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Originally Posted by douglasf13
This is the epitome of the divide between forum goers who view watches as fashion/collector baubles and forum goers who view them as precision instruments meant to be studied.
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This is the epitome of attempting to elevate one’s argument through the personal diminishment of others. I am well aware of the performance characteristics of each of my watches, as I wear them in rotation I check them for accuracy daily over periods of weeks and months. I have not however purchased a special machine to hunt for performance abnormalities because my watches all do what I need them to do, they keep consistent time. This is a valid use of and appreciation for watches. My disinclination to hunt for problems does not lessen or invalidate my credibility on the subject of discussing watches on an online forum nor does it define me as motivated by fashion. I got my first watch fifty-five years ago and I still have it among many others. My observation is simply this, if you invest in hunting for a problem you’re gonna find one and if a small group of people get together to discuss their similar findings then the noise they make will undoubtedly be larger than the problem itself. This is a very small dataset of very focused individuals, hardly class-action lawsuit numbers and hardly a conspiracy. This is an echo chamber.