Not that long ago, watch criticism was a gentle business. Watch magazines, barely plural, sat in the hobby section in newsagents, somewhere between Railway Modeller and Practical Boat Owner. There were online forums for collectors. And everything was very nice. Back in that era, I once asked a watch magazine editor why his magazine never said anything bad about a watch. “There’s no value in it for our audience,” he replied. He had a point. Watch magazines were – and are – escapism. Unlike a car or a blender, a watch wasn’t going to get you killed or set your house on fire. If you didn’t like a watch, there…