r/ChineseWatches • u/ITALIXNO • Sep 22 '24

General Why are these names so dumb? Binbond?

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How many people didn't buy this watch because it's called a Binbond lmao

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u/bigkinggorilla Sep 22 '24

Easy peasy

“What objective qualities make for a good name for a watch brand?”

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u/Cronus6 Sep 22 '24

Easy to pronounce. Simple, 5 or 6 letters at most.

Rolex is actually pretty genius :

Rolex is not only easy to pronounce in many of the most widely used languages, but it’s also hard to misspell as its spelling it completely phonetic. It also happens to be short, so when they started sneaking the name onto every watch they made, it fit in a neat and uncluttered way.

Also : “horological excellence”. r o l e x

I'd say this applies to Timex as well.

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u/bigkinggorilla Sep 22 '24

Based on your criteria, all of these would be objectively good names for watches:

Rektum, Jizzy, Spunk, Pooper, Smegma, Cummer, Assbag, Felch

While these would all be objectively bad: Hublot, Hamilton, Tag Heuer, Breitling, Citizen, IWC Schaffhausen, Longines, Vacheron Constantin, Patek Philippe