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Hi guys!
I'm really new to all this, and was just wondering whether the Traser P49 Special Force 100 (105485) has anything to do with SAS?
I've heard a few rumours it's the exact watch they wear, but I thought here would be a good place to check.
Let me know!
http://www.gemday.com/pic2/105485-feature.jpg
Do you work for watch nation that sells these?
They wouldn't WEAR THAT IMHO!
I must say I do like that, the bezel design especially.
I normally stay away from watches with overt armed forces connotations because my main use for them is telling the time while at Tesco, in a pub or out on a bike, rather than co-ordinating military operations. But at least it's not obvious.
A friend of mine was in the SAS a few years ago & I asked him if there's any favourite watches between all the lads to which he replied nobody really cares they all just wear what they want.
He wore a citizen & still does now.
I know that traser has a thing for military style watches but I do agree with Bry that I don't think they would wear this. Technically they shouldn't even be allowed to wear this as it's too flashy/visible.
Maybe the watch is somewhat similar to one that the SAS might have commissioned from Traser and now they're trying to market it as an "SAS watch".
I just found this btw...
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/artic...=brandrepublic
http://www.watchnation.com/product/t...al-mens-watch/Quote:
Originally Posted by SiennaB
The answers no,I expect the OP already knows that.
The only official link Traser has to any military unit is that they purchased the design rights to the Stocker and Yale P650 which was one of the last true issued US military watches. (Which may or may not be where the McNab link came from) Traser are no longer official issue but there may be some unit purchase watches of various designs out there.
IMO they are fine as a (not so) cheap disposable watch but a Marathon is better quality. The more expensive versions are SAR / JSAR prices and the latter are far in superior quality.
Yep, 100% as worn by Randy McNab.
The chance of SAS members wearing that is about the same as a Firefighter wearing the Sinn Firefighters watch, ie zero.
By 'all this', do you mean selling watches?Quote:
Originally Posted by SiennaB
It's personal choice, sometimes watches are provided to gather feedback or get presented after a particular mission/campaign, but the training and intelect needed to gain the sand beret would steer troops away from iwatches with micky mouse hands and loud alarms -generally
Mozza
There must have been something of sponsorship going on because I remember reading Andy McNab books from years ago, and they mentioned Traser and G-Shock Baby G. I only read a few as they get old quickly, so other deals may have been done with other watch companies.
I have owned 3 Traser watches, and knew nothing of tritium before the Andy McNab books, but I liked them because they were robust, but mostly because you could see the time in pitch darkness. The numbers on the bezels wore off quickly though. In the end, it was the way the Traser prices climbed that made me look for a better watch, and I ended up with a Seamaster. No tritium, but a watch in a different league.
I was genuinely curious and only trying to confirm what I'd been told at work :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest76
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No, I mean the entire watch industry. Just started my first job in it so I'm on here to learn as much as I can!Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaOmega
Yes I've recently started there as assistant to the director, which I'm really excited about! Hence why I came on here to try and confirm a rumour that was going around work.Quote:
Originally Posted by seadog1408
If you are experience some scepticism, it is because some of us are weary of people posting apparently genuine questions but with a hidden commercial agenda.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiennaB
If you really want to learn, then welcome to the forum and good luck in your new job and industry. I have learnt a huge amount from the forum and still do every day.
A friendly observation, as assistant to the director of traser watches I suggest you ask the director as if he doesn't know who he is selling his watches to then no one will,as a director of a small company (only 50 employees) I would know from our weekly sales meetings if the MOD had bought products/services from usQuote:
Originally Posted by SiennaB
Wasn't very clear there sorry! I'm not assistant to the director of Traser watches, but assistant to the director at WatchNation, a watch retailer based in the UKQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve B
Have any of your new colleagues asked you to pop to B&Q for some 'tartan paint' or a new 'bubble' for a spirit level?Quote:
Originally Posted by SiennaB
We used to send newbies to the rigging store to ask for "a long weight".Quote:
Originally Posted by number2
It took a long time before the Buffer came out to help them...they had a long wait.
