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Nov 22, 2020, 05:41 PM
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Nov 22, 2020, 05:51 PM
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Why, though? 
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Nov 22, 2020, 07:28 PM
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Nov 22, 2020, 08:43 PM
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Well, it made no sense to me, but you managed to trick my irony detector with your detailed, elaborated comment. 
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Nov 22, 2020, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by
tribe125
The advert is breathtaking in its awfulness .....
Of its type, it’s an award-winner.
Indeed.
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Nov 22, 2020, 09:27 PM
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Yeah, for decades now, Stauer has placed full page ads in Science News, a magazine that I have been getting since I was a teenager. Most of the ads are as bad as this, and they aren't always for watches. They sell manufactured diamonds and semiprecious jewelry with just as much hyperbole. Their mechanical watches are all a study in the application of Chinese generic movements in fru-fru clothing.
Here's a typical watch ad:
This one is typical jewelry from last week's Science News:
Last edited by skywatch; Nov 22, 2020 at 09:31 PM.
Too many watches, not enough wrists.
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Nov 22, 2020, 11:11 PM
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For the record, my tongue-in-cheek indicator ran immediately.
Those ads run in Road & Track, too. I try to quickly flip the page so I don't throw up in my mouth.
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Nov 22, 2020, 11:22 PM
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Bremont's ad wizards have some competition.
Once in awhile you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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Nov 22, 2020, 11:33 PM
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Oooh, a watch "powered by 27 rubies"!
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Nov 23, 2020, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by
wschofield3
Oooh, a watch "powered by 27 rubies"!
There's no place like home!
Too many watches, not enough wrists.
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