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NOTE TO THE READER:I launched WatchProjects.com beasuce I was tired of the PR-approved stories of the Big brands. The purpose of this blog is to provide uncensored and constructive criticism of both mainstream and homebrew watch brands. I am not an accredited journalist, but I rely upon my university training in Art criticism to write my entries with a minimum of methodology.Whenever I write a negative or positive criticism of a product or a brand, I try to produce the information that supports it. Should I write erroneous information, it is then my duty to rectify it and inform the reader, out of intellectual honesty.Since February 2011, this comment thread received several imputs from user Man on Watch, an obvious detractor of the Pleamar project, which were followed by responses from supporters and detractors of the project.I initially chose to publish Man on Watch s comments beasuce after a cross-verification, more than half of their content was well-argumented and seemed to check. Further comments from users disagreeing with Man on Watch came in later, and I decided to publish them to give both parts a right of response .With this comment thread growing in contributions, administrator of the Foroderelojes.se forum Mr. Rafael Sevilla eventually contacted me, asking to delete the (negative) comments about the project. That request poses several problems:Asking me to apply sensorship, something this blog was specifically created in reaction againstAsking me to choose a side in a debate that I cannot follow accurately. Being a non-Spanish speaker and being completely outside of the Pleamar project makes it difficult for me to have a clear picture.Watchproject is at the service of consumers first. Whenever I choose to write about a watch, I do so beasuce it meets my own requirement and beasuce I would like to the reader to give it a chance. When I first wrote about Pleamar, I recommended it to the reader. So if people are told to invest in a Pleamar watch, they should be provided with as much information as possible.I offered to Mr. Sevilla a right of response , by which an entirely new blog entry would be dedicated to him. Mr. Sevilla turned down the offer, arguing that much ink has already flown. From what I could grasp of the project, the developers and all participant were aware that the choice for the Pleamar case was similar to a Piquerez design extensively used in the 1960 and found amongst a dozen brands, of which Longines. By their own admission, the plan was to replicate the Piquerez case, so it makes it difficult to argue with Man on Watch s accusations. Furthermore, a lot of the renderings of the Pleamar are built on top of pictures of the Longines Legend Diver.That being said, it is never made 100% clear to the customer that when they subscribe to the development of a forum watch, they actually agree to share the risk. The initial investments will likely be made with a substantial percentage of their deposit. Should the project meet difficulties, not all of the deposit can be refunded.As of April 26th 2011, it seems that the Pleamar project is being postponed to an undetermined date.Below are the 2 comments, one from each side of the debate, that I decided to leave: