The watchaholic's alternative dictionary
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Chime in: The act of contributing to any thread on the CW forum dealing with matters relating to the Bel Canto.
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Spring Drive: That time when city dwellers head out in to the country in their cars to observe flowers in the hedgerows, new blooms and the first of the newborn lambs.
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Cantankerous - describing an unlikely collaboration between CW's chiming flagship model and Cartier's distinctive rectangular dress watch.
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Hydrophobia
A neophyte’s extreme anxiety over whether his new 300m dive watch is going to survive the hotel pool and adjacent beach.
A neophyte’s extreme anxiety over whether his new 300m dive watch is going to survive the hotel pool and adjacent beach.
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Mission to Maidenhead
A bawdy 15th Century English translation of the Roman de la Rose.
A bawdy 15th Century English translation of the Roman de la Rose.
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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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Pair shaped: When you buy a second version of that watch you love only in a different colourway.
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Eternity Bracelet - an unexpected feature of some defective Seamaster clasps whereby the release buttons no longer operate thus rendering the watch irremovable.
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Watch plagiarism: When a company manufactures a watch that you are yet to make, and you have the audacity to come up with the original. I'm looking at you SU.
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‘Geeking out’ over the method for measuring the accuracy of the components of the Loco balance wheel: Free-sprung Dork Technique
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I post a few watch pictures now and then to a little Instagram account - 16 followers and counting!
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@timepieces_and_bags Audi, pardner! 

Steve
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
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Genta Reassignment - a brave decision to transition a watch to a bold new style typified by octagonal case shape and integrated bracelet.
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Open heart balance: When your cardiac surgeon decides to perform the procedure on one leg to engage his core and impress the team.
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