The watchaholic's alternative dictionary

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Celestial blue - sense of wistful melancholy that descends when you gaze into the heavens and wonder if there ever will be a one, true, forever watch
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Two Moons issue - copy of Loupe in which the Moonglow was announced.
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Aeolian - A category of creamy garlic sauces made with raw garlic, salt, olive oil, and sometimes egg.
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Moonstruck: It's in development, seriously :silent:. The Bel Canto with moon phase complication. You get your regular hourly chime with the added bonus of a dong, in lieu of the hourly ding, indicating a full moon...for the next 128yrs.

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Turn the Air Blue - what the marketing person at CWL did after realizing they’d sent the new Sealander release email describing it as the Twelve 38
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”12” o’clock marker - when you’ve released that many versions of the 12 recently, all your company emails automatically reference them by default.
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Speedmaster racing: That new forumite frantically posting about not much. They want access to the sales corner and they want it quick.

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Aqua Terracotta - the trend for watch companies to take their dial colours away from the traditional navy blue and red
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Aqua Terror - wearing your omega in trepidation because you haven't had it pressure tested in 5 years
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Aquatic Error - taking your splash proof dress watch surfing
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Seamaster Agua Terra - Spanish God of the oceans who can reverse the flow of rivers back onto the land.
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AT - what you set your golf ball on before you drive it from land into the nearest water hazard
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First Omega In Space - the result of emptying the joint account to buy a new timepiece
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C1 - want one, 'pull the trigger'
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Rolex implorer: Not a new stainless steel professional model, just someone that is desperate to get their hands on any model from the superlative watchmaker.

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