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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.
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Mission to Maidenhead

A bawdy 15th Century English translation of the Roman de la Rose.
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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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@timepieces_and_bags Audi, pardner! :escape:
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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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