(Sorry for the picture quality – too many reflections in this shop front)  Real people?

Who is that guy? Some kind of deep-sea monster slaying aquanaut? Does he use his giant watch for battling giant squid?  Does he even need to know what time it is?

 

Talk about unrealistic standards. Maybe if I buy one of these watches I too can be a hyper-real image of a man emerging from the frozen ocean – no, wait, water resistant to 10m. Never mind. Standing knee deep in surf for the rest of my life isn’t really all that appealing.

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Time for a Reality Check

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It’s about time

What is with this ad?

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An Australian actor who plays an American psychologist on a TV show, posing with a horse. …sorry, what?

I understand the company likes horses – but how does this make people want to buy a watch? You can barely see it!

Which is fine, I guess, since “elegance is an attitude”.

Would that be like a fast food company stating that “hunger is a state of mind”?

Or a cosmetics company saying “beauty is subjective”?

If I were selling watches I’d come up with a relevant catch phrase, like: “Do you know what time it is? No? Time to get a watch!”

Though I could only sell cheap watches. Not everyone can afford elegance.

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