eddy - nothing personal ;D - Just had some serious issues with the products and customer service couple years back...

It's like this: You only get one chance to make a first impression...So consider this: How many people do you think, just off of word of mouth, hearing the name Minute Machine will consider pursuing more information on the watch? Now, if someone sees the watch, handles the watch, and likes it, that's different...It just doesn't have that POP that demands attention. That's like painting their NHRA Funny Car Pink and putting flowers all over it. Might as well name that the second machine since it's only good for under 5 seconds?? That is just my persepctive on how it works. Marketing is an art form, you either hit it, or you don't. If they keep that name, which I highly doubt they will since it has undergone a few changes in it's less than 1 year life so far, they better do some better visual marketing and get the exposure with the look and gorgeous style of the watch. Leave it without a name, bring some mystery to it, make people want to know more. Here's a question, just based on name, no visual, how many people do you think will come chasing, without any knowledge of the watch, will come to inquire about a Diamond Minute Machine? Just an after thought. Certainly not a flame or rant, just valid concern. I too will stick with Time Tank since I never asscoiated it with Cartier (mainly because Tank is a shape in watches and not a name).

Ollie is dead on with is analagy. Do you think they would have many people trying to buy a Ford Cobra if it didn't have that name to go with the look? How about the Viper? The name needs to be appropriate. When you hear Cobra what do you think? Not some flashed up Mustang, no, you think of Carrol Shelby and his awesome Cobra. Too bad Tag already has the Alter Ego pinned down (and too bad it's a woman's watch)...

Well, just based on name--Time Tank vs. Minute Machine--and to answer partially your question, I would buy neither. I don't think many people would be attracted to either name.

i just want to chime in my agreement that MINUTE MACHINE is a very unflattering name for this watch. MACHINE is a good word for it, but MINUTE makes me think of a small increment of time. it's not a strong word. it evokes no powerful imagery and it detracts from the word MACHINE. maybe they intended to emphasize the accuracy of the timepiece, but in that case they'd need to go with a smaller increment than a minute.

it also screams of a lack of creativity. MINUTE instead of TIME, MACHINE instead of TANK.

of course, as has been pointed out, the name doesn't take away from the watch itself. but i'm still glad i have the TIME TANK version. if someone asked me what my watch was called, i wouldn't want to say it's a "minute machine". ugh, say it out loud. too many syllables, makes it sound corny. TIME TANK. while that name may have been a little overly macho, it was solid like the watch, and it sounded cool to say. rolled right off the tongue.

while i'm sure oakley doesn't want to change the name yet again, i kinda hope they do.

there are a lot of other good words floating around here that could be part of a better and more appropriate name than minute machine... tread, track, engine, gear, beast... go with something that emphasizes the size, the style, the durability, the construction. we already know it counts minutes.

I am going to sue Oakley, my wife has been calling me Minute Machine long before TT existed ;) But with 3 kids I proved her wrong! Overall the name sucks, they should have put a little more effort into the naming convention.

Lol! That was really bad. :)

A famous soldier left his Time Tank, got back from the battlefield and soon devolved to white trash called Eminem... they should take more care of their soldiers.

ROTFLMFAO

WTF: hey corporate smucks, I wore my fuc*ing TIME TANK to my divorce lawyers office today, sue me!!
WOW, I feel better already...:)
I am calling mine a TIME TANK...end of story...:P

If thats what it says on the box, thats what it is...

Slightly off topic but I didn't want to start a whole new thread. I assume the leather and metal bands are interchanceable on the TT but does anyone know if O will sell them to you and if so, how much?

yes, they're interchangeable (as a few members already did the swap) and no, Oakley won't sell either bands seperately... believe me i asked. :(

That's what I figured...thanks bong.

What? Thats preposterous! You should be all like, "Do you know who I am? I'm the Time Keeper! I'm the man who owns 30 of yo watches, biotch! Now get on yo kneeeee and worship my chronologically-superior self!"

And then like, do stuff to them and stuff.

Yea. Snoogans.


~Yukio

Allright - thats it, you two clearly need to go to bed....

And no Dessert!

time tank it is todd lmao!!!

Seen the pics of the Tank today with the new color faces coming soon. New models include red face with unobtanium band and black face with unobtanium band. Retail will be 995$. Coming in May.

Also coming out is the new M2 watch in mens and womens. M3 coming down the road with no tenative release date or price.
M2 will retail for 550$.

Also see was the new diamond TT. 3500$ retail coming in May. According to my inside source, they are only making like 6 of them???

Actually according to my spec sheet they went away with the M2 name. It will be called Holeshot for the mens and holeshot 3 for women.
Basically looks like a Detonator with a different band.
Womens version has no chronograph function

G_ _ _ _ _X is the other watch. Tachymeter on both Holeshot and G_ _ _ _ _X, except Holeshot Women.

Just call the Time Tank-TREAD.
Thats better.

They should have stayed with that all along.

I think It would be cool to drop "Minute" & just call it "Machine". Or my original idea..."Metal Arm Clock"
Also A womens watch called Holeshot 3 seems like trouble waiting to happen

I think theres a camera model named holeshot. that might be trouble like u said :-(

Whoa, every picture and graphic I've seen of the M2 looks nothing like a detonator. They all look like a standard, traditional chronograph, like a Tag almost.

Actually bong, there are plans to sell leather TT bands a little down the line ;p