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	<description>blog about affordable custom watches, from one-off timepieces to small series</description>
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		<title>New naval timepiece from Stølås Watch Company</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2012/01/21/new-naval-timepiece-from-stolas-watch-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2012/01/21/new-naval-timepiece-from-stolas-watch-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ETA 2824-2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently visited the Stølås web site  and found out that the company is releasing a great-looking naval model, available to pre-order. Here is the teaser featured on their revamped Website at the time of writing: Preamble Back in June 2010, I wrote an introduction piece about Stølås, a young and fresh micro-brand named in honour of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year! The Most Popular Posts of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-the-most-popular-posts-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-the-most-popular-posts-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forum watch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seiko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the editor, I would like to wish the reader a Happy New Year, and thank them for their support throughout the year 2011, either by visiting our posts or by linking to them on horological forums. WatchProjects.com consistently started publishing news about boutique brands in July 2009 and the site traffic almost doubled between December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>introducing: Burlington, the watch that will knock your socks off</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/12/08/introducing-burlington-the-watch-that-will-knock-your-socks-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/12/08/introducing-burlington-the-watch-that-will-knock-your-socks-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Limited edition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unitas 649X]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=3014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are European like me, the name &#8220;Burlington&#8221; unmistakably brings to mind the iconic and colorful &#8220;diamond harlequin&#8221; cotton blend socks adorned by the upper class of the continent. To be fair, the name Burlington may refer to many a thing besides a company of the Kayser-Roth Corporation. In case of the Burlington Watch Company, there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>introducing: SK Watch Parts</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/11/23/introducing-sk-watch-parts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/11/23/introducing-sk-watch-parts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[custom dials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETA 2824-2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[made-to-order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valjoux 7750]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=2916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based in the German metalsmithing Mecca of Pforzheim, SK Watches sells pare parts for standard Swiss mechanical movements: ETA 2824-2, Unitas 6497, Unitas 6498, Valjoux 7750 and Valjoux 7751. For orders of 10 dials or more, it is possible to have a personal brand printed on the dial. For orders of 75 dials or more, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selection of 21 Affordable Manufacture Watches</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/11/14/selection-of-21-affordable-manufacture-watches-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/11/14/selection-of-21-affordable-manufacture-watches-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two weeks of research, the editor of Watchproject.com is proud to present the Internet&#8217;s first list of affordable manufactures watches: Selection of 21 Affordable ManufactureCompany that has an exclusive on a watch movement or module, and is in a position to decide where the parts are produced, how they are refinished, and where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>introducing: Uhren Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/11/04/introducing-uhren-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/11/04/introducing-uhren-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ETA 2892-A2]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peseux 7001]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=2901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded by Brigitte and Olaf Vockerodt, the brand Uhren Forum aims at providing collectors with affordable watches focused on quality, design and functionality. The name is rather odd, because it is easily mistaken by Internet search engines for German-speaking &#8220;Watch Forum&#8221;. Sold at 1&#8217;780 EUR, Their flagship is a full calendar chronograph based on the Valjoux 7751. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deeper Technical Plunge for Blancpain</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/26/deeper-technical-plunge-for-blancpain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/26/deeper-technical-plunge-for-blancpain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After several weeks of mystery, Blancpain finally unveiled their new watch on October 25th 2011 at the Dubai Mall Aquarium. Christened &#8220;X Fathoms&#8221;, this 55,6 mm novelty titanium timepiece is a  sophisticate mechanical diving computer accurate to 30 centimeter down to 15 meter of depth. Only a handful of brands has achieved to produce watches with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New vintage-looking Steinhart chronograph</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/17/new-vintage-looking-steinhart-chronograph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/17/new-vintage-looking-steinhart-chronograph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=2870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have already introduced the Swiss Made brand Steinhard on several occasions. This German-based watch company is worthy of interest on many counts: all their watches feature Swiss movements and are assembled in the Swiss Jura mountains. Steinhard watches mostly sells through Direct Marketing, which allows them to cut the middleman and offer very reasonable prices. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New German Manufacture Chronograph With Central Minute Counter</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/04/new-german-manufacture-chronograph-with-central-minute-counter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/04/new-german-manufacture-chronograph-with-central-minute-counter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[antimagnetic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand of origin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISO-certified]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valjoux 7753]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month saw the simultaneous release by two competing German brands of a new chronograph calibre with central minute hand. This particular display replicates a function of the legendary and sadly discontinued Lemania 5100: namingly, a central minute counter allowing a more natural reading of measured time than the ubiquitous 30 minutes subdial commonly found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAT watches new collections</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/03/mat-watches-new-collections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2011/10/03/mat-watches-new-collections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ETA 2824-2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militarophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[novelty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I already introduced the reader to French brand MAT in December 2009. The trade mark MAT is the accronym for Mer Air Terre (Sea, Air, Land), the 3 types of armed forces. TLex of Oceanictime recently published renderings, followed by pictures of the brand&#8217;s new collections AG5 and AG6. This new collection comes with a [...]]]></description>
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