elliot55
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One Word...
... Payola!
pay·o·la noun.
1. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records.
2. A bribe or a number of bribes given to an influential person in exchange for a promotion of a product or service: "I do not mean to imply that most Wall Street analysts typically receive payola for touting particular stocks" (Burton G. Malkiel).
Just sayin'.
- Scott
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Grand Prix de l'horologerie 2013
The nominees have been announced........ Pleased,?disappointed?you do not care? Thoughts? Personally I find the line up quite satisfying ,even if I would have preferred some other watches in the categories,but I am biased..... Look forward to your comment...
I think...
There is a good selection, a few missing and a few oddies. Mens complication... The Tudor heritage? I love this Tudor but put it next to the logical one or skybridge... I can put my number 1 in most catagories... But whether they will be the final winners...
Hummm....
Strange non-selection of some of this years highlights..... I am happy for some watches to be there though,I suppose you can t make everybody happy. Mo
Gross mistake
If one sees the website of GPGH the pictures in the entry list are wrong. There are many mismatches. I was shocked to see the same. I played the game of match the pictures and words like we did as children. This is not expected at this level. Take a look....
One Word...
... Payola! pay·o·la noun. 1. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records. 2. A bribe or a number of bribes given to an influential person in exchange for a...
Maybe,who knows....
Harmless though........I just take it for what it is,a bit of fun to look at. Corruption in the watch world? The collectors know better ,I am sure.. Mo
Agree fully! This is a joke
Honestly this "prize" is in a death spiral of increasing absurdity. Incompetent is another word that comes to mind. So does bizarre. So, Nico I join in doing my best to avert my gaze and ignore the whole idiotic exercise.
You know what....
Why don t we have a nice watch award here on purist? We will be even more legitimised as a community....and it will be fun. As for the GPHG.....well it is what it is.....like reading gossip magazine...... Mo
Hey Salar, I couldn't agree more...
... and I'm very surprised by the list of entries at all levels. Let me see if I've got this straight: Kari Voutilainen's VR-8 is part of the "Men's Watch" category. Maybe I'm just a dumb ol' Purist, but last time I checked, a power reserve was a complica...
Jury 2013
President : Aurel Bacs, international director of the watch department of Christie’s / Switzerland Members : Carlos Alonso, publisher and editor-in-chief of Tiempo de Relojes and director of the Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria / Mexico Jean-Philippe Ar...
I am on the record...
...expressing my doubts on the makeup of this panel. Perhaps an upgrade from the "tasteless twelves" of prior years, but perhaps not -- time will tell. Best, Gary
looking at the jury list , it appears to me to comprise
a well balanced group of individuals from various disciplines including musician John Mayer. I am only familiar with a few names from that list, Aurel Bacs, Philippe Starck , John Meyer , Elizabeth Doer ( a great writer and contributor to magazines and ne...
What do you think Andrew?
A few from the "industry" a few outsiders.....more like a beauty contest....... Mo
And sans a single...
...Seiko-singing satisfied Singaporean specialist seen sitting solicitously somewhere in the scene? Tokyo's loss.... Cheers, pplater.