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Re: Come to the Boston, they are everywhere....

This sounds like elitist bunk to me. Rolex produces at least 4 times the amount of watches that Omega does. I've never spotted a Seamaster before. I see at least 2 Subs per week though.

: Seems like everyone and their brother is
: getting on the SMP bandwagon here, most if
: not all of them I have seen out and about
: are quartz, I generally see many more Bond
: style but have also seen a good deal of the
: black black model. I have seen them on
: anyone from high end execs, to the cashiers
: at Target, a young teenager working at the
: bannana republic outlet, a guy that works
: the hot dog stand...and the list goes on...I
: find it funny as many used to slam Rolex for
: having too much brand exposure, or at least
: too much for anyone to truly consider them
: an "enthusiasts" brand....I think
: if you had posted this on the TZ public
: forum you might have gotten responses that
: were a little more honest...but it does seem
: to me at least that Omega watches through
: their marketing and their pricing are
: getting to be much more mainstream, still
: not as common as say Tag Heuer or Movado,
: but I have seen at least 100 Seamasters in
: the past three months out and about in the
: downtown area of Boston, not to mention the
: numerous constellations that are out and
: about, generally in their TT form.

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