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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/watches/book-reviews/books-50-watches-that-changed-the-world/" title="Permalink to Books: 50 Watches That Changed The World" rel="bookmark">Books: 50 Watches That Changed The World</a></h2>

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				12/2015 and posted in <a href='book-reviews'>Book Reviews</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>Sometimes, it doesn&#8217;t pay to have blind faith in brands. I stopped buying watch-related books willy-nilly after my library passed the 300-books mark. I decided to be selective, limiting myself to either all-new topics not covered before, such as brand &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/book-reviews/books-50-watches-that-changed-the-world/">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/watches/watch-brand-profiles/brand-awareness-hamilton-and-longines/" title="Permalink to Brand Awareness: Hamilton and Longines" rel="bookmark">Brand Awareness: Hamilton and Longines</a></h2>

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				Wallpaper  and posted in <a href='watch-brand-profiles'>Watch Brand Profiles</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>During the 1970s, Swatch – the watch and the company – pretty much saved the entire Swiss watch industry in the face of competition from the Far East. It’s a canny operator: sophisticated, innovative, financially robust and extremely powerful. Among &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/watch-brand-profiles/brand-awareness-hamilton-and-longines/">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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		<div id="post-393" class="post-393 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-watch-brand-profiles category-watches">
			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/watch-brand-profiles/chopard/" title="Permalink to Chopard" rel="bookmark">Chopard</a></h2>

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				Cottrills  and posted in <a href='watch-brand-profiles'>Watch Brand Profiles</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; Some watch brands augment their ranges with jewellery. Some jewellery brands complement their ranges with watches. Precious few master each to a degree where they excel in both disciplines. One of the few houses to have earned matching levels &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/watch-brand-profiles/chopard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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		<div id="post-378" class="post-378 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-watches">
			<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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				 and posted in <a href='blogs'>Blogs</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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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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		<div id="post-371" class="post-371 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-buying-watches category-collecting category-watch-history category-watches">
			<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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		<div id="post-364" class="post-364 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-collecting category-style-features category-watches">
			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/blasts-past/" title="Permalink to Blasts From The Past" rel="bookmark">Blasts From The Past</a></h2>

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				Brummell  and posted in <a href='collecting'>Collecting</a>, <a href='style-features'>Style Features</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; Why launch new designs if your back catalogue is rich with hits? &nbsp; When words are co-opted for specific uses, it leaves us with a slight dilemma: how does one describe exact replicas of classic watches, brought back to &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/blasts-past/">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/watch-brand-profiles/longines-175th-anniversary/" title="Permalink to Longines 175th Anniversary" rel="bookmark">Longines 175th Anniversary</a></h2>

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				iW Magazine 12/2007 and posted in <a href='watch-brand-profiles'>Watch Brand Profiles</a>, <a href='watch-history'>Watch History</a>, <a href='watches'>Watches</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>&nbsp; Do the Swiss “party”? Not in the way that, say, Americans exercise the concept, but they do know how to mark the years. Because Longines is finally getting the push it has long deserved – re-launched, in a manner &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/watch-brand-profiles/longines-175th-anniversary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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