2013 Best watch competition - nominations

Roffensian · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:37 am

OK everyone, after some discussions here - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50557, let's try and get some watches listed. A few guidelines that I am going to enforce here simply to try and make this more manageable:

1) No multiple nominations of versions of the same watch - a GMT II is a GMT II. I have no issues with different models from a range but it can get into grey areas so with limits on how many watches per brand we accept try to find the most iconic example.
2) Current pieces should have a list price of no more than $25,000. This avoids stratospheric watches without penalising too many brands. PP may suffer a bit - this year's new Calatrava 5227 is excluded, but there has to be a threshold somewhere.
3) Non current pieces should have a current secondary market price of no more than $25,000. Same logic applies here, we'll try to use common sense - a NOS example of a very rare variant may be selling for more but consider pricing for 'normal' pieces.
4) You MUST include a link to information on the watch. For current pieces the brand's website page will work, but I need to be in no doubt which watch you are nominating. I will use this link in the matchups so please make sure that it works and shows your nomination off in a good light. Without this part the nomination will not be accepted - I can't read your minds and go chasing down links to the piece that I think that you nominated. Please make sure that these are links that will remain - so not eBay links that will disappear after a while.

Please also remember - no Breitlings here, we'll use the ones that made it to the end of the Best Breitling competition.

Other than that, no restrictions at this point. Let's see how many nominations we get and then we can consider things like preliminary rounds per brand, limitations on number of pieces per brand, etc. If people follow the guidelines I have no issues with 1,000 nominations - at least it will demonstrate interest in the competition. So please go at it and I will update this thread as we go.

Nominations so far (not numbering as we aren't trying to 'fill slots' yet) in alphabetical order to assist in identifying pieces already nominated:

A Lange & Sohne 1815
Aquadive Bathyscaphe 300
Armin Strom Blue Chip Skeleton
Arnold & Son World Timer Skeleton
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Automatic
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph
Bell & Ross Vintage 126 Blackbird
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Breguet Marine Big Date
Breguet Type XX
Bremont MB2
Bremont Supermarine
Bvlgari Daniel Roth Petite Seconde
Carl F Bucherer Patravi Calendar
Carl F Bucherer Patravi Traveltec GMT
Cartier Calibre de Cartier
Cartier Tank Louis Cartier Extra Large
Cartier Tank MC
Chronoswiss Grand Regulateur
Concord C1
Cvstos Challenge-R 50 Chronograph
Devon Works Tread 1
Doxa Sub 5000T
F P Journe Chronometre Bleu
Franc Vila FVa 15
Girard-Perregaux World Timer Financial Chronograph
Glashutte Original PanoMaticLunar
Glashutte Original Panorama Date Moon Phase
Glashutte Original Senator Perpetual Calendar
Glashutte Original Senator Regulator Chronometer
Hublot Big Bang Aero
IWC 7 Day Portuguese
IWC Big Pilot
IWC Portofino Hand Wound 8 Days
IWC Portuguese Yacht Club
JLC Grande Reverso Duo
JLC Master Compressor Diving Automatic Navy Seals
JLC Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic
JLC Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm
JLC Master Ultra Thin Perpetual
JLC Reverso Tribute
Lang & Heyne Friederich III
Louis Moinet Twintech
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Lune Retrograde
Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph
Omega Planet Ocean
Omega PloProf 1200m
Omega Seamaster 2531.8000
Omega Speedmaster 9300
Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.012
Panerai 233
Panerai 275
Panerai 294
Panerai 312
Panerai 372
Panerai 441
Panerai 514
Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa XL
Parmigiani Fleurier Pershing 005
Patek Philippe Aquanaut
Patek Philippe Calatrava 5119
Piaget Emperador
RGM Pennsylvania 801E
RGM Pennsylvania 801 ES
Roger Dubuis Easy Diver
Rolex Datejust
Rolex Datejust II
Rolex Daytona
Rolex GMT Master
Rolex Submariner
Rolex Yachtmaster II
Seiko Grand Seiko
Seiko Grand Seiko Spring Drive
Sinn 756 Diapal
Tudor Heritage Black Bay
Tudor Heritage Chronograph Blue
Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chrono
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph
Vulcain Cricket X-Treme
Zenith Chronomaster Grande Date
Zenith El Primero Stratos Flyback
Zenith El Primero Striking 10th
Zenith Pilot Big Date
Zenith Pilot Type 20 Annual Calendar

Driver8 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:33 am

I will have others to add, but I'll start the ball rolling with my personal all time favourite watch -

