yohan blake richard miile watch under probe olympics 500,000$

[Passionata]

True ,but can you imagine how many ppl recognized that B wears an RM?
Might be 1k ,not in the UK in the globe.

[esm]

Noticed Blake wasn't wearing his RM for the 200m final last night....

[Passionata]

but who cares with RM or OMEGA ,if the king and a Rolex in the news

[MP5]

Didn't wear RM,2 Rolex in celebration shot. Be careful what you wish for Omega

[77T]

Omega paid for the right to ask for an investigation - and that has made more impressions for RM than the original use of RM during the race.

I think the writer's closing comment aptly places RM in the panoply of luxury watches. PP has it right - it's the user interface! RM, for all its accuracy and delightful design, is not easy to live with.

"First of all, what time is it? It took me about 10 minutes to figure that out. It’s pretty impressive, but for 500 grand it had better give me stock tips, then take me back in time to watch the 1985 Super Bowl."

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by gwalker

I love Omega almost as much as Rolex but those going to buy an omega arent going to be spending $500k on a RM. let's just be honest. It would be. No different than if Bugatti threw a commercial in a Chevy event. They aren't stealing customers.

As for the athletes making money Bolt is worth in the $15m range after winning again. His marketing power is in his home country where he is bigger than any star is here in the US. Blake is said to be worth ~$5m from various sources. A lot of cash from running.

Your probably right Gunter.

But I can see that they might think it best to say something now, so they can appear to be trying to exercise what they believe is their rights now. It's a bit hard sometimes to exercise's one's right's in the fiuture if your always allowing this or that one to go initially.

[The Joker]

Apparently even spectators are not allowed logos more than a few centimetres on their clothing.

I'm gonna go dressed like this, see what they do.

[dddrees]

Hey right or wrong the sponsors are paying money for a deal they cut with the IOC.


Besides I'm more unhappy because the atheletes no longer sport country colors. I thought the atheletes represented the country. What happened to atheletes wearing their countries colors?

[93 Turbo]

Originally Posted by esm

Noticed Blake wasn't wearing his RM for the 200m final last night....

Noted at the medal presentation for the 200, Bolt was wearing a watch on his left wrist.

Bolt, after the medal presentation was holding the gold medal in his right hand for the winners photographs, with his left arm tucked slightly behind his back. Possibly mindful of the issue with Blake's RM?

The big issues FWIW...

[mfer]

It is commercial and I see how it can be. The line has to be drawn somewhere, else people will come in looking more like a billboard than anything.

IF they cause issue with this RM, then they need to draw a HARD line and ban ALL jewelry, watches, etc. You can't single out one brand because they are expensive. All these people wearing necklaces, etc need to go. I think people wearing Casio's will impact sales from Omega more than RM! RM is a whole other level.

[mtrunner]

Originally Posted by dddrees

Hey right or wrong the sponsors are paying money for a deal they cut with the IOC.


Besides I'm more unhappy because the atheletes no longer sport country colors. I thought the atheletes represented the country. What happened to atheletes wearing their countries colors?

From what I have seen it seems most athletes are wearing country colors. The US in track and field had a mainly red outfit with blue and white writing and trimming. I haven't watched all events so I may be wrong but most countries in track and field, cycling, beach volleyball and a few other sports I have followed seemed to be wearing their country colors.

[Lol-x]

Can someone please tell the guy he needs to buy a manicure set

[airchitect]

Nobody if would've ever noticed if mouths were kept shut. Imho. :-)

[East Bay Rider]

Originally Posted by Lol-x

Can someone please tell the guy he needs to buy a manicure set

Yes. Somebody needs to give him $5.00 for some nail clippers. Yikes.

[The Joker]

But he's called the beast, he needs the nails.

This photo was taken by Bolt

[Lol-x]

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

Yes. Somebody needs to give him $5.00 for some nail clippers. Yikes.

Yikes indeed, sad when a guy ain't got $5 to his name, he must use those nails to dig through the trash cans for dinner.

[East Bay Rider]

Originally Posted by Lol-x

Yikes indeed, sad when a guy ain't got $5 to his name, he must use those nails to dig through the trash cans for dinner.

Is it safe to wear a $500,000 Richard Mille Tourbillon prototype when digging through trash cans?

[Passionata]

In case you haven t paid for it yes

[Bucky]

Adidas is the official sponsor of the games but most of the track athletes are wearing bright illuminous yellow NIKE shoes...also alot of the athletes are wearing heart rate monitors or lap timer watches which are probably Garmin or Pulsar..

[witch watch]

Originally Posted by Lol-x

Yikes indeed, sad when a guy ain't got $5 to his name, he must use those nails to dig through the trash cans for dinner.

Perhaps he plays guitar?

[QUOTE=Bucky;3502777]Adidas is the official sponsor of the games but most of the track athletes are wearing bright illuminous yellow NIKE shoes..QUOTE]

I noticed that too and i wonder if NIKE did a BEATS and had their shoes delivered to the athletes quarters as it's just to suspect everyone wearing the same shoe in the same colour

[Bucky]

Bet everyone noticed the bright nike runners...if Nike are not the official sponsors they will get to the games through the back door

[mtrunner]

Originally Posted by Bucky

Bet everyone noticed the bright nike runners...if Nike are not the official sponsors they will get to the games through the back door

Shoes are the one thing that is not controlled by the IOC. Athletes are allowed to wear shoes from their sponsor. This is allowed since shoes are so specific to an athlete. They train and race throughout the year in specific shoes and this carries over to the Olympics. Nike even customizes many of the shoes for their top athletes.

Nike is the biggest sponsor of track and field athletes in the world. They were brilliant by making their racing shoes the bright yellow because everyone noticed.

[masterserg]

Sheer stupidity ...

[Kinnakeet]

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

Yes. Somebody needs to give him $5.00 for some nail clippers. Yikes.

ya know fellas, to me it appears this guy gets manicures! His nails are to smooth and symmetrical and the tips are white like a french manicure - those run about 50$....

[MoBe]

Originally Posted by Kinnakeet

ya know fellas, to me it appears this guy gets manicures! His nails are to smooth and symmetrical and the tips are white like a french manicure - those run about 50$....

` probably gets his hair and nails done at the same place.

[experimentjon]

Originally Posted by mtrunner

Nike is the biggest sponsor of track and field athletes in the world. They were brilliant by making their racing shoes the bright yellow because everyone noticed.

That is pure genius. I think I need to get a new pair of bright Lunar Glide 4s now...

As for the Richard Mille...I think that watch is running fast. Hehe.