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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/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='watches'>Watches</a>, <a href='collecting'>Collecting</a>, <a href='watch-history'>Watch History</a>, <a href='buying-watches'>Buying 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/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/collecting/the-ones-that-got-away-mhr/" title="Permalink to The Ones That Got Away: MHR" rel="bookmark">The Ones That Got Away: MHR</a></h2>

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				QP  and posted in <a href='collecting'>Collecting</a>, <a href='watch-brand-profiles'>Watch Brand Profiles</a>, <a href='watch-history'>Watch History</a>			</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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				<p>One day, a book will be written about the brave brands that kept the faith during the years between the arrival of quartz and the revival of mechanical watches. If you weren’t a watch enthusiast 15 or 20 years ago, &hellip; <a href="https://www.watch-words.com/watches/collecting/the-ones-that-got-away-mhr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
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