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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-11-at-last-some-not-so-blue-news/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 11: At Last! Some Not-So-Blue News" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 11: At Last! Some Not-So-Blue News</a></h2>

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				10/2018 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>, <a href='people'>People</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>Lots of lessons to be learned, not least about how slowly turn the wheels of justice. Is it really over two years since I posted “Blog No 9: Bluer News”? In it, I reported how James Dowling, my colleague of &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-11-at-last-some-not-so-blue-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-10-rodney-dangerfeld-watches-cant-get-no-respect/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 10: The Rodney Dangerfeld Watches Can&#8217;t Get No Respect" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 10: The Rodney Dangerfeld Watches Can&#8217;t Get No Respect</a></h2>

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				1/2018 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>The Rodney Dangerfield Watches: Can’t Get No Respect We all possess unique tastes, developed over the years for a number of reasons. I loathe lamb because I inherited a hatred for it from my mother, yet I love pasta, which &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-10-rodney-dangerfeld-watches-cant-get-no-respect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-9-bluer-news/" title="Permalink to Blog No 9: Bluer News" rel="bookmark">Blog No 9: Bluer News</a></h2>

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				7/2016 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>Monday morning, an 8a.m. wake-up call from my editor, who usually waits until 9a.m. out of innate courtesy. It has to be something urgent. It is. It concerns a mutual friend. &#8220;Google &#8216;James Dowling&#8217; and &#8216;billionaire sues&#8217;.&#8221; I do, and &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-9-bluer-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/blue-notes/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 8: Blue Notes" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 8: Blue Notes</a></h2>

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				11/2015 and posted in <a href='collecting'>Collecting</a>, <a href='watch-history'>Watch History</a>, <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>How, when, where, who, but above all why? Speculation about an unusual, mystery Tudor. &nbsp;   He slapped the wad of cash on the table. “Four thousand euros. Take it or leave it.” Ordinarily, my penury would dictate that such &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/blue-notes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-7-sublime-ridiculous/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 7: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 7: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous</a></h2>

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				1/2015 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>Explaining to purists, fanatics, monomaniacs or other anally-retentive types that it&#8217;s possible to love more than one of anything is often fruitless, always difficult. Take any subject, and a fire-breathing, hard-core &#8220;tifoso&#8221; will present a challenge to those with an &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-7-sublime-ridiculous/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-6-italians-call-bustarella/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 6: Italians Call It A &#8220;Bustarella&#8221;" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 6: Italians Call It A &#8220;Bustarella&#8221;</a></h2>

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				12/2014 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; In my other life &#8211; that of an audio reviewer &#8211; the atmosphere is one of such deep distrust that a writer so much as seen having a cup of coffee with a manufacturer is deemed to be on the &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-6-italians-call-bustarella/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-5-hamilton/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 5: Hamilton Does It Again" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 5: Hamilton Does It Again</a></h2>

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				11/2014 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>10 November 2014: Product placement has gone beyond the point of annoying us. Those who value their sanity or wish to maintain acceptable blood pressure simply shrug when an in-your-face display of commercialism rears its head, e.g. the now-infamous exchange &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-5-hamilton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-4-chiffons-sang-doo-lange-doo-lange/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 4: As The Chiffons Sang, &#8220;Doo-Lange, Doo-Lange, Doo-Lange&#8221;" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 4: As The Chiffons Sang, &#8220;Doo-Lange, Doo-Lange, Doo-Lange&#8221;</a></h2>

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				<p>28 October 2014 &nbsp; &nbsp; As the dust settles on the celebrations at A. Lange &amp; Söhne, it&#8217;s clear that the company&#8217;s celebratory watch is a hit &#8230; albeit a low-key one at that. The gorgeous tourbillon issued to mark &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-4-chiffons-sang-doo-lange-doo-lange/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-3-18-october-2014-todays-sightings/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 3: Today&#8217;s Sightings" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 3: Today&#8217;s Sightings</a></h2>

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				10/2014 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>Watch lovers above a certain age can recall when simply seeing decent/interesting/rare timepieces was almost a cause for celebration. It wasn&#8217;t all that long ago when seeing someone wearing an Omega Speedmaster Professional was like happening upon an AC Cobra &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-3-18-october-2014-todays-sightings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-2-9-october-2014-cheeky-or-what/" title="Permalink to Blog No. 2: Cheeky or What?" rel="bookmark">Blog No. 2: Cheeky or What?</a></h2>

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				10/2014 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>10 October 2014 &nbsp; One description in a site I write for deems me to be an &#8220;historian,&#8221; which is understandable on the grounds that I am obsessed with the past. Fair enough: my sole contribution to hi-fi writing in book &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/blogs/blog-no-2-9-october-2014-cheeky-or-what/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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