What are the worst watch / brand names ever?

[cavallino33]

Seagull

They are decent watches though.

[Silent Speaker]

Seagull

They are decent watches though.

Yeah, I thought that at first. Was wondering how one would market a watch with the name of a kind of vermin :P (I don't know about what the bird's like where you're from, but I migrate to Melbourne, Australia seasonally -- the damn thing are vermin, especially in the CBD and the university grounds :P)

Well, at least it's better than naming the brand "pigeon", or, more truthfully "sky-rat" :P

I do concur, despite the name, nice watches though :D

Herc would be my pick. It's almost a guttural utterance, like the sound someone makes when punched in the gut -- "Herc!" :P

Though I suppose it could sound cool, like a name of one of Robert E. Howard's characters: "Behold the mighty barbarian-chief Herc! Slayer of the Gonad-beast!" :P

[cavallino33]

(I don't know about what the bird's like where you're from, but I migrate to Melbourne, Australia seasonally -- the damn thing are vermin, especially in the CBD and the university grounds :P)

Yeah they are the kind of birds you see here picking at garbage in open parking lots.

[AlbertaTime]

Parnis. I just have to do a double take every time I see that on this forum.

Y'know...I almost didn't buy mine just because of the name. But I was so darned pleased the company wasn't coming up with a fancy histoire des horloges (or, more specifically Geschichte der Uhren) that I decided to reward them for it by buying one. I actually do like to support the Chinese watchmakers with my business.

And I like the watch all things considered.

But is it properly Parliss or Parlee??

[TNT13]

IK Colouring, Kaka and Beside (Casio)

Horrible names.

I second Seagull.

[lysanderxiii]

Junkers - Hey, what kind of watch is that? It's a Junkers. Your watch is Junk? Why do you wear it then?

Accutron and/or Armitron - Sounds like some type of 70's computer/calculator

Bathys - Cool watches but the name bugs me for some reason

You are pronouncing it wrong - it's "Joon'-kers"

[Eric L.]

You are pronouncing it wrong - it's "Joon'-kers"

The "J" sounds like a "Y"

[obsidian]

You just dread wearing some watches because of the comments you'll eventually have to deal with:

Junkers: "No, no, no. It's pronounced with a "Y" not a "J".... stop laughing.... Oh, shut up!"

Titoni: "No, the "T-I-T" is pronounced like in "Titan" not like..... stop laughing.... Oh, shut up!"

Limes: "Limes, eh? You sure that's not a lemon? Har-har-har.

Vixa: Unfortunately sounds very similar to a derogatory word in German which has the same meaning that "wanker" originally had.

Formex: Sounds like a condom brand: "Formex-- made for men, but women like them too!"

[Beyond 'The Box']

Bathys... Party because I detest the look of their watches (all of 'em), and partly because I always think of some waterheaded little knuckle dragger screaming at the top of his lungs at his mother, "Mommy NO!!! Me no like take a bathys!!!"

DWATCH... I don't think I have to tell you why on that one, simple creative bankruptcy I'd say. No offense Alon, you know I love your design and I've already pre-ordered one, so obviously it doesn't bother me enough.

Invicta... At first I thought the name was really cool, but then I watched some Judge Judy episode and heard this ignorant hooligan ranting about an illegal search the lead to his "inviction", and I just can't look at it the same.

Omega... Again, at first I enjoyed the almost omnipotence that the name exuded, but then I learned the definition of the term, and well... that should be self explanatory. Not a good thing to define one's watches, poor choice there OMEGA!!!

Glycine... Because every time I see the name written or hear it spoken I think of that increasingly lame and redundant Bush song, Glycerine.

Croton... Again, should be self-explanatory, and I think someone else already mentioned this, but it's a salad topping, period. Also sounds like some vulgar spew that would come of the mouth of an American learning the correct pronunciations of various Russian or Slavic dialects.

I could go on, and basically call out any and every watch company, but I haven't either the time or patience. Besides, you get the point.

[fachiro1]

Parmigiani


It is pastrami? Is it parmesan cheese? Is it Paganini the composer? NO!!! It's Panini, the sandwich watch!!!!!