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Breguet Overcoil Hairspring - An 18th Century French approach to family planning
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^^ ^^
V good. :lol:
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Seiko: A Japanese watch obsessive who buys, mods and flips continually, to a worrying degree, leading to his friends saying, "Jesus, that Tim's a bit of a Seiko!"

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Incabloc - 16th Century Spanish domination of indigenous Peruvian nation through disease and miltary intervention.
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^^ laughing out loud :lol:
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Sinn - changing the date between 10 and 2

Sinn - diver on leather (controversial)
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Synthetic Ruby / Synthetic Sapphire - aspiring adult movie stars from Bolton.
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Radiomir - local space station wireless show
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Minute repeater - small burps
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missF wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:32 am Minute repeater - small burps
Or rabbits mating?
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Motion Works - the active ingredient in Senokot

Poljot - A policeman's notepad
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Spring drive - taking your vintage car for a spin first sunny and warm Sunday of the year.

Gold chaton - the $10,000 chip at Las Vegas casinos.

Blued screw - post coital tristesse.
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Pallet fork - utensil for big eaters
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Dual time - sunrise, sir, your honour is at stake...
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Coloumn wheel - an early Greco-roman chariot wheel made for use in the Colosseum.
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