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Sheetmaself

5,678 posts

198 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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All this teasing and marketing crap has led me into a situation where I’d rather st in my hands and clap than try and get one of these things.

TheJimi

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24,993 posts

243 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Sheetmaself said:
All this teasing and marketing crap has led me into a situation where I’d rather st in my hands and clap than try and get one of these things.
It's nonsense, in my opinion.

Bamford, as far as I can gather, is simply a triumph of marketing.

Jamescrs

4,481 posts

65 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Sheetmaself said:
All this teasing and marketing crap has led me into a situation where I’d rather st in my hands and clap than try and get one of these things.
It certainly feels like they have seen the whole Swatch x Omega collaboration go crazy and are now trying to get a piece of the action with their "exclusive unveil" at a single store in London with a vague promise of being sold online at some point in the future.

thismonkeyhere

10,348 posts

231 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Bamford!? What? confused

LordGrover

33,545 posts

212 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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thismonkeyhere

10,348 posts

231 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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LordGrover said:
Google says football Johnny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bamford
confused
According to G-Shock website he's some watch-customising Johnny, from a family of watch-customisers and other-thing-customisers.

Wildcat45

8,073 posts

189 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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thismonkeyhere said:
LordGrover said:
Google says football Johnny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bamford
confused
According to G-Shock website he's some watch-customising Johnny, from a family of watch-customisers and other-thing-customisers.
Like Project Khan but watches?

I have to say, Bamford isn’t doing it for me.

thismonkeyhere

10,348 posts

231 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Wildcat45 said:
thismonkeyhere said:
LordGrover said:
Google says football Johnny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bamford
confused
According to G-Shock website he's some watch-customising Johnny, from a family of watch-customisers and other-thing-customisers.
Like Project Khan but watches?

I have to say, Bamford isn’t doing it for me.
Looks like complete bks to me. I daresay, however, that there's a market for it - probably mostly up that London hehe

Sheetmaself

5,678 posts

198 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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I thought Bamford was the company who would make your Rolex black using a felt tip pen so imagine my surprise when Casio told me their favourite colour is now blue!

kestonian

51 posts

221 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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Oops


Sheetmaself

5,678 posts

198 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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Trying to resist the urge for one of these mainly as my wife will kill me as I definitely have other things needing my money before another watch.


But then again it is lovely!

magpie215

4,397 posts

189 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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Sheetmaself said:
Trying to resist the urge for one of these mainly as my wife will kill me as I definitely have other things needing my money before another watch.


But then again it is lovely!
Something about permission and forgiveness springs to mind..... :-)

a_dreamer

2,031 posts

37 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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I keep waiting for a notification on one going into stock. I'm away currently and wear my ga2100 the whole time in and out the pool, the beach and in the evenings. Not the most expensive watches by any means but have become very sentimental to me given the times I wear it. Nowt better than holiday with the kids.

I swop from the red to all black on holiday and have two more at home. Superb watches.

Sheetmaself

5,678 posts

198 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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magpie215 said:
Sheetmaself said:
Trying to resist the urge for one of these mainly as my wife will kill me as I definitely have other things needing my money before another watch.


But then again it is lovely!
Something about permission and forgiveness springs to mind..... :-)
I ran out of that when i got 4 diggers to dig me out a big pond nearly a year ago and their only just starting to finish!

Only part paying but it’s been massively more costly than we imagined!

BaronVonVaderham

2,317 posts

147 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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kestonian said:
Oops

Perfect summer watch. Mine has replaced my Oris Aquis Titanium as a daily. Might have to get the black one too for times when a bright yellow watch is less appropriate hehe

Mezzanine

9,218 posts

219 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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Sheetmaself said:
I thought Bamford was the company who would make your Rolex black using a felt tip pen so imagine my surprise when Casio told me their favourite colour is now blue!
They are/were.

It is George Bamford’s (as in heir to the JCB dynasty) company ‘Bamford Watch Department’.

None of his stuff is to my tastes, it comes across as a vanity project of a rich kid with not much else to do.

Fabric

3,819 posts

192 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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Sheetmaself said:
All this teasing and marketing crap has led me into a situation where I’d rather st in my hands and clap than try and get one of these things.
I love the first Bamford collaboration they did, but I'm pretty underwhelmed by the reveal on this one. The whole "Carnaby street launch" can FRO as well imo, especially after the as mentioned, (probably still ongoing) Swatch/Omega marketing bks debacle - instant turnoff.

Silvanus

5,232 posts

23 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Meeten-5dulx said:
matrignano said:
VR99 said:
Added another Casiooak, at 65 quid it just had to be done!
Got the same, love it!
Mine has some orange lettering...

Mine arrived today after the wrong one being delivered only to find the one I wanted was out of stock. They let me keep the wrong one and I was sent this one as a second choice. Will probably sell the other one or give it as a present hehe


blue_haddock

3,205 posts

67 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Right now I love the new porcelain version of the casioak.


bigandclever

13,789 posts

238 months

Friday 22nd July 2022
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Quite like the look of this one, coming soon ..



GA-2100SRS-7AER