longshot Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 http://www.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost.../ti-339392/s-0/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new & improved osteopath Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Sorry, but I have to say, I like it. -O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falco Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Spooky watch, I don't know what to say about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hmmm... Yeah, spooky indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest overboosted Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 love it! most likely out of my price range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crystalcranium Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Mmmmmm...not my cup of tea. As for the press release that mentions the launching of Titanic II in 2012 out of Belfast, this is all internet rumor and hearsay. Plans to rebuild everything from an exact replica, (including coal burning steam engines, a plan that went up in smoke when the proposers realized there were no coal loading facillities at major ports any more) to larger but still true to the original design intent replicas of Titanic, have been floating around the internet for years. The cost would be around half a billion dollars and, the replica vessel would be one of the smallest liners built for decades requiring a premium price from passengers to offset building costs. Lots of enthusiastic website start ups, but when the time comes to put design to paper and to get investors to commit, most of these hare brained resurrection schemes quickly fade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Wow! I absolutely love that watch! As someone who had a (albeit distant) relation on the Titanic, I think it is a fascinating watch, but indeed, please do not rep this watch, that would be distastefull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Wow! I absolutely love that watch! As someone who had a (albeit distant) relation on the Titanic, I think it is a fascinating watch, but indeed, please do not rep this watch, that would be distastefull. You'd find a replica in bad taste but a watch that used scavanged steel from the ship's resting site on the ocean floor a facinating build??? Personally, I'm with the purists on this one. The raping of the gravesite is reprehensible. They should let the ship and it's occupants RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 You'd find a replica in bad taste but a watch that used scavanged steel from the ship's resting site on the ocean floor a facinating build??? Personally, I'm with the purists on this one. The raping of the gravesite is reprehensible. They should let the ship and it's occupants RIP. One is genuine materials, the other would not be. I can see the point that it is a graveyard, but as someone with a personal connection to the Titanic, I am not (perhaps I should be) mightily offended by it. If anything, I think these watches should not be sold at all, and given solely to direct descendents of those who died (which would count me out, as they were a distant relation, several times removed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 One is genuine materials, the other would not be. I can see the point that it is a graveyard, but as someone with a personal connection to the Titanic, I am not (perhaps I should be) mightily offended by it. If anything, I think these watches should not be sold at all, and given solely to direct descendents of those who died (which would count me out, as they were a distant relation, several times removed) Your logic is dizzying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Your logic is dizzying Did you have a relative on the Titanic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Did you have a relative on the Titanic? Ah...... no, I come from a long line of pizza dough tossers and gun weilding Sicillian debt collectors. My Grandfather did get seasick on his nephew's boat once off Atlantic City and threw up over the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ah...... no, I come from a long line of pizza dough tossers and gun weilding Sicillian debt collectors. My Grandfather did get seasick on his nephew's boat once off Atlantic City and threw up over the side. So with the greatest of respect, no need to be offended on behalf of those who did (or do)... As I said, I can see the point that it is a graveyard, and grave desecration is reprehensible. However. I cannot ignore, from a historical perspective, how interesting it is that the watches are made from reclaimed metal from the Titanic. As I said, perhaps I should be more offended by it than I am, but with my grandmother's funeral in a few weeks, that's at the top of my 'grief list' at the moment, and, as I said, I think it would be a nicer gesture for the company who made them to give them to descendents of those who died rather than just selling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 PS Gun wielding debt collectors, eh? I don't suppose there is a 'UK Division'? My mother in law could certainly use their services against her ex husband who never paid a penny in maintenance or child support. (Son of a [censored] now drives round in a brand new Mercedes, and takes frequent cruises around the Med and North Africa ) Needless to say, he's not getting a wedding invitation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 The crow's nest, wine bottles, shoes, even Ballard's memorial plaque left in 1985 have all been lifted along with thousands of other "artifacts". I guess it's inevitable. The pyramids were picked clean over the centuries. Hell they're even selling Twin Towers Memorial coins made with metal recovered from ground zero. IMO, if they wanted to make a Titanic memorial timepiece, they could have paid a tribute without smelting parts of the ship dragged up after 95 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 The crow's nest, wine bottles, shoes, even Ballard's memorial plaque left in 1985 have all been lifted along with thousands of other "artifacts". I guess it's inevitable. The pyramids were picked clean over the centuries. Hell they're even selling Twin Towers Memorial coins made with metal recovered from ground zero. IMO, if they wanted to make a Titanic memorial timepiece, they could have paid a tribute without smelting parts of the ship dragged up after 95 years. That's very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshot Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 dang i didn't really see it as a big moral issue. but i do agree it's just plain tasteless. i'm more bothered by yet another spoiled rich kid (see kobold) getting into the watch business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddhead Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ah...... no, I come from a long line of pizza dough tossers and gun weilding Sicillian debt collectors. My Grandfather did get seasick on his nephew's boat once off Atlantic City and threw up over the side. Hey, I think we are related!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 dang . i'm more bothered by yet another spoiled rich kid (see kobold) getting into the watch business Exactly... I'm going to get a bunch of bumper stickers printed that say, "Honk if you're starting a luxury watch company" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshot Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Exactly... I'm going to get a bunch of bumper stickers printed that say, "Honk if you're starting a luxury watch company" buy ear plugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Don't know about you guys but, moral issues aside, i think it is a very interesting watch/concept.. I liek the idea of using special materials in watches (like SUbmarine steel in the U1 and U2) or the radioactive nuclear missle steel in a Soviet watch that can make you infertile in 24hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Don't know about you guys but, moral issues aside, i think it is a very interesting watch/concept.. I liek the idea of using special materials in watches (like SUbmarine steel in the U1 and U2) or the radioactive nuclear missle steel in a Soviet watch that can make you infertile in 24hours That was precicely my thoughts as well, that it was an interesting concept and use of materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftydna Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Well I have to say I like it, hmmm ..... a lot, BUT I'm biased anything that has DNA in the name just seems... well KEWL! ______________ Don't be LEFT out LeftyDNA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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