I had the Traser that was dialed Uberwasser
https://www.watchpatrol.net/listing/441905/ I sold it on here, not a bad watch just a bit to Orange:eagerness:
I actually fell for that one aged 16, although it was a ‘long stand’. Didn’t help that I was the boss’s son doing a summer job and in the machining shop. It got better once they realised I felt the same way about the boss as they did :).Quote:
Originally Posted by HappyJack
Here’s one for you,just came to my attention I will leave no comment other than it’s in the same vein.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...?ref=user_menu
^Gear up your fire team?
I take it the market is teenagers proficient in Klingon who don't tidy their room?
Don’t ask me I like this bit.
We're creating a watch for soldiers, by soldiers. Who is a soldier you ask? A soldier is a person who stands up straight, takes responsibility and doesn't back down from a fight, whether wearing a uniform or not. The Nordic Battlefield Watch is the rugged timepiece that we, the soldiers, want to wear ourselves. Simple and without fancy details, but with reliability and a classic design. The soldiers watch redefined.
Redefined, In what possible way?
Redefined as the perfect watch to go with those shoes that have a compass in the heel.
I always wanted a pair of those as a kid,every boy in my school did.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaOmega
Ended up with rubbish DMS
Appealing to the inner fantasist . . . :grief:
Ah! Good old marketing bods, full of it as usual.
The legendary Wayfinders. I still miss my pair and hope that I may be able to pick some up on SC one day. Military minded boys in the ‘60s also appreciated the animal tracks in the sole, to help us identify potential food/threats while on patrol.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaOmega
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TGisiI_dI2...NDERS+1966.jpg
“As close as it is possible to get to the exact timepiece favoured by the SAS”
If I were the type of person who found that sort of claim interesting and wanted to buy on the basis that I could own such a watch that has such an affiliation, I’d ask you as the retailer “how do you know?”
If your company, or Traser themselves, couldn’t answer that then I wouldn’t trust the brand if I couldn’t trust the claim.
This watch would sell well IMO if it was marketed on the strengths of its spec and was priced (considerably) lower than £500. There’s no need for the false claims.
I must say I quite like the look of the watch, irrespective of its credentials (or lack thereof) as special forces equipment. And while idly Googling this morning, I came across this nugget, from 2002:
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/artic...-tie-in/162304
(Andy) McNab has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with watchmaker Traser that sees him promote the watches in his thrillers.
McNab's latest novel 'Liberation Day' sees his hero Nick Stone take on Al-Qaeda and contains more than 60 references to Traser watches.
One passage in the book reads: "I dug my right knee into his left thigh. His cologne filled my nostrils and I saw a gold Rolex glint on his wrist. This boy had obviously never seen what a Traser could do for you."
Sorry - I see someone has already posted that link.
Not to appear all "what colour is the boat house", but a friend of a friend tells me they are issued breitling these days.
If I owned a microbrand I would lauch the Hereford Boathouse model, with a picture of the boathouse doors engraved on the back.
Blimey that is shocking reading. I don't read any of his stuff after his first couple of efforts but that reads like a 8 year old knocked it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by monogroover
Over at MWR there's a thread about CWC watches being delivered the UKSF and then several appearing on ebay.
http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showt...light=hereford
It’s almost as big a fantasy as his Bravo two zero effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by subseastu
About fifteen, sixteen years ago, through a friend of mine that was still 'in' at the time I was lucky enough to meet and spend a night out with several Royal Marines, a few sb guys and one regiment member. There was a also another group of five or six guys there who were friendly enough, but didn't seem massively familiar with all the other chaps. The Royal Marines had a pretty even split of trasers and gshocks, the sb guys seemed to be all big on different type dive watches (understandibly), a few citizens and cwc's from what I remember and the last group of five or six guys had a fifty/fifty split of suunto's and pro treks iirc.
Was a cracking night out, and bloody hilarious. I still carry the emotional scars though.
Seems our young apprentice has learnt enough to be going on with.
The most likely watch to be worn by any soldier, including SASR, is a G-Shock in the field or (in-barracks) a Garmin Forerunner.
Should have used a Bremont, they are Special!Quote:
Originally Posted by monogroover