The watchaholic's alternative dictionary
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Rolex,y and z: All those factors you need to take in to consideration before buying a watch from the brand founded by Hans Wilsdorf.
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Lego Watch- an early morning ritual by parents to avoid stepping on scattered plastic blocks which would otherwise result in unparalleled pain.
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Sub-woofer : Gigantic 3-headed chthonic dog whose function is to guard his master’s Rolex collection.
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Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Vulcanised Rubber - Spock's prosthetic ears
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^^^
On a similar vein…Rolex Oysterflex - an expensive rubber strap (that really is a “flex”)

On a similar vein…Rolex Oysterflex - an expensive rubber strap (that really is a “flex”)
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C60 Sunrise, C60 Atoll White Shark, C63 Sealander Lucerne blue LE, C65 Dartmouth, C65 SC Elite, W11 Amelia (wife), C63 Sealander (son)
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Illuminati- the revered yet secretive inventors and original founders of the Luminova corporation
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Tourbillon : that vague feeling you get towards the end of the evening in a restaurant when your stomach starts to tell you that those prawns might not have been daisy-fresh.
Tourbillon Minute Repeater : the realisation is beginning to dawn that the prawns were definitely not fresh.
Flying Tourbillon : the mad headlong dash to make it to the bathroom before the involuntary reappearance of said prawns.
Tourbillon Minute Repeater : the realisation is beginning to dawn that the prawns were definitely not fresh.
Flying Tourbillon : the mad headlong dash to make it to the bathroom before the involuntary reappearance of said prawns.
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Consort Bracelet - what Chas gave Milla for Xmas.
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Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time
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Excalibur - a movement reference no longer produced by the manufacturer
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Bird brain: The design head responsible for the Bel Canto chiming mechanism.
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Tudor BB58 - bra assumed to have belonged to Anne of Cleves.
Loomes - temporary butler hired by the Addams family when Lurch is on vacation.
Loomes - temporary butler hired by the Addams family when Lurch is on vacation.
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Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. (Max Ehrmann)
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Co-axial escapement: The getaway car used in a heist or hold up.
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Watchgecko - The zoo's webcam in the reptile house
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Consort Bracelet - euphemistic name for a medieval device designed to torture pairs of citizens of opposing political views who cannot keep the peace and have a civilised conversation, by binding them together at the wrist until released by death
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Chrono24 - Day and night manned help line for people with chronic illnesses who will be politely asked to wait til morning
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