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Most welcomed
Dear Paul,
You're not causing trouble at all.
That's the point of having a community; you are one of that 'body corporate' . Your opinions are clear. They appear polite and cogent; most welcomed indeed.
Although, some of our brethren have expressed more interest about timepieces than the philosophical discourse about - What is independent haute horlogerie for this community / moderators? 
We should have kept it simple and not changed the AHCI forum title way back then.........ahh, that would have been easy to define but so bland....no?
Regards,
MTF
Why would a moderator move a post about Sarpaneva to the HOME forum?
Last I checked, Stepan was as independant as they get.
Politically correct answer
Dear Adam, We get questions like this all the time and there is no perfect answer. Strictly speaking, the word "independent" has the least influence as criterium to be on this forum. The other two descriptors have more relevance. Taking an excerpt from an...
Huh?
Hi MTF; Not trying to cause any problems, but I'm just generally confused about a few things here... "Strictly speaking, the word "independent" has the least influence as criterium to be on this forum" "Strictly speaking" - that's a good flexile phrase. "...
Moderator....
This thread is getting way too philosophical - shouldn't it be moved to Belles Lettres ? nick
LOL. Good one Nick.
With some photos this could quality for the photography forum too. - SJX
Democracy - My Fellow Community Members:
I wish to formally present the following resolution for your collective consideration. WHEREAS, there exists several distinct organizations, companies, and holding companies (to be called the “Industry”) whose objective is to design, develop, manufacture,...
Monarchy - My dearest and almighty forum moderator:
I am but a simple man – moderate in knowledge of time keeping devices and a collector of such examples by Peter Speake-Marin, Nicholas Delaloye, MIH, Chopard L.U.C, Ulysse Nardin, and awaiting a Sarpaneva. I come before you today of my own fruition to off...
whoa....
Hi HTF, others... I was really just trying to make a little "stab" at why the post was moved...Thought it would get deleted and that would be that. Instead, some of the longest posts I've read in years on these pages. In all honesty, Melvyn, If your post ...
Riposte
asg, We almost never delete anything polite and cogent. I never meant that we should revert to Only AHCI members to be discussed here. I was merely illustrating how difficult it becomes when you "expand" the original remit to include other high horology i...