Well, its 2024 and I'm finally back. Way too much excitement in my life the last few months. Changed jobs and was hoping to have a couple months off before starting the new position. Unfortunately the timing didn't work out and I left the previous position on a Friday and started Monday. Then I spent 3 straight weeks in an arbitration. But its a new year and looking forward to getting back into spending time on the forum and being MUCH better about updating it with the latest news and topics.

I think Independents are poised for a big year in 2024 and interest will continue to grow. I'm hopeful the forum will continue to grow and encourage everyone to participate in discussions and post photos. I've been meaning to look at how to better organize galleries, so that's something I'll be working on in the near term. I also want to begin providing some unique content with interviews of some of the watchmakers, behind the scenes looks at their work, and hopefully some online member meetups in the coming months.

More soon.