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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/iwc-mk-xv/" title="Permalink to IWC Pilot&#8217;s Watch Mk XV" rel="bookmark">IWC Pilot&#8217;s Watch Mk XV</a></h2>

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				QP (2004)  and posted in <a href='collecting'>Collecting</a>, <a href='watch-history'>Watch History</a>, <a href='buying-watches'>Buying Watches</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; You want iconic? Are you after something so utterly immune to the whims of fashion that your great grandson will thank you for buying it in the first place? Amongst military watch aficionados, right up there with 1953 Omegas, &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/iwc-mk-xv/">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/style-features/buying-watches/" title="Permalink to Buying Watches" rel="bookmark">Buying Watches</a></h2>

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				Money Mail - Unpublished  and posted in <a href='style-features'>Style Features</a>, <a href='buying-watches'>Buying Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; One series of advertisements was enough to explain why some people prefer to spend a small fortune on a watch, even though a £3 quartz throwaway from a corner store will tell time with greater accuracy: &#8216;You never actually &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/style-features/buying-watches/">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/buying-watches/buying-a-chronograph/" title="Permalink to Buying A Chronograph" rel="bookmark">Buying A Chronograph</a></h2>

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				Motorsport  and posted in <a href='buying-watches'>Buying Watches</a>, <a href='car-related-watches'>Car-Related Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; Watches are inextricably linked with motoring for a simple reason: ever since the automobile first appeared, timing its speed across a fixed distance has been a test of a car’s merits. Time trials, race results, ‘how fast can she &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/buying-watches/buying-a-chronograph/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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