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Hammy60 said:
To be honest wasn’t really thinking of Roamer, although do comapre them a lot :ROFLMAO:, was thinking more about the popular Swiss watchmaking brands, Tissot, Certina, Hamilton, Mido etc, but I suppose in this instance Roamer is probably the perfect brand to use as a comparison.

Actual Mendrisio facilities, home to Roamer

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and Photoshop pic from Duchamp web site, allegedly original head office/facilities of Christophe Duchamp

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Roamer – All Watches assembled in Mendrisio.

Duchamp – Mix of assembly between Mendrisio and Far East.

Roamer – Have their own designs.

Duchamp - Mostly copies of Roamer designs.

Roamer – An actual Swiss watch brand, with actual history & heritage dating back to 1888.

Duchamp – Pretendy Swiss brand with a history & heritage dating back to Woking in Oct 2020.

Roamer – RRP’s range from approx. £250 - £830 for original designed Swiss Made watches.

Duchamp – RRP’s range from £1450 - £2995 for copied designed mix of Swiss & Far East made watches.


There is absolutely no logical reason for Duchamp's high RRPs as against Roamer's RRPs other than to be part of a marketing con job. They are not better quality, better workmanship, better movements etc, at best some of their watches are on a par with Roamer but some definately ain't.

And as Duke has mentioned, i'd willingly sacrifice an alleged bargain for honesty any day
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Samki said:
Perhaps pervy pete could get Swiss Tony to present with him, to give it some authenticity 😳. Both of them
Stuck in a bygone age of sleaze 🤣
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Swiss Tony was a made up comic character designed to get laughs.

Pervy Pete is a self made idiot.

I'd rather buy a car from Tony than anything - least of all a watch - from Peter.
 
We went see the Fast Show tour two or three months ago. For me, thirty plus years later, it was completely unfunny. Very much of its time, and I think it is fair to say, most of the laughter there was happened out of respectful hilarity rather than for humorous reasons. Nice earner I imagine for the surviving cast members.
 
Lord Helpus said:
Swiss Tony was a made up comic character designed to get laughs.

Pervy Pete is a self made idiot.

I'd rather buy a car from Tony than anything - least of all a watch - from Peter.
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Peter Simon is also a made up comic character. One designed NOT to get laughs. They were laughing at him, not with him tends fits the profile I’ve seen of the chortling that he gets in the studio from the juvenile sycophants surrounding him. I’ve seen two more genuine glimpses of him: one when he was caught talking candidly off camera a few months ago with the microphones left on, and previous to that, when he went off on one, which ultimately led to him being suspended by the previous version of Ideal World.
 
Duke of Cheese said:
We went see the Fast Show tour two or three months ago. For me, thirty plus years later, it was completely unfunny. Very much of its time, and I think it is fair to say, most of the laughter there was happened out of respectful hilarity rather than for humorous reasons. Nice earner I imagine for the surviving cast members.
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I'm sad that the Fast Show revival isn't funny because people like Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson were talented writers and performers.

However, I still enjoy watching Harry Enfield with some of the same cast on That's TV. Darn sight funnier than the comedy drivel served up today.
 
PhaedrusR said:
An electronic ankle tag, most likely.
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I'm not being funny but can you please not post things like that ...

... you might give the IW buyers ideas ;)

These retail on government procurement websites for £199.99 each, we're letting you have them for £19.99 on 25 flexis. You MUST put these on your household insurance!
 
Duke of Cheese said:
We went see the Fast Show tour two or three months ago. For me, thirty plus years later, it was completely unfunny. Very much of its time, and I think it is fair to say, most of the laughter there was happened out of respectful hilarity rather than for humorous reasons. Nice earner I imagine for the surviving cast members.
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What might not help either is the cast members themselves are older. Younger playing older characters for laughs can be funny, older playing older not always. As you say though, nice little earner for them.
 
Lord Helpus said:
The lead singer of Black Lace has just passed on.

I think Lindsey would make a good replacement - I can see her in her (ever so expensive) sunglasses pushing pineapples and shaking trees singing Agadoo.

All in the studio of course.
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Sad news, As a kid we went to a Haven Campsite every year, Many evenings, on the dance floor dancing to

Agadoo, The Conga, The Locomotion, Superman and Wig Wam Bam
 
cheeky chappie said:
What might not help either is the cast members themselves are older. Younger playing older characters for laughs can be funny, older playing older not always. As you say though, nice little earner for them.
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Very true. Laurel & Hardy were hilarious to me at least when they were relatively young and making films in the early 1930s. But to see them 15 or 20 years later and much older, to me made them not as funny as they used to be. Mortality is not a particularly hilarious subject, and you can't get away from that fact when comedians still try to be funny decades later than their heyday.
 
Lord Helpus said:
The lead singer of Black Lace has just passed on.

I think Lindsey would make a good replacement - I can see her in her (ever so expensive) sunglasses pushing pineapples and shaking trees singing Agadoo.

All in the studio of course.
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Alan Barton, the original lead singer from their Mary Ann Eurovision days has also died. He took over from Chris Norman when he left Smokie, and was killed in a road accident in the 1990s. Enjoy life while we can.
 
cheeky chappie said:
All the watches IW sell are too heavy (which we know equates to quality) for my ankles. I tried it and couldn't move!
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I bet that's why Peter thinks they've been into space, he'll be assuming astronauts used Nubeo watches as weights on their moon walks to keep them from floating off into space. ;)
 
I'm feeling a bit low, a bit depressed :(

I was out for a walk earlier and went past a second hand car dealer. I heard him talking on his phone saying to someone 'I'm just not shifting any cars mate, things are dire for me just now.' On looking, I could see his cars were retailing for £500 - £2000.

I walked up to him and when he came off the phone I simply said this:

'Have you thought about doing non direct price comparisons? Show prospective customers a picture of a £250k Ferrari, advising them here's what you can pay for cars elsewhere ...'

The car dealer walked away into his portacabin, I assumed to get me a complimentary pen or keyring for my invaluable business advice.

Next thing he dashed out the portacabin holding a baseball bat coming right for me, screaming ARGHHHHHH as he got closer.

Obviously I ran away, however I still felt the urge to offer advice, so I shouted this back to him:

'Get ... those ... cars ... on your ... household insur ... insurance! And some of ... them ... need a good clean ... with ... blue magic!'

What is it with some people, I was only trying to help!
 

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