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Quality Control Checklist for New Watch Purchases - Please Add Thoughts

cvalue13
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2 step plans are always better 👍

Also….I think I read more of your steps than the original posters 😁

@Waltesefalcon’s #1 of “look at the watch” has only the illusion of simplicity, as it glosses over its own many sub-sections 😗
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Admittedly, I’m still not following what you’re referring to that is being leaned away from.
Insisting that the period always goes inside the quotes.
 
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2 step plans are always better 👍

Also….I think I read more of your steps than the original posters 😁
Mine is simple and straightforward, and involves no lawyer's quest to over complicate the matter.

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@Waltesefalcon’s #1 of “look at the watch” has only the illusion of simplicity, as it glosses over its own many sub-sections 😗

Hey now, don't suck me into your labyrinth of watch buying advice. I'm wondering when you add the subsections on bringing your own timegrapher and Geiger counter to a watch deal. 😁

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Insisting that the period always goes inside the quotes.

Yeah, it should. Writing is also a large part of my job as an historian, and if I submitted a piece for publication with a period outside the quotation marks, it would get rejected with a note to review my punctuation rules.

Many of the rules of grammar are archaic and arbitrary, but many, if not most, publishers still like to play by those rules.
 
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Many of the rules of grammar are archaic and arbitrary, but many, if not most, publishers still like to play by those rules.
Somewhat different requirements. For publication, you definitely follow the style guide.
 
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Somewhat different requirements. For publication, you definitely follow the style guide.
That's kinda the point isn't it? Different strokes for different folks and all that. Technical writing has its own requirements that don't necessarily fall in line with what some of the rest of us encounter in our own lines of work. Making periods inside or outside of quotation marks a moot point.
 
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I think a couple important style quality questions are left out.

You mention you've decided on a model but I can't count how many times a watch looks different in person than it does in a picture or catalog.

Do I like it.

Can I see myself wearing it.

In fact, I think those are most important.

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I'm wondering when you add the subsections on bringing your own timegrapher and Geiger counter to a watch deal. 😁

After almost 10 years on OF, my takeaway for both timegraphers and Geiger counters is that their utility is harder to agree on than even freezing or frying watches
 
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In fact, I think those are most important.

agree these are the higher order questions, and hopefully the ones people focus on naturally when deciding on the model.

The quality control points are far less important, but seem to get disproportionate attention on OF 😗 - not that I really thought any list would prevent the “my case seems too sharp” or “I can’t unsee this dial blemish” posts.
 
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