iWC Big PilotAmor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:52 pmiWC Ingénieur
The person who fixes it when it’s broken (though he only does the Gentas)
The colloquial term for the blockage the Ingenieur is clearing.
The watchaholic's alternative dictionary
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The colloquial term for the blockage the Ingenieur is clearing.
Iain’s Law: Any discussion on the Christopher Ward forum, irrespective of the thread title or subject matter, will eventually lead to someone mentioning the Bel Canto if the thread continues for long enough.
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Timescale - using a toothpick to get all the bits of wrist cheese and crud from the gaps in your watch bracelet
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Mud Master - Any dog after determining that the car has recently been cleaned
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Moonphase - intense period of joy after buying a watch with a lunar disc on it, before something else comes along to get excited about
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Nomos - a brand of lawn weed killer.
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Pushers - people on watch forums who persuade you to buy watches that you don't really need and which may lead to frank addiction
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Beachmaster - nothing to do with Seamaster.
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NodeX - what a cut-price DJ turns up to your party with.
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Cubitus - from cubit, an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm, also elbow, and in horology the ungainly younger brother of the graceful Nautilus.
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Propilot - Flying school instructor
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Budget Watch - A well known pitfall for the unwary in which the marketing promises much but where one inevitably pays more in the long term.
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Sonnerie au Passage
The overly loud electric bell in the school corridor that deafens you every time you walk past.
The overly loud electric bell in the school corridor that deafens you every time you walk past.
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Mainspring - the time of year when the daffodils come out. Not the few pleasant days in January when you get your hopes up only to have them dashed by three more months of darkness and freezing temperatures.
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Bumper movement - what happens when you're walking down the aisle on a train carrying coffee and a pastry
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