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Very well put Oagaspar.
The sponsorship of forums (although needed) has given basis for a tad bit of conflicting interests here and there. A fair review seems to be out of the norm these days and replaced by the singing of praises in an advertisment. Vendors do themselves a disservice and often set the customer up for dissapointment if they don't allow the few bad points of a watch be expressed with the many good.
But, if you buy a watch that YOU are happy and buy it for YOU, it will be a value to you. One can easily tell when people buy a watch as a status symbol. They immediately take every word of the vendor as gospel and attack anyone who dares besmirch their watches name, warranted or not. Loyalty is the best trait to have, but not at the expense of the facts.
A good vendor or manufacturer will create loyalty with a good product and good service. It is that simple. Time alone will tell if loyalty to Dievas or Gnomon is warranted by me for example
So far as myself.
I have no problems with PM’ing my name and contact info to you if asked. I always enjoy a phone call or lunch to talk about watches. But I will be happy with my anonymity for a while as far as forums go.
I hope by not speaking out of my rear-end and only voicing my opinion when I feel I am educated enough to do so, I will build credibility on this forum as time goes on.
Or at least until the kool-aid drinkers take over here too.