WUS-at-large can debate this endlessly, here, there, and everywhere. All I really can add is what I said in my OP that I would separately address, but perhaps have not yet made public: I bought the watch because of the marketing claims that it was American made. I hoped that claim would prove true despite reservations that the claims were unverified at the time of my purchase and my doubts as to whether they ever can or will be verified. I was not required to sign any loyalty oath to Ginault as a condition of my purchase, and I wouldn't have signed one. As with any purchase, I am entitled to pay my money and take my chances, and that's all that I did. I don't buy any or all Sub homages; I bought this one BECAUSE of my interest in the provenance, not despite that interest.
I don't know who @radar1 is aiming at--although I can speculate he's looking at me, particularly, along with some others--but I would reply that karma has a way of running over dogma. @radar1 and I know where we stand with each other; he can continue to bait me all he wants. When he does, I'll just report it to the mods and let them handle it. I was asked to stand down, and I have.
Beyond that, the mods apprised me of the rules regarding deleting posts, I have endeavored to comply where it's been directed, and I'm done debating the issue unless and until new facts come to light. If and when we get answers to the questions about the provenance of the watch--which I expect will happen, if ever, after the passage of the 3-week edit period--I hope and trust the mods will permit me to edit my OP to reflect any new facts or developments. It is not just the sponsors that have reputations that deserve protection, but the community members, too. Time, it often is said, will tell...