Omega Ploprof 1200m
http://www.omegawatches.com/collection/ ... 0552101001

natesen · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:46 am

Glashutte Original PanoMaticLunar

http://www.glashuette-original.com/coll ... aticlunar/

Scott · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:47 am

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

http://www.blancpain.com/en/watch/5015-1130-52

Breguet Marine Big Date
http://www.breguet.com/en/5817ST-92-5V8

Breguet Type XX
http://www.breguet.com/en/3800ST-92-SW9

A few more in mind but I'll toss in these three

joe6263 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:34 am

Rolex yatchmaster ii

http://www.chrono24.com/en/rolex/two-to ... rerIds=221

jnelson3097 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:08 am

IWC Big pilot

http://www.iwc.com/en/collection/pilots/IW500901/

IWC 7 Day Portuguese

http://www.iwc.com/en/collection/portuguese/IW5001/

AP Royal Oak Automatic

http://www.audemarspiguet.com/en/watch- ... .D002CR.01

Patek Aquanaut

http://www.patek.com/contents/default/e ... A_001.html

Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chrono

http://www.vacheron-constantin.com/en2/ ... -000r-9338

JLC Reverso Tribute - Could be any of the Reverso models really

http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/w ... 788570#/t1

Omega Planet Ocean

http://www.omegawatches.com/collection/ ... 0462101003

Omega Speedmaster 9300 - Could be replaced by the normal Speedmaster

http://www.omegawatches.com/collection/ ... 0445101002

Scott · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:31 am

Okay, "marking my territory" I suppose, but Roff can tell me if I'm off on this:

Rolex GMT Master

http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/Scott ... ort=3&o=27

I am actually fine with a GMT II, but to avoid confusion I'm staking my claim for the original, the non-ceramic bezel model. If Roff accepts a larger umbrella covering the II in ceramic and non-ceramic I'm all for it. Also, the pic I have rights to is my old original model. I simply want the interchangeable black/coke/pepsi bezel model involved.

Roffensian · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:56 am

Scott wrote:

I am actually fine with a GMT II, but to avoid confusion I'm staking my claim for the original, the non-ceramic bezel model. If Roff accepts a larger umbrella covering the II in ceramic and non-ceramic I'm all for it. Also, the pic I have rights to is my old original model. I simply want the interchangeable black/coke/pepsi bezel model involved.

Personally I have no issues, but we are going to have to limit the number of a certain brand included in the final competition. If we have to have some kind of 'play in' then we can have all of the nominated watches for a brand compete for the restricted number of places available, but let's see what gets nominated first - I want to be fairly broad about things right now because we just don't know how many submissions there will be.

jnelson3097 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:20 pm

I know there's already the YMII and the GMTII, but I think you need these Rolex in there as well:

Submariner - Whatever version, aluminum insert or ceramic insert, it should be there.

http://www.rolex.com/watches/submariner ... -0001.html

The Daytona

http://www.rolex.com/watches/cosmograph ... -0016.html

The Datejust - Either the 36mm or the Datejust 2

http://www.rolex.com/watches/datejust-i ... -0006.html

I think this puts us over the Rolex limit, but these really should be included

jnelson3097 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:26 pm

Panerai 233

http://www.panerai.com/en/watch-collect ... t-pam00233

Panerai 372

http://www.panerai.com/en/watch-collect ... s-pam00372

Panerai 514

http://www.panerai.com/en/watch-collect ... s-pam00514

I know some Panerai fans may have better model suggestions, so please feel free to bump my suggestions.

Driver8 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:59 pm

At the risk of it becoming a bit of a Panerai-fest I'm going to nominate the beautifully simple -

Panerai 312
http://www.panerai.com/en/watch-collect ... c-pam00312

... and the beautifully complex (well, slightly more complex!) -

Panerai 275
http://www.gemnation.com/watches/Panera ... -8896.html

I know the AP Royal Oak has been nominated, but I really want to nominate the -

AP Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph
http://www.audemarspiguet.com/en/watch- ... .D091CR.01

I also want to nominate these -

JLC Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm
http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/GB/en/w ... rm/1778470#/t1

JLC Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic
http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/GB/en/w ... ck=version

Lastly, I want to nominate a Roger Debuis as I think they make some of the most amazing watches around. However, I'm struggling to find one I like under the $25k limit! So I'll go with the -

Roger Dubuis Easy Diver
http://www.gemnation.com/watches/Roger- ... -9158.html

jlee5050 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:14 pm

1) JLC Master Ultra Thin Perpetual. Nuff Said.A true perpetual calendar for under 20k? (in SS of course) Talk about unbelieveable value.
http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/w ... 30842J#/t1

2) Tudor Heritage Chronograph Blue. The comeback kid of the year.
http://www.tudorwatch.com/#/en/heritage-chrono-blue/

3) FP Journe Chronometre Bleu. In-house movement with a fantastic blue dial cased up in Tantalum and a solid gold movement to boot. Under 20k. (For this one please look up chronometre bleu)
http://www.fpjourne.com/eu/collections-en-1.html

4) Cartier Calibre A tremendous value for Cartier's three hand in-house.
http://www.cartier.us/collections/timep ... tier-watch

That'll be it for now. Thanks Roff!

EDIT: links provided. Next time I'll have to read the instructions better :oops:

Oops Including the links now... sorry!!

Roffensian · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:35 pm

Driver8 wrote:

Roger Dubuis Easy Diver
http://www.gemnation.com/watches/Roger- ... -9158.html

You're good - $13,900

jnelson3097 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:23 pm

The Offshore technically retails for $25,700 so it'll have to be replaced with the royal oak chrono. I hate to throw the red flag on it, but I really want to nominate the 5711 if only it were a little cheaper.

Roffensian · **Posted:** Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:37 pm

jnelson3097 wrote:

The Offshore technically retails for $25,700 so it'll have to be replaced with the royal oak chrono. I hate to throw the red flag on it, but I really want to nominate the 5711 if only it were a little cheaper.

Isn't it $25,000 exactly on rubber?

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