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• Ariel Adams On BBC World Service Program "The Why Factor" To Talk Watches

  I thought you might enjoy a recent spot I did on a great BBC World Service radio program called The Why Factor hosted by Mike Williams to help answer the question, "why are watches enduring status symbols?" It was an honor to be on the show, as I'm a longtime listener/watcher/reader of the BBC. Listen to "The Why Factor: Why Are Watches Enduring Status Symbols" on the BBC here. ........

• Chung Lee is a cheeky chappie...

  So, I was telling Chung how much I loved the GMT II C in two tone that Christiaan kindly let me borrow while we were in NYC...And Chung says "You should get an 18k GMT II with the green dial - the gilt writing on that dial POPS"Well, I haven't been able to get that idea out of my head since he said it.I need more WBT's! (Watch Buying Tokens) Oh well One day...All the best,Harry........

• What does"cld" mean?

  I've noticed on several late 1940's and early 1950's Hamiltons the letters "cld" below the Hamilton nameplate on the dial.What do these initals stand for?thanks.........

• Did a little window shopping...pics

  This Oris I really like:Excuse the cruddy phone pics...it's all I had I took some shots of a few others I thought were interesting too.Oris DiverOmegaBaume MercerTag( they had at least a dozen different models)Raymond Weil (cool also)........