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most importantly the picture of your new baby's J*D wristshot.

Stay strong Kevin, you made the right choice.  J*D will always be unique amongst all the brands.

Best, Mike

the Purists community as a whole and for J*D owners in particular.  This is a very sad turn of events.

Thank you for your service to the Forum, Mike. 

Best Regards

Carol

 

Whenever a door closes, another one opens.

I think the J*D spirit will continue to live on HoME.  I can only see the PuristSPro community growing stronger and stronger each day.

Looking forward to seeing you soon....it is long overdue.

 

Best, Mike

and willingness to call it as you see it. Sorry to hear that circumstances got in the way. I imagine it wasn't an easy decision.

Greg

but I'm glad to stand up for the ideals which make this site unique amongst all other web sites.

Thank you always for your support.

Cheers, Mike

The passion you have shown to others and your willingness to help others understand and appreciate the world of Jaquet Droz is priceless.  And btw, you're doing an excellent job as our Montblanc moderator.

I've been visiting the J*D forum for many many years now, and I still remember the NYC J*D PuristS event and still have my and my wife's #8 & #9 white enamel dial plaques from the event. 

To the J*D owners and fans, please still keep the J*D spirit alive and continue with your J*D related postings here in HoMe forum. 

Best,
Anthony

PS.  Here's my J*D Sports Watch for my "send it off" pictures.

 

Looking forward to seeing the J*D flame shine brightly on HoME where I think the qualities of the brand will actually be seen and appreciated by more eyes that on its own separate forum.

 

Best, Mike

will be missed but lots of talk will continue I hope. 

Zongaman

Many thanks to Mike for managing the Jaquet Droz forum with such dedication.

May you succeed in your professional endeavors; and may that success translate to greater utility and enjoyment in the future.

The very best to you Mike!

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I've been a big supporter of the forum and the efforts of all the mods. So a big thank you to them. However, I'm sad to see the forum has lost its credability among Purists. Emanuel Emch and the crew were big supporters of the forum and it was a great place to see all the interesting creations.

Maybe someday it will make a comeback.

Larry

What it means is since Mike is stepping down as moderator, PPro management was faced with the decision of whether or not we want to keep the J*D forum open.  With no moderator and diminishing traffic in the J*D forum, it was a tough choice to make but PPro management decided to close the forum down.  The amount of work it will require to keep and sustain the forum with content and to find, teach, and train another moderator is just too much.  Furthermore, there are hard dollar costs with keeping any forum open, and it just didn't make sense for PPro to keep the J*D forum open.

Yes; anytime in the future we could close down another brand forum if that brand lost credibility with our community, but this is definitely not the case with Jaquet Droz..

- Anthony

 

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Congrats Larry.  You were one of the first to purchase a Paillonnee (if not the first in the USA).

I'll have to second Anthony's thoughts.  There is not a loss of credibility to the brand but a lack of traffic to the forum.  I shoulder and fully accept the responsiblity in this downward slide but generating new and interesting content daily (which would be required to rejuvenate the forum) is not possible given my changing priorities.  At this point there are enough PuristS who own J*D to keep the spirit alive on HoME. I'm proud of that fact

There are other interesting new developments in the world of horology that I would like to focus my limited time to...Montblanc Villeret as an example!

J*D is and will always be my first love.

Congrats again on your new SW.

Best, Mike

disrupted.  I think our IT team is working to move all the J*D posts.

Check back again a couple of days later.

Kong

. . . he can't get away that easy! As for the forum archives, they have been sealed and will likely remain so unless the forum is revived . . . even a closed forum requires allocation of scarce resources. Cordially, Art

for all the fantastic work put into the J*D forum. 

I will remember it is the J*D forum that shows the work behind enamel dials.

Thank You!

Kong

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But it is glad to hear that you will still be here.  You have done a good job.

Regards

Ling

With these kind of respond, the forum should really carry on. J*D is a great brand.

space! (nt)

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Although I was not a regular visitor to JD forum, it is sad to see it suspended

Mike, I would like to thank you too for all your hard work and time that you contributed. I hope that you will stay as a Mod with MB

Thank you again

Cheers

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as I've been a regular and interested reader of this JD forum.

Keep an eye on HoMe, where I'll post in a few months the pictures of my first Jaquet Droz...

Thank you for all the work you have done !

Emmanuel

Now that's the spirit, bring it to HoME where many more purists can share in your new watch!

Is it a piece unique?

 

Cheers, Mike

But probably a Numerus Clausus of 88.

Have a nice week Mike,

Emmanuel

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I know it hasn't always been easy or fun, but we do appreciate all of your efforts on behalf of JD and the Purists. Now where's my umbrella
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to see you go.You always stood behind the brand with all your energy,you supported it and you were right.You expressed your passionate opinions even against a lot of sceptical fellow purists.Most of all you made me fall for J**D and made me appreciate the brand.I'm still happy with my J**D and glad I had the chance to contribute to a lovely forum.Thanks again Mike,Yours,Mo.