monochrome
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interesting question
Hi Al,
I'm no moderator so i can only respond as one of the members and this is how you should read my post.
First of all Sarpaneva doesn't use stock ETA movements. He once started with Sarpaneva Uhren Fabrik (SUF) and in that time he used ETA movements indeed. But that's already history and these days he uses Soprod movements.
Sarpaneva does his own finishing on the Soprod movements. And even better, for the Korona series (yes, the serie with the extrordinairy beautiful dials) he modifies the date mechanism. The goal of his modifications is to keep the movement as flat as possible, so the date mechanism and disk are deeper in the movement main plate. I'm not that technical, so if i made a mistake in my description feel free to correct me 
Personally i think a story like the one about Stepan Sarpaneva does belong in the main forum, because it's the story about the man behind the brand and all of his work. I would agree with you if it was a post about only one new watch, but this was not the case.
If there's story about the Felix Baumgarter and Martin Frei the post would also belong in the main forum. If the story was about a new watch made by Urwerk i think it belongs in the AHCI forum.
Cheers
Frank
A question
By: 1440 : February 11th, 2009-08:09
I want to be clear I am not trying to start something, and will say I have read some of the posts on why certain bands are included on this forum and others are not. I just don't get a feeling that there is a lot of consistency on this subject, so I'm jus...
interesting question
By: monochrome : February 11th, 2009-12:14
Hi Al, I'm no moderator so i can only respond as one of the members and this is how you should read my post. First of all Sarpaneva doesn't use stock ETA movements. He once started with Sarpaneva Uhren Fabrik (SUF) and in that time he used ETA movements i...
re-read
By: monochrome : February 12th, 2009-00:17
But i have no clue what i misunderstood in your opinion... You make one point and that's why a relatively small watchmaker using stock ETA movements comes in the HoMe forum. My point is that i think the post refered to does belong in HoMe and to correct h...
Hello Ling
By: 1440 : February 13th, 2009-12:03
I'm not sure why you conclude that I am beating around the bush. I have stated quite clearly the posting of brands here seems inconsistent to me and I'm trying to better understand how the determination is made. My impression was that to be considered for...
Hello Pat
By: 1440 : February 12th, 2009-06:52
Thanks for the response. Just a couple of quick points... I don't believe the placement of posts is random based on what I have seen here before and the debates I have seen surrounding who should be included in the AHCI forum. So I'm not sure that no one ...
Hi, Al . . .
By: Dr No : February 12th, 2009-10:10
. . . the question of what is appropriate to post on the AHCI forum is a nuanced one . . . there is no 'master list' of independent manufacturers that a moderator can check against to determine whether a post belongs here or on HOME. You might recall that...
Hi Art...
By: 1440 : February 12th, 2009-11:43
Thanks for chiming in - again I am just trying to get my head around what I see as discrepancies (for lack of a better word) where Don posted the very nice report on Sarapaneva on HOME, and has posted in Jocke's thread here that features the watches with ...
I can assure you
By: 1440 : February 12th, 2009-16:31
I am quite relaxed. I admit I'm puzzled about why discussing this seems to be taboo when it has been said before that part of determining where things go is dependant on member input, but I am relaxed all the same. Thank you for your concern though. Regar...
An answer
By: MTF : February 12th, 2009-10:31
Folks, We have beaten this topic into submission many times before and in many variations. You can search the history and evolution of this forum that started as a "favour to" or "recognition of" AHCI members who were struggling to be recognised before th...
