Rolex Nickname Conundrum

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by Atlantic

I've been thinking about Rolex nicknames lately. Some of them like Paul Newman and Polar I like. Pepsi and Coke have been around long enough that they really seem to fit the watches that they describe. But, for some reason, the comic book names Smurf, Hulk, Kermit and Batman just make my flesh crawl. Your thoughts?

I agree

Originally Posted by JUSTIFIED

Dislike all of the nicknames.... no clue who or why anyone started doing that. Don't particularly like "rollie" either.

Rollie. Yup. Why.... Just why...

Originally Posted by Ruud Van Driver

These absurd nicknames make me vomit a little inside my mouth every time I read one. The only acceptable names are Sub, D-Blue, YM, SD, DD, SkyD, DJ, etc.

This ^^^

Originally Posted by JES77

Bluesy has to be the worst.

Right up there with Rollie. It isn't even spelt correctly

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Atlantic

American slang for Cadillac.

Caddie equivalent to Rollie, which is pretty much universally despised here

[PascalSwiss]

You guys don't think it's just an easy-going thing ?

[Wildy]

I personally don’t mind the nicknames. I wouldn’t have a clue on my watches model numbers. I do prefer calling a watch by its name (green sub) etc. Maybe I am getting old.

[AK797]

I think the modern nicknames are an easy way for newer members to engage the forum but once you've been here a while I think the comic nicknames should be discarded as we have shortened reference terms; BLNR, LVc, WG Sub etc.

[PascalSwiss]

Originally Posted by AK797

I think the modern nicknames are an easy way for newer members to engage the forum but once you've been here a while I think the comic nicknames should be discarded as we have shortened reference terms; BLNR, LVc, WG Sub etc.

AK797, I do understand and will try to catch up. Aren't these nicknames known outside the forum ? I mean, until now I thought of it as a playful, fun way to refer to a Rolex WG Sub LB as for example...

[drosen1]

Originally Posted by rdigate

The nicknames may be ridiculous but they give non-WIS' a connection with the watch. This can't be said of the model number.


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Interesting perspective. Never thought about it like this, but i guess you are right.