Zodiac Talk => General Zodiac Discussion => Topic started by: oldbronco on December 05, 2012, 01:33:19 PM

Title: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: oldbronco on December 05, 2012, 01:33:19 PM
(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1182.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx456%2FHerbertWWong%2FZODWX061168-0_thumb.jpg&hash=309eb453c288b5118d08e787e6fd659fc31283d7)
sellers photo. I'll post a wrist shot later. why was such a pretty watch named for such an ugly fish?
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: Butch on December 05, 2012, 04:20:36 PM
Sea Wolf, Sea Skate, get it? I dunno! I never really thought about it. Funny thing is that depending on what you read, the "Sea Wolf" is another name for a "killer whale' (an Orca). BUT, a Seawolf was a fictitious creature having the head of a wolf and the fins of a killer whale (again, an Orca).

In no literature, other than the goofy wolf from the owner's manual that SW uses here, have I ever come across an explanation of the name Sea Wolf.
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: oldbronco on December 05, 2012, 06:07:10 PM
didn't Jack London write a book, The Sea Wolf?
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: amcal on December 05, 2012, 06:18:33 PM
Can you post another picture.
That one has been deleted.
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: oldbronco on December 05, 2012, 11:31:47 PM
I'll post a wrist shot as soon as I can.
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: Dutchsiberia on December 06, 2012, 08:00:58 AM

Anarhichas lupus, "Zeewolf" in dutch, Seawolf ?

(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Freefsecrets.org%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10547%2Fzeewolf.jpg&hash=4a5e4a8bab5fa6942afc577e6b1e334b8d59dec6)
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: Butch on December 06, 2012, 08:02:14 AM
Looks like me in the morning.
Title: Re: incoming Sea Skate
Post by: jon p on December 06, 2012, 08:53:01 AM
 :what :wtf  that IS ONE FUGLY FISH!! i hope this isnt what they named our favorite watch after!!  i like the cartoon WOLF better.