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My Most-Worn Wristwatches of 2018 + What Came In & What's Going Out
Okay, first of all, Happy New Year! I hope 2019 has started off nicely for you. Now that we're in the year of Blade Runner, I'm keeping an eye out for replicants. It's as good a plan as any!First post...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2019 - Forgotten Posts / Record Heatwaves / Back to...
Hmm, it would appear that I started this typecast post in the last few days of December last year and then never got around to finishing or posting it up.Ahh well, here it is. I wasn't going to bother,...
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 - Busy Times | The Heat's Still On | Thanks For the...
I wore the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean. It's been some time since I last wore this watch. I may have mentioned this already at some point in recent months, but I'll say it again for the sake of...
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Monday March 25th, 2019 - Negronis & Americanos | Counting Down the Days |...
I wore the Submariner earlier this month.Hawkins took off his glasses and placed them next to his wristwatch. He rubbed his eyes briefly, then began to mix a fifth gin and tonic. As he slowly built the...
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Sunday, April 28th, 2019 - Goodnight Bond Girls | Bondian Rhapsody & Recent...
Hey all, I've been back from my recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City and I'm slowly working on a post about that. In the meantime, I've been busy back at work. Repairs kept coming in while I was away and...
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Still Here, Just Busy & Uninspired - Part 1 | 6:07pm, Sunday July 14th, 2019
Haven't posted since late April. Work has been busy and I've felt less inclined to get on the computer to write something in long-form after spending all day in front of a computer.Anyway, here I be...
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Still Here, Still Busy - Part 2 | 10:11pm, Thursday, 5th September, 2019 - My...
The Oris Diver SixtyFive (40mm, blue & black dial) got a lot of wear in recent months. Here it is, back in May, in a restaurant while I awaited some calamari. It was a lacklustre meal, to be...
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Still Here, Still Busy - Part 3 | 8:00pm, Saturday, 28th September, 2019 -...
Took another stab at cleaning my desk. Time for a typecast, since it's been a while. I can't say that I'm overly happy with the photos throughout this post. The Windows Photo Editor's enhance feature...
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Monday October 21st, 2019 - Bench-warming (with a grinder), Channeling...
The last Saturday in September was also the day of the AFL (Australian Football League) Grand Final. I could care less. Which pretty much amounts to treason in this country.I headed to the hardware...
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Boxing Day 2019 - Work's Been Busy, Two(!) New Cameras, Another Bond Girl...
Here's the Lanco that's currently under repair. I took a few 'before' pictures of the watch. Eleven years ago, I brought my Omega Planet Ocean to the Swatch Group for repairs under warranty. The watch...
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My Most-Worn Watches of 2019 - According to Instagram
As my blog posting regularity took a sharp nose-dive during 2019, I wasn't able to sift through posts to see which of my wristwatches got the most wear throughout the year. Reason being, the numbers...
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Feb 27th, 2020 - New Typewriter, Old Spy, Back to the Books & Recent...
As with just about any typewriter of this era, the rubber feet, on both the machine and the carry case, have hardened and perished, so I'll be looking at replacing those at some point if I can get hold...
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Wednesday April 15th, 2020 - Strange Days Indeed, RIP Miss Galore, More Spy...
This post began with my thoughts on COVID-19. Toilet paper shortages, panic buying, hand-washing, elbow-bumps, social distancing, etc, etc.But then I thought that there's nothing I can say about this...
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20th of May, 2020 - Pasta La Vista Baby, Gates of Hell + Recent Wristwatches
May So, here we all are, in the midst of this adjusted existence in the grip of COVID-19. I'm still working three days a week at the moment, and that's the plan for May, but things could...
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Sunday, 14th of June, 2020 - Follow the Recipe!, Where's the Editor?, The...
It was the name of these biscuits that caught my eye. Well, that plus the sneaking suspicion that these would go nicely with a cup of coffee. Taken from a book called The Art of French Baking, which is...
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 - Reading From A to Z, French Rolling Pins, Updated...
Customer or store details go on the left. Symptoms or issue with the watch go over on the right. I switch between different pens to provide a little contrast between each enquiry. Private customers can...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 - My Town in Lock-down, The NightHawk Has...
Coronavirus cases in Victoria, Australia, Pop;- 6.5 million (approx.);Fri, July 31st - 627 new cases, 8 deathsSat, August 1st - 397 new cases, 3 deathsSun, August 2nd - 671 new cases., 7 deaths....
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Monday, September 28th, 2020 - Goodbye Mrs Bond, Oh My Dear Dussy, DVD...
This month saw the passing of Dame Diana Rigg, at the age of 82. She starred in the 1960s British TV series The Avengers and in the later seasons of Game of Thrones in the past decade, as well as...
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Sean Connery | August 25th 1930 - October 31st 2020 | The First OO7 Hangs Up...
It was inevitable. As I read of Sir Sean Connery's ailing health in recent years, I would check BBC.com for news of his passing. But then, I would also think that he'd last another five, maybe even ten...
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My Most-Worn Watches of 2020
It's been a busy couple of months since my last post, so I felt I'd better get back here and put something up. So, while I work on drafts of other posts, now's as good a time as any to tally up the...
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