FabR[Senior Patek Moderator]
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Nope, sorry to disagree my friend -- you might be making confusion if you think this watch has so much to do with a....watch! ;-) We may like it or not technically, and that's fine: in fact, horology is the *only* thing I look for in a watch! ;-)
Apr 18, 2021,19:21 PM
But I don't need a watch brand to "educate" me about the usual "core values" or anything else. I'm old and happy enough that this just doesn't cut it with me. Read their press release and you'll see exactly what they mean -- there's political correctness all over it. Note that I'm saying this *regardless* of where you or I may stand on social or political issues, which are obviously VERY important topics -- but this is not the proper venue to discuss them, despite this brand's best attempt to bring them front and center. Certain topics are only divisive and have nothing to do with this hobby, whichever perspective is being promoted.
Given this, as usual anyone is free to do whatever they please with their money. If they like these Marvels AND all that AP is now trying to sell with them, then they should go ahead and purchase an AP. But I feel I have an obligation to point out what's the clear message the brand is sending, because for some posters the discussion was about the watch being cute or not. Now, AP itself is asking us to see well beyond the horological aspects of their product. And that is precisely where I back off my friend, whichever *their* political positions ;-)
Hope this clarifies my thought, in the most independent (and honest) way possible. In fact, I sincerely feel sorry for AP as a brand. I always kept it, and its history, in extremely high regard before this ;-)
Cheers.