions but with higher expenses, not wages, but expenses.
>>739879852It's not? Please, anon. Enlighten all of us here how it's a status symbol to show off how masculine and wealthy your are.
>>739879852Can you then, tell the rest of the class what's the purpose of a watch?
>>739879910>ow it's a status symbolThat is EXACTLY what it is. A status symbol that can occasionally have some use as a time-telling device. enabled by the hubris of a society so banal it legitimizes it, along with everything else.
>>739872880flaunting wealth is pathetic
>>739879965It's a time-telling device. Everything else is just masturbatory. A status symbol implies it is recognized as such. People will look at your Rolex and think you're retarded because you're a plumber who spent several months worth of your income to buy a wrist watch to impress strangers.
>>739870553>paying $70 for ads
>>739880153>People will look at your Rolex and think you're retardedSee, you're thinking about this from the mind of a practical person. If that was the case, everyone would have Casio G-Shocks and beater Androids. Most of society, especially women, do not think this way.
>>739871350The sneed watch actually sucks. Casio's "water resist" means it won't resist even a splash.
>>739875705Holy shit what a pathetic loser you are lmfao
>>739871905Part of marketing deal and if we're talking about movie Bond (not the novel) it's basically become in-grained lore that Bond wears Omega
>>739879965>A status symbolI actually do agree with youIf you're spending three digits on a watch, you're literally doing this to yourself >>739879638
Always on time boys. Where my fellow watchers at?
>>739880153The watch making industry is genius in the sense that they’ve convinced middle and upper class midwits with disposable income all over the world that 30 bucks worth of materials and overpriced labour that could be done just as effectively and more quickly by a machine Is worth splurging out hundreds of thousands of dollars to show off to your equally vapid peers.
>>739880538FAT
>>739870673Planet Oceans aren't quartz, tard.
>>739880918My two cents on this is that CERTAIN brands aren't that retarded to buy. There was a time last year when I bunch of my shit that was supposed to be easy to close went into lawsuits. If you've ever had to sue and insurance company, let me tell you it takes fucking forever. Log story short, I sold my Omega Aqua Terra, Cartier Tank, and Tudor Black Bay for 5k more than I paid for them. If you can get something like a Rolex for MSRP, it's not nearly as retarded a purchase as you might think. The key is MSRP, and also not being forced to buy some shitbox Rolex that you don't like to have the privilege to purchase the one you actually want. That's why I like Omega. You can go into an Omega boutique and actually buy a fucking watch. Go to Rolex dealer and you're MAYBE getting on a wait-list to buy one in 3 fucking years.
>>739871968>>739872107I think anon's point is more that MI6 is just giving him a watch that starts off in the 4 digits for free.
>>739871556>the replica scene is huge. (...) china were putting out unbelievable reproductions. like, you could swap the parts out for genuine rolex and it still functions, level of reproduction.Yep!
>>739870553Middledoes your wristband choice persist after you get your watch replaced or when you get Q's super watch?I didn't think to check
I hate dive watches and their ugly giant useless bezels
>>739872040>>739871928>>739871810Can someone explain how these brand deals work? Why, for example, games with car licenses get pulled from stores few years later? Like Driver San Francisco and TDU2.Isn't there a chance that Bond game will be pulled out of stores few years later as well?
>>739883097it depends entirely on the deal the dev team works out. some only work out a few years, some pony up for a perpetual license.
>>739882783>superlaxative colonometerI didn't think that Horological Shitposting was a thing but damn now I want one.
