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Jewelers attacking WSJ article

Industry publication Jewelers Circular Keystone reports that a number of jewelers are questioning the veracity of a recent Wall Street Journal article about watch auctions.

Senior editor William George Schuster wrote, “However, some in the article challenge its accuracy and claims. Its allegations are ‘unfounded and inadequate,’ said BÃ©atrice Howald, head of media relations and spokesperson for The Swatch Group, the worldâ€™s largest watchmaker and owner of Omega, whose bidding at Antiquorumâ€™s Omegamania auction was singled out.

“Top luxury brand Patek Philippe ‘prefers not to validate misleading articles,’ said a statement by Patek Philippe USA, declining further comment.

“Antiquorum S.A. didnâ€™t issue a statement, but spokesperson Karin Tasso said itâ€™s ‘unfortunate the Wall Street Journal has gone down to the level of the boulevard [i.e. tabloid] press. Bits and pieces of sentences were taken out of context. Thatâ€™s unprofessional.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.