Rich:

You raise an interesting point about the lack of criticism in the world of watch journalism.

Jack Forster recently addressed this subject, in a column that he wrote for Forbes -- The Good, The Bad, And The Inexcusable: On Writing About Watches. Jack is very effective in explaining the technical aspects of complicated watches; in this column, he provides some excellent insights into the "watch press".

Would love to have readers' thoughts on Jack's column.

Jeff

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: It's refreshing to read Ben being critical about some of the new
: watches he has reviewed of late, because my take is far too many
: watch reviewers "blow smoke up the backsides" of the
: watch manufacturers. When you look at some of the reviews, they
: are often bland and unbelievable...so congrats to Ben for some
: refreshing honesty.

: I found when reviewing and valuing cars, that it made no difference
: to most manufacturers if you were honest, but I observed others
: finding it hard to change tack after always issuing glowing
: reviews. Concerned about their next demo or perhaps worried
: about the support they receive to their advertising budget.

: No doubt this is one of the reasons Hodinkee' is doing so well.

: R

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