The watchaholic's alternative dictionary
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GP'S timekeeping - a probabilistic quirk of relativity whereby a fifteen minute consultation is compressed into five.
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"The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you're the pilot."
"The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you're the pilot."
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Pulsimeter - 39 inch-long line of lentils
Hack feature - article in a Sunday tabloid
Hack feature - article in a Sunday tabloid
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Oh, we're off again! 
Balance spring - the heart of Simone Biles' beam routine
Balance wheel - the heart of a lesser gymnast's beam routine involving spinning arms around to keep upright
Balance spring - the heart of Simone Biles' beam routine
Balance wheel - the heart of a lesser gymnast's beam routine involving spinning arms around to keep upright
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Lume - what staff in the AD do when they see you looking at the Frederique Constants. Less so if you popped in to buy a Rolex
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Parmigiani-Fleurier - hideously expensive hard cheese flavoured with attar of roses.
Parmigiani-Fleurier Tonda - as above, but comes with a free pair of hair-clippers.
Parmigiani-Fleurier Tonda - as above, but comes with a free pair of hair-clippers.
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Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
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)
Linguist; retired teacher; pilgrim; apprentice travel writer
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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Laurent Ferrier - not quite champagne dials
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Lume - what credit card deadlines do once the CW sale has passed
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Mists of time - Lamentable evidence visible on the inside of a watch crystal that seals should have been changed a while ago.
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Fullness of time - middle-aged spread
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Tik tok - something that happens every second of the day for most teenagers
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CW watch count - enough to keep me very happy, but always room for more!
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Turn back the hands of time - Just don't. It's not good for the gears.
Killing time - diving with the crown unscrewed; setting the date between 9pm and 3am; dropping your watch on a concrete floor
Too much time on one's hands - submariner, dive computer and Fitbit on the same wrist
Killing time - diving with the crown unscrewed; setting the date between 9pm and 3am; dropping your watch on a concrete floor
Too much time on one's hands - submariner, dive computer and Fitbit on the same wrist
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Steinhart - A brand of Scandinavian 'male performance' pill.
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Swiss Watchmaker - a dishwasher-loading style adopted by one half of every relationship. The other half usually stacking the dishwasher like a racoon on crystal meth.
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Cushion case watch - essential TV viewing for fans of crime dramas involving pillows.
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Unboxing - pugilistic art that involves no aggression, no punches, mostly dialogue
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