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Great work

My daughter is 246 days old! We can celebrate her 250th day in four days from now

It wasn't fair - Diego was only 60cm tall and could run between everyone else's legs.

But then you open yourself up to foreign exchange movements (always the chance they could move in your favour - but it's a risky business, which defeats a lot of the point of banking the money).

NEW QUESTION Okay, okay - I know we've all got jobs we're supposed to do but...... Another question. This is an odd one...... This is an unusual watch. It is used by people in a particular job. (I appreciate that there are other jobs that could conceivably use it too, but there is a particular one). Do you know what people that might use this watch do for a living, and why they might use a watch like this?

You're too good! I thought at least one of them might have kept you busy for the morning! You're right about the transmitter, there is a US one but it is on a different frequency so you need a special US watch. Everything else was right - I think with the Corum they even slice the coin in half so that you can see the back of the coin on the back of the watch, with the mechanical movement in the middle. Well done Interesting!!

Congrats!

Great read - thanks for the link! One of the things it mentioned that I covet are a pair of those shoes. For the most part I have absolutely no interest in clothes or shoes, but these Berluti shoes just hit the spot (in black)! For me tailored suits though are a waste of time - I'll get a tailored suit when I stop changing size! (Generally in a larger and less athletic direction!)

QUESTION 2 This watch isn't mechanical, as the rather dodgy digital bit shows! My question is this. Mr X likes being on time. No, he really likes being on time. He hears that this watch is very accurate, and he buys it in Milan. However, he flys over to New York one time and is furious to discover that it is no longer as accurate. What is it about New York that stops Mr X's watch from working properly?!

NEW QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 I thought I would try two questions, because I'm sure that at least one of them is rubbish!! Sooooo....... Who makes this watch? Anything interesting about it?

OUCH!!

Bored after robbing a bank?! Even without the yellow colour cast, the pinks and browns from the bank notes make for some uneasy reflections and colour combinations. It upstages the watches - but what watches!!

Great work! I love the way that Lange even admit with this watch that the tourbillon is pointless, other than as a feat of engineering. Shows true class.

Remind me never to annoy you! Nice watch!

NEW QUESTION Perhaps this is a daft one, I dunno.... What is special about this part of a movement? What is point of this part (i.e. what does it achieve)? And to what watch does it belong? Best of luck!

I'll try to come up with something devious....

I think it's pretty cool - and the tradition is nothing to do with the football team! Strictly to do with Love Edinburgh ....but Sydney has its advantages come December!

Quite right - I suspect that half the UK population could not even tell you the name of Edinburgh's two teams. Even the London-based news have little clue about Scottish football - there was a funny moment when one newsreader thought that the Dundee Utd ground was in Italy. "Tannadichi" Come to think of it, in Scotland I think to opposing fans just the fact that you support another team is intrinsically insulting. So you can cuss by just calling them what they call themselves, perhaps sprinkled with 'bastard' at the end to make the point. But then the supporters even tend to adopt the insults - Aberdeen fans sing "we're only sheep shagging bastards" all afternoon. One thing that is a bit unique is that in Edinburgh there is spot on the street where everyone can spit on a Heart of Midlothian. Tends to freak out the tourists! Next time you're in Edinburgh.... Heart of Midlothian on the Royal Mile

Ah we are back in Abraham-Louis Perrelet territory, I believe! And yes, in true Swiss 'faux historical firm' style (they are replica firms ) you can buy your own Perrelet to this day. Thanks again

Interesting link - thank you! On my internet travels I did come across a different 19c clock with a double escapement, although it probably didn't have a 'single power source'. It was used as a timer for a bank vault. Thanks again!

Shhhh....we're trying to keep that up our sleeve as verbal ammunition during the World Cup! @Gunnar: It's Hearts that are the Jam Tarts (rhyming slang)! (They call themselves the Jambos)

Congrats to Liverpool & Hearts - Gunnar & Edge! Almost 3am here....better crash! Cheers!

LIVERPOOL WIN!!!!!!

Ah bugger. Gretna lost on penalties. Incredible effort though.

BOTH finals down to penalties....at the same time