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^^^^That's soooooo funny. I really needed a good laugh today.

atm's or atmosphere's: A strange phenomenon that used to exist in the days before the pandemic. Could be found at concerts, sporting events, even your local boozer. Ironically sometimes referred to as 'bar', just to add insult to injury.

Des

Why are these still coming in to my head? I'm sorry CW forum...

Clickbait: That feeling you get from a new dive watch. It’s like the bezel is almost goading you,"go on, you know you want to turn me...c'mon, give it a whirl."

Des

Well...in the spirit of keeping this thread active; and to get the first in of the new year...

Swan neck regulator: A person employed by parks and rivers authorities whose main responsibility is to ensure that all swan's necks fulfil the necessary criteria.

Des

GADA = Go Anywhere Do Anything = what we did before Covid...

GODO - a 28th Century TA hobbit of the Thornburrow clan in the Southfarthing, famous for securing a monopoly on the export of Old Winyards to Rohan and Gondor.

Greenkeeper: That bronze diver. It turns green, it turns you green; but you love it, it’s a…

Greengage The mental calculation you try to make before buying that patinating bronze watch.

Des

Mainspring- (hydrology) Larger hillside aquifer fed from small groundwater supplies

Shock Resist - The token class of champagne or beer administered by an up-market Authorised Dealer after a hesitant purchase

Quarts - (US) The volume of Shock Resist sometimes requested after extreme spend

Hand Wind - the draft of air administered by the AD if the Shock Resist proves insufficient

Time Dilation - (Physics) A mysterious phenomenon observed in the first two decades of the 21st century whereby timepieces grew in size for as yet unexplainable reasons

META certified: That awesome photo you put up on what was once Facebook, of your new chrono, has been approved by Mark Zuckerberg...oh, and Nick Clegg.

Des

Aviation Watch - Enthiusiast's magazine located on the shelf next to 'Trains Weekly' and 'Caravanning Today'

Raised indexes: Generally seen in a classroom setting when a pupil is seeking permission to answer a question. Can also be placed in front of a person's lips to denote silence or quieten down please.

Des

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Striptease- The provocative sliver of protective film on a new watch tempting the new owner to just rip the whole lot off.

Dark side of the moon: That Moonwatch, you know the one, worn on the Apollo missions, went to the moon. Well it's available in plastic now. Yeah, it's cheaper but it's a bxxxdy quartz. It's still got the dot over 90 mind. It's got 10 mates too...but you can only buy two...for now...if you can.

Des

(and one year on...)

Timetable- Watchmakers work desk

Bi-Uhren - Wartime fleiger that swings both ways

Watch Link - iPlayer button

Pusher- Japanese railways crowd management operative

Captive Keeper- Zoo staff accidentally locked in the big cat enclosure