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 Posted: Sat Apr 7th, 2007 07:38 am
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lordsinclair

 

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 My take is that the whole Chinese Doxa thing - "Choxa" as someone called it on WUS - is, and remains, an excuse to have a go at Doxa. What do folk think the difference between a $5000 Rolex Submariner and a $1500 Doxa comes down to? It ain't a $3500 in-house movement, that's for sure. Is the Sub "worth" the difference? Only the individual can decide. But there has to be a reason, or reasons, why the Doxa is $1500. The watch may be "Swiss Made" but is it 100% Swiss "manufactured?" I don't profess to be an expert on the legalities of what constitutes "Swiss Made," but at the price-point, is anyone really surprised that the a Doxa might not be 100% Swiss "manufactured?"

I took a look at TZ.UK, and there is quite a bit of smug self-congratulation going on. As I said in my first post here on 3T, this whole fiasco is not about the watches, and it is not about free speech, either. It is about people demanding the right to say whatever they want, wherever they want. The fact that this whole Chinese debate is running and running kind of proves it. Who's next? Omega? Breitling? I doubt it. If the naysayers have proof of Chinese manufacture, then they should bring it forward. Until then, they need to give John P the same benefit of the doubt that they clearly reserve for themselves.

Doxa needs to wise up and take it on the chin every once in a while. But they don't have to listen to vitriol on their own Forum from those with an agenda...and no, there is no smoking gun.