I half agree with Mark, also, I've never been a fan of 'Orange Boy', but that's my personal pinion on that particular moniker. It is however quite handy as a fast way to describe that particular model. However, names derived from race drivers are cool, and it reinforces the connection that Heuers have with motorsport. That's probably why I like 'Gulf' for the Orange Boy.. I know I'm being fickle!! Cases where a drivers name is attached to a watch for no particular reason, like Derek Bell, does seem wrong.

Onto the finer areas, like cases, yes this is not right to name them IMHO.
To be fair to Bullitt, I don't think he was naming the case, I think he was just using the phrase 'Bullitt case' as a way of quickly referring to the fact that it is the same configuration as a case he has and was the first to establish that his case was factory spec and not a put-together. I think there was a little bit of understanding 'lost in translation', and Bullitt seems to be getting a mildly hard time for no reason.

Ps. IMHO, 'orange boy' should be 'orange panda' , but still prefer Gulf ;)

Stewart

: All of them :)

:
: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=48919

: I particularly dislike "Orange Boy" in fact. I mean, why
: "Boy" even? Collecting watches seems an adult pursuit,
: but that epithet reminds me more of doing "swapsies"
: for "dubbies" in the playground, to the eternal
: refrain of "Got, got, got, need, got...". That may
: pass over the heads of the non-British readers, but that means
: you just missed out on the joys of Panini stickers and the like!
: Might have been more about the trading cards in the US.

: The watches have a name and they have a reference. IMO they don't
: need an anthropomorphised nickname too.

: I don't profess to know enough about the minutiae of Autavia cases
: to express an opinion, but it seems to me Bullitt has amassed
: evidence that a specific case style is original, where it had
: previously been dismissed. I don't think it was that people
: didn't want to discuss the previous posts before Pier, it's just
: some posts don't seem to tickle the collective fancy. Especially
: where those wanted an informed opinion in order to reply - as
: something of an Autavia outsider myself, that's not necessarily
: an invite to reply.

: I'll chip in on most Carrera discussions unless I feel I can't add
: to what's already been said, I'll take a swing at early stuff,
: but in depth Autavia or Monaco discussions? There are better
: people than I to answer those.