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And here he is, in a nutshell, as described by Le Carré, bumbling through a late-night London downpour at the beginning of Tinker, Tailor: "Small, podgy and at best middle-aged, he was by link appearance one of London's meek who do not inherit the earth. His legs were short, link his gait anything but agile, his dress link costly, ill-fitting and extremely wet."
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Cartier's in-house caliber 9629 MC is a beautifully executed automatic caliber. Most noticeable is the micro-rotor at 8 o'clock, in link the shape of the Demoiselle, a series of lightweight planes designed by the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont himself (he was buddies link with Louis Cartier, who designed the original Santos-Dumont wristwatch for him). Never one to miss out on a little romance, the little link model plane soars over a globe.
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