Radium Watch Dials And Radium Girls: Who Would Have Thought ‘Eating’ Radioactive Material Was Deadly? – Reprise
Prompted by the news that the last of the so-called Radium Girls had passed away at the age of 107,...
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Monday, March 1, 2021
Lagavulin 16-Year-Old Whisky And Why Ron Swanson Was Right On The Money – Reprise
One of my all-time favorite fictional characters is Ron Swanson from “Parks and Recreation,” the American sitcom running from 2009...
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Stunning Geophysic Collection From Jaeger-LeCoultre: True Second And Universal Time – Reprise
I appreciate the fact that you are very busy. What with trying to make time for family, work, looking at...
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Happy Wife, Happy Life: What Women Want (In A Watch) – Reprise
I set out to buy my wife a watch: after many happy years of marriage to a lovely woman, it...
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Behind The Lens: Patek Philippe Ref. 5950A-001 Split-Seconds Chronograph – Reprise
Given my recent musings on these pages about the relative roles of rarity and complication in driving the value of...
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Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921 Small: How The Traditional Becomes Modern – Reprise
For Christian Selmoni, Vacheron Constantin’s director of style and heritage, the watches the brand releases in its Historiques line are...
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My Top 5 Favorite Watches With Helical Hairsprings – Reprise
The hairspring: the devilishly complex yet stunningly simple heart of a mechanical watch.The hairspring is a notoriously difficult component to...
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RIP Don Nunley, Property Master Of Steve McQueen’s Heuer Monacos: Enjoy This Exclusive Interview
According to Jeff Stein at OnTheDash.com, Don Nunley passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at the age of 81....
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Watch Design: Originality, Similarity, Or Imitation? – Reprise
Thank goodness I don’t have to design watches for a living! While it’s well established that creativity flourishes within constraints,...
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Breguet Classique Dame Ref. 9065 Features A Tahitian Mother-Of-Pearl Dial And More Than A Touch Of Romance – Reprise
Designing a watch. It sounds so easy, yet it is so difficult to design a watch just right, down to...
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