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What if it's not the 4832.51.31 DeVille? *PIC*

In Response To: James Bond website speculates: DeVille for 007 *PIC* ()

Woke up this morning not so much wondering what it would mean if the new James Bond 007 watch was not the 4832.51.31 after all. It seems to me that there are a limited number of possibilities.

If it isn't-- then Omega SA is making a claim in its advertising that is not true. How many people have already gone to the Omega site, merely interested in a Bond watch, seen this "official" word that a particular DeVille is among them, and, relying upon that, bought the 4832.51.31 watch?

If it isn't-- and Omega posted the watch to its website, what does that say about their commitment to accuracy and detail? Let's face it, the 4832.51.31 is an obviously, blatantly different watch than the 2531.80.00 Seamaster.

I have correspondence from Omega that is almost a month old now, asking, if the DeVille is not a Bond watch, "could you please let me know why the 4832.51.31 is being promoted as a James Bond watch?" So, they have known since at least my January 5, 2006, how this was being viewed, even if it was placed there by them "in error."

Before writing this, I looked back over recent Chronocentric Posts. Some of you write about Frankenwatches; others about blatantly false representations on internet sites. Bezels that are off by a fraction of a click versus corresponding dial markers. The difference between movement numbers ending in one alphabet character versus another. My own reports on tracking the accuracy of my 2254.50 against the atomic clock for 85 days now, to see if its really w/in COSC specifications.

How products are advertised is just as important. We don't accept it when odometers on cars are rolled back so they can be sold as new. When you see a "Got Milk?" ad, there are watchers out there who make sure that whomever the celebrity is in the shot, they actually have a mustache made out of real milk.

The Omega 4832.51.31 DeVille has been clearly, knowingly advertised a Bond watch for almost a month now. If it's not -- a lot of people have some explaining to do.