Horological Meandering

We strive to keep this a congenial meeting place, non-commercial and non-argumentaive. Come in, slip off your shoes, put up your feet, relax back in the sofa and share your hobby with others.

What we can not tolerate are provocative postings that by intention or accident result in baiting other members or visitors. We cannot allow continual focus on issues that are divisive or designed to agitate each other.

Accordingly we sometimes find it necessary to BAN visitors who repeatedly test the boundaries, as if they were rebellious teenagers fighting their parents or schoolteachers. Today at the start of a new year, we have to ban a visitor who has frequently stimulated conversation in a negative way, and caused much trouble.

Please respect our Terms of Conduct which we have reproduced below.

Thank you.

Mike  aka Cazalea / Managing Editor & Moderator

TERMS OF CONDUCT

This site is a celebration to a commitment of excellence and quality of life. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity. Individuals that use the these forums to manipulate events to their own advantage is unacceptable.

Please try to resolve your service and quality issues prior to posting complaints. The moderator team is available offline to assist. It is our joint responsibility to fairly present all sides of every situation.

People sometimes use the promise of a glowing watch review to gain access to products, discounts or gifts from watch companies and watchmakers. Your moderators agree to never accept gifts or special favors, beyond what the brands provide to general customers and members of the press and we expect our members to maintain the same standards. Please take this into consideration in all your dealings with companies or watchmakers so that we never compromise.

Some simple guidelines for participants of this forum:

Please note that all official or self-promoting announcements, press releases, or posts must be submitted to a moderator or (remove the spaces) admin @ watchprosite .com. Any posts or announcements which are not so submitted, but posted directly to the discussion forums, may be deleted without notice.

Range of topics: Please keep the topic somewhat related to the brand or stated topic of the specific forum. Discussions about company heritage, tradition, philosophy, and policies are also apropos.

Have fun. There are no dumb questions, just questions that haven't found an answer yet.

Tone: Please keep the tone of the posts courteous and respectful. Think of this as a virtual cocktail or dinner party - don't write anything that you wouldn't say to someone in person. The anonymity of the internet is not an acceptable excuse for boorish or rude behaviour.

Rule of thumb: word your posts as if it were directed at you. This includes posts directed at companies rather than individuals.

Posts about street prices and seller references: Connoisseurship, ownership and collecting is about much more than price and who sells what. Price and seller references tend to overwhelm the other more subtle, though equally important aspects of the aficionado experience.

Outside links to other websites are permitted on the site as long as they are relevant to the discussion on hand. Links to commercial sites such as Ebay, dealer sites, etc. are strictly prohibited - posts with these links will be edited or deleted, with or without notification.

Embargo dates are to be respected. Any post which violates embargo dates will be deleted without notice.

Shilling (intentionally promoting a watch you have for sale) is not allowed and will be deleted. Items listed in the Collectors Market cannot be posted to other forums here.

Announcement of any get-together (GTG) in the forum is prohibited unless WatchProSite staff are involved in the GTG. If no WatchProSite staff is involved, the GTG post will be deleted without notice.

WatchProSite reserves the right to edit or delete any post which does not comply with the above Terms of Conduct. WatchProSite reserves the right to ban any individual after due consideration.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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