Horological Meandering

Thank you for all your hard work, Brad. And thank you posters and readers for your many contributions. I've enjoyed reading the FPJ forum immensely. Peace.

I tend to visit the forum most days and on each of those days, the first 3 forums that I usually visited were Journe, Patek & Lange. Today when I logged on, I thought that me eyes were deceiving me, did I really see in very small red writing the word ... 

I was told that the "purists asked for a lot of money to host [the forum]" and that the strength of the purists is our independence which is why they choose not to support us financially or otherwise in an effort to maintain our independence. That sounds ... 

Did the PursitS management team demand money from Journe to run this forum?

First, I have to state that I am not part of the executive team, and have no insights in the process that led to the closure of the said forum. However, I feel a bit disconcerned to read posts with a rather aggressive tone, demanding clarification about a... 

of which I think your second last paragraph is the most important. In fact, its the one that let me accept moderatorship here. In these times, I guess firms are looking for instant gratification but tend to disregard long-term issues. Building a successfu... 

and if do open up new forums, all the brands know that we have editorial independence and that they can't tell us what not to write or what to write. That is absolutely crucial. Editorial independence is what makes these forums great. If you go to any of ... 

here on PuristSPro. MTF wrote at the top of the this thread, so let me expand even further: 1) Products that are of horlogical merit or attractive to PuristS, in order to get a worthy and passionate moderator. The PuristS community needs to show some type... 

There are lots of ways to raise funds. from members. from more advertising. I don't know all the details of this site's financial status but creating a forum, putting a good moderator there, and then threatening to shut it down unless Journe pays borders ... 

Your comments remind me of the self important internet customer who feels that just by walking into the store, the store should kiss their ass because they MIGHT be a potential customer, when in fact most of the time these customers paw the product, waste... 

Based on your premise, the only way a customer is to be treated well is if they provide proof that they are a serious customer walking into the store. first, your business model is in now way even close to a store, so why it would remind you of that is be... 

I always enjoy seeing what Mr. Journe is up to and reading the FPJ forum on PP has always been the best way to do that. Even though I don't always like or respect the watches I'll very much miss reading about them regularly. Tremendous thanks to Brad for ... 

Will all old posts group to other thread?? like HOrologicalMEandering or AHCI?

" " Gotcha! The fact is that we are all either guessing or paraphrasing what was said over the past few months. Everyone's comments are tainted by certain prejudices that they carry including mine. Mr. Journe is a very passionate man who is gifted horolog... 

What happened in Court? What decision was taken? Thanks Cheers

I've lost the link to the official court brief in French. It encapsulated both the findings and verdicts both in the original court and also the appeals court in Geneva. Let's just say sometimes Mr. Journe's pride and passion (and Euros) would be better s... 

Much appreciation to Brad for his hard work and dedication. -MW

and PPro might never come. I hate seeing all of you like this. It's stupid. It's stupid because all these effort won't yield anything we desire at the end. Speaking out of personal experience I can say this:"Every human being has flaw, perfection is not a... 

Hi, I don't know what took place behind the scene but I trust the PuristSPro management team in their decisions. I've been a long time fan of Francois-Paul Journe watches, still I confess the passion faded for me in the last years. I don't own one, maybe ... 

Not much to add to the plethora of posts other than the 'reaction and outpouring of posts' shows how passionate and dedicated we are about our FPJs. Sad day indeed. OpC

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Many watch aficionados gather around dedicated forums, some participants are more knowledgeable than others but as an all it represents and gathers watches/brands lovers. And all this is often free in the name of enthusiasms. To see a brand upsetting a co... 

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For his dedication to the Journe forum the time that I have been interested in Journe watches. It is a really sad day to see the forum go. But I think Msr Journe must have his reason even though I wouldn't think any reason should result in the closing of ... 

Especially the smaller brands belong here. GEO

Dear All, In view of the numerous posts about the closure of the F.P.Journe Forum, and the numerous misunderstandings, we have decided to clarify our position. We would first like to thank Brad immensely for the fantastic work he has done to make the F.P.... 

It might have been fair for you to mention that certain executives of PuristsPro (not me) have been trying to contact you to discuss various matters, to which you did not even give them the courtesy of a reply. It might have been more fair that you clarif... 

The following quote is clearly wrong (at best) and Obfuscation, if I was less generous: "Suddenly, The PuristsPro decided to charge the brands for a significant amount of money otherwise they would close the forum." - FPJ HQ. NO....NO....NO. We get a lot ... 

and simple question, only. Really interesting! Would love to see the same amount of replies and emotions in a watch related discussion Oliver

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