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Re: How can an article like that get past the editorial team
In Response To: How can an article like that get past the editorial team? ()

Wow, what shoddy reporting. It's been well established that Obama wears a Jorg Gray watch. I don't think Romney is wearing a Link either, for that matter. Did TAG Heuer pay for this piece of hackery?

: Oh dear me.. like a good ol' watch geek, I was going to list the
: errors, but I can't be bothered, the entire article is riddled
: with errors.
: It's not like you have to know anything about watches to see that
: it's completely inaccurate. I mean, come on.. the photo show
: Obama wearing a black dialed watch, probably not a TAG Heuer
: (??), and they picture a white dialed watch, with clearly says
: Carrera on the dial, then they say he wears an Aquaracer similar
: to the one pictured - what!?!... and I haven't checked, but an
: Aquaracer surely doesn't cost 15 grand.
: This isn't nit-picking the finer details of watches, this is just
: ludicrous inaccuracies.

: It's akin to doing a piece on Steve McQueen's old 911 and
: accompanied by a photo of a Cayenne.

: Stewart

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