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JBond

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  4. Omega SMP v's SMP 007

    in The Omega Area

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    I went with a co-ax SMP "red" with crap asian movement. AKA a bargain bond. The crown guards don't look too bad in the pictures, and I like the look of the new SMPs. The He valve is still off I think, but I don't mind that. I'll post pics when I get it.

    Who is the dealer? Rolex2U?

  5. Omega SMP v's SMP 007

    in The Omega Area

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    The question is: what do you prefer? Personly I think, get a swiss ETA is better because it's a great keep timer and the watch looking very great... In fact this is, very hard when you wear the watch to see it's a fake...

    Try here: ptswiss.com

    Pics are very good and the dealer too!

    Good luck,

    J.Bd

  15. Mr Bond it's time to buy a GEN!

    in The Omega Area

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    Having a favorite Bond actor is all part of the game, but everyone will have a different choice and reason. Connery usually comes out on top but the others do also have some credit, especially when you look at how the studios had to change the Bond character to relect and appeal to the population and film demands of the public at the time. The Roger Moore ones are a good example. If Bond had not become a comedian then the franchise would have collapsed. Such was the 1970s!!

    Craig has had some great write ups and I do think he is one of the best, but obviously I am biased as he was chosen for these current times and fits in well. It all really comes down to whether you are a purist and think the original books and Ian Fleming's original vision are important, or you might be more commercial and think that the explosions and bling of the genre are the key. Both are right, as without either the Bond series would never have been so successful.

    But I will stick to my guns with the classic bias rather than the bling. Don't get me wrong, both watches are great. But the PO to me is so much more Bond......

    I understand all your vision. I love Fleming's books, but make movies who respect exactly Fleming's visions, with actuality problems could be any sens... That why for me, the evolution of Bond is important. Craig is a good choice I never said that wasn't. He is actualy the most realistic James Bond ever made.

    The PO is more Bond because it's a real functional watch. But the SMP can be a Bond's watch too (SMP with rubber strap...). The PO without the rubber strap loose his personality and I prefer the SMP with stainless steel strap.

    I post a shoot of my wrist. 41MM is my size I think... 45MM can be big... I never try the PO:

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  16. Mr Bond it's time to buy a GEN!

    in The Omega Area

    Posted

    I have obviously trodden on a nerve, and I know some people find him attractive and will defend him ;) . Brosnan was a 'Bond' but not a Fleming Bond and there is a difference IMHO. He was pretty good, but the scripts really fell apart in the last two of his films. I am glad that the production company has refocused on the colder character of the original books, and yes I have read them. Remember the Bond films follow the fashion of the times they were released. So the PO is very noughties and the SMP is very nineties.

    So the question of this original thread was asking about a Bond based choice. From my experience with the Bond books, and Fleming's character I would have thought he would steer towards the classic rather than the flashy. In the books his car of choice was a classic Bentley rather than the Astons. Hence Sub or PO over SMP. Simple.

    But at the end of the day, non of us are Bond, so we should just pic what we are happy with, and what suits our own tastes.

    I'm agree with you but Brosnan is my favorite Bond with Connery. And Bond's fan prefer Brosnan than Craig. Brosnan was different because in 1995 the world was different. Remember Goldeneye one of the best Bond's movie ever made. When Brosnan was Bond, the production would like created a Bond very different, because the world IS different and in my opinion that the real reason. If you look at the tastes fans, Brosnan was the best Bond after Connery and I'm agree with that. Why? Because they are very different and they play a particular game than the others Bond's doesn't have! They play with personnality. Remember, and our world the materials things (car, watch, cellphone) are important for many peoples.

  20. Mr Bond it's time to buy a GEN!

    in The Omega Area

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    Don't buy the blue bond SMP or the Planet Ocean. Buy this : http://www.omega.ch/index.php?id=286&d...&no_cache=1

    The 212.30.41.20.01.002. I wish I had the money to buy one.

    I saw the new Black SMP, and finally I'm not a fan of this model. The blue is more easy tro dress with everythings. That my opinion. For the 42MM PO I prefer the 45MM, it's more original but I love the Blue SMP. That can be a good choice :)

    But that always hard to choose....!

  24. Mr Bond it's time to buy a GEN!

    in The Omega Area

    Posted

    To be honest, I still don't believe that Bond would have an Omega in the first place. It is only throug commercial product placing that he was given one, and only in the post Fleming scripts which are mainly Bond in name and direction. So for a true bond watch, buy the Rolex Sub or Seiko digital etc.

    But if it has to be the 'modern corporate funded non Fleming Bond watch', then I would go for the PO, it is a classic, understated and robust watch which like the Submariner is practical, old school and smartm matching in with Bond's character from the original books. I have always thought the original Omega Seamaster used in Goldeneye etc was too bling for Bond.

    Your opinion is so true. Omega and Bond it's very commercial and the Fleming's Bond wear Rolex.

    Seiko digital is actually very hard to found. Why I don't buy a Rolex? I have no money for a brand new Gen Rolex and in France, people who buy Rolex buy Ferrari and I'm not this type of guy. In my opinion, Omega it's more classy because it's more distinguished.

    I was not sure for the PO because wearing this watch is more hard than the SMP because the SMP is more classic. Anyway, I can be wrong.

    The SMP is like a Porshe Carrera, the PO is like Porshe Cayenne,if you know what a mean.

    Yeah, I understand your vision :p

    Thanks all guys for your comments :)

  25. Mr Bond it's time to buy a GEN!

    in The Omega Area

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    Wow thanks for all your comments guys. I will buy the new SMP because after reflexion and your opinions that watch is always one of my dream... Like By-Tor said, "the PO will be the 2nd" :). I think the SMP is better for my life style, I'm jurist and worn a classic watch it's more easy with suits. But I'm a Bond fan and get the PO (because I have a SMP rep) was good for my collection!

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