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I've never seen someone fall such victim to merchandising that he actually feels duped by an innocuous reference on a website. Really, I think that you're having trouble being objective and, because you're a seriously hard-core Bond nut, you seem to think that everyone else is, too.
Since we're dealing in wild speculation here, I'll offer my own. There are fewer people who are waiting with bated breath for the next Bond watch, than there are people would find it a bit "kooky" to be so obsessed with a product because it's seen in a movie. I'll also wildly speculate that there are fewer than a dozen people walking the face of this Earth who think that, because a watch appears on a website as "the choice of a fictional movie character," that the watch must be on that fictional character's wrist onscreen. Heck, I'll speculate that there are more people who think that James Bond is a real man.

Do you really think that ebay sellers listing their Seamasters as "Bond" watches are a bunch of deviants, trying to dupe the supposed hordes of Bond nuts out there?! It's simply a pragmatic way of describing that watch, much more recognizable than the model number. Frankly, it probably doesn't even occur to them that people think about this like you do.

I'm not putting down all Bond fans (I'm a fan, myself), and I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with wanting the same watch as James Bond. He's a very cool SOB. I just think that it's totally ridiculous to think that this reference on the website means so much to everyone, just because it has such a powerful influence over you and your ill founded interpretation of what it must mean.

The only deception here is you, deceiving yourself.

eric