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PuristS are not Yes-men / women

Dear asg,

Thank you (and Bernard) for both coming out with your opinions.
That is the raison d’être of the PuristS; that we can and do state our opinions, politely and without malice nor trolling.

I lurk a lot and almost never post at this HWFT forum. Does this mean that I don't care? Obviously not, as this thread has stirred a response  

Some HW watches produced during Max Busser's pilotage are actually practical and not just a palette on which to place gemstones! The current Mrs MTF and I wear them. The Opus 1 encouraged us to look up the less famous (then) watchmaker involved. It started our quest to collect FP Journe watches; so HW and Max Busser (in a way), as well as ThePuristS all contributed to our Montres FP Journe passion.

We thought the Opus 3 was 'fantastique' but impractical to produce...and that has come to pass.
Opus 2 was 'mostly harmless' but pre-empted the tourbillon craze.
Opus 4 and 5 had something to contribute to HWFT and the watchmakers' reputations.

Opus 6 was pointless (my opinion) but still qualified as an Opus....a life's work .....in fact: two lives worth!

Opus 7 was so harmless that I had to look it up in our archives....to remind myself what's it all about Alfie?
What a useless novelty! Cold? Cold? I must have blanked it out in my mind, as a self-preservation reflex  
OMG - I ventured another opinion......note to self: "Must stop doing that - got to remain bland". Do you want some bread rolls with that?

So, will HWFT recover from the abyss that it has dug itself? Possibly: as it has the cashflow to ride out and attract talent eventually. Will it want to do so if it can sell any number of watches to customers on 5th Avenue NY or Ginza Tokyo? It depends on who is running the show at HWFT and whether they will be allowed to take risks like Max did on Opus 1 - 6:
4.5 out of 6 ain't bad.

Regards,
MTF


This message has been edited by MTF on 2007-07-26 13:29:00

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