OK, so finally getting this rolling.
We have already done brand specific competitions for Omega, Panerai, Rolex, JLC and Zenith to get down to the top four for those brands. I have also added in the top 4 from the 2013 Breitling competition for a total of 79 watches. We need to get down to 64 for the knockout portion of the competition so there are 15 'play in' match ups to get to that number. I threw the list of 79 watches at the list randomiser at random.org and the top 49 from that randomisation are already in the final 64. Those are (in the order that random.org threw out):
RGM Pennsylvania 801E
Rolex Submariner
Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chrono
Seiko Grand Seiko
Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa XL
Omega PloProf 1200m
Louis Moinet Twintech
Glashutte Original Senator Regulator Chronometer
Omega Speedmaster 9300
Sinn 756 Diapal
Girard-Perregaux World Timer Financial Chronograph
Panerai 372
Glashutte Original Panorama Date Moon Phase
Tudor Heritage Black Bay
IWC Big Pilot
A Lange & Sohne 1815
Breitling Cosmonaute Lemania SE
Omega Planet Ocean
Rolex Daytona
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph
Parmigiani Fleurier Pershing 005
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Automatic
Breitling Navitimer 01
Concord C1
Seiko Grand Seiko Spring Drive
Bvlgari Daniel Roth Petite Seconde
Chronoswiss Grand Regulateur
JLC Master Compressor Diving Automatic Navy Seals
Rolex Datejust II
F P Journe Chronometre Bleu
Franc Vila FVa 15
Zenith Chronomaster Grande Date
Panerai 312
Vulcain Cricket X-Treme
Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph
Patek Philippe Calatrava 5119
Zenith Pilot Big Date
IWC Portofino Hand Wound 8 Days
Cvstos Challenge-R 50 Chronograph
RGM Pennsylvania 801 ES
Breitling Transocean Chronograph 1461
Rolex GMT Master
Cartier Calibre de Cartier
JLC Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic
Panerai 441
Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.012
Carl F Bucherer Patravi Calendar
Carl F Bucherer Patravi Traveltec GMT
Arnold & Son World Timer Skeleton
The other 30 watches are matched up in the play ins and those will be live in the Projects section -
http://breitlingsource.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=25 within a few minutes. I randomly took numbers 50 to 79 from the random.org list and matched up 50 with 79, 51 with 78, etc. I would have adjusted to prevent two brands going head to head but that wasn't necessary. The 30 watches competing to make the final 64 are:
Zenith El Primero Striking 10th
Breitling Chronomat 769
JLC Master Ultra Thin Perpetual
Aquadive Bathyscaphe 300
Glashutte Original PanoMaticLunar
Lang & Heyne Friederich III
Hublot Big Bang Aero
Cartier Tank Louis Cartier Extra Large
Breguet Marine Big Date
Patek Philippe Aquanaut
Cartier Tank MC
IWC Portuguese Yacht Club
Bell & Ross Vintage 126 Blackbird
Roger Dubuis Easy Diver
Tudor Heritage Chronograph Blue
Doxa Sub 5000T
IWC 7 Day Portuguese
Armin Strom Blue Chip Skeleton
Bremont Supermarine
Glashutte Original Senator Perpetual Calendar
Breguet Type XX
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Bremont MB2
Panerai 233
Piaget Emperador
Zenith El Primero Stratos Flyback
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Lune Retrograde
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph
JLC Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm
Devon Works Tread 1
As for the Breitling competition votes will run for a week. Please note that some of the headings of the voting threads have rather abbreviated watch names because of the character limit on thread titles in the forum software but the posts and voting options have full names and the links provided by the nominator of that watch.
Please take the time to vote, a lot of people have contributed to this so far and I would really like to see the community embrace this - we know that we aren't just Breitling fans, so let's make this a great event and end up with a worthy winner!
1st round proper is now set, the following 64 watches made it:
A Lange & Sohne 1815
Armin Strom Blue Chip Skeleton
Arnold & Son World Timer Skeleton
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Automatic
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Breguet Type XX
Breitling Chronomat 769
Breitling Cosmonaute Lemania SE
Breitling Navitimer 01
Breitling Transocean Chronograph 1461
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
Chronoswiss Grand Regulateur
Concord C1
Cvstos Challenge-R 50 Chronograph
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
IWC 7 Day Portuguese
IWC Big Pilot
IWC Portofino Hand Wound 8 Days
IWC Portuguese Yacht Club
JLC Master Compressor Diving Automatic Navy Seals
JLC Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic
JLC Master Ultra Thin Perpetual
Lang & Heyne Friederich III
Louis Moinet Twintech
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Lune Retrograde
Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph
Omega Planet Ocean
Omega PloProf 1200m
Omega Speedmaster 9300
Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.012
Panerai 233
Panerai 312
Panerai 372
Panerai 441
Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa XL
Parmigiani Fleurier Pershing 005
Patek Philippe Calatrava 5119
RGM Pennsylvania 801 ES
RGM Pennsylvania 801E
Rolex Datejust II
Rolex Daytona
Rolex GMT Master
Rolex Submariner
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 Striking 10th
Zenith Pilot Big Date
The following were eliminated in the play in round:Aquadive Bathyscaphe 300
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph
Bell & Ross Vintage 126 Blackbird
Breguet Marine Big Date
Bremont MB2
Bremont Supermarine
Cartier Tank MC
Devon Works Tread 1
Doxa Sub 5000T
Hublot Big Bang Aero
JLC Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm
Patek Philippe Aquanaut
Piaget Emperador
Roger Dubuis Easy Diver
Zenith El Primero Stratos Flyback
Round 1 losers:A Lange & Sohne 1815
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Automatic
Breguet Type XX
Bvlgari Daniel Roth Petite Seconde
Carl F Bucherer Patravi Calendar
Cartier Calibre de Cartier
Cartier Tank Louis Cartier Extra Large
Concord C1
Cvstos Challenge-R 50 Chronograph
F P Journe Chronometre Bleu
Franc Vila FVa 15
Girard-Perregaux World Timer Financial Chronograph
JLC Master Compressor Diving Automatic Navy Seals
JLC Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic
Lang & Heyne Friederich III
Omega Planet Ocean
Omega PloProf 1200m
Panerai 233
Panerai 312
Panerai 441
Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa XL
Parmigiani Fleurier Pershing 005
Patek Philippe Calatrava 5119
RGM Pennsylvania 801E
Rolex GMT Master
Seiko Grand Seiko
Seiko Grand Seiko Spring Drive
Sinn 756 Diapal
Tudor Heritage Black Bay
Tudor Heritage Chronograph Blue
Vulcain Cricket X-Treme
Zenith Chronomaster Grande Date
Round 2 losers:Armin Strom Blue Chip Skeleton
Arnold & Son World Timer Skeleton
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Breitling Chronomat 769
Breitling Transocean Chronograph 1461
Carl F Bucherer Patravi Traveltec GMT
Chronoswiss Grand Regulateur
Glashutte Original Panorama Date Moon Phase
Glashutte Original Senator Regulator Chronometer
Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph
Omega Speedmaster 9300
RGM Pennsylvania 801 ES
Rolex Datejust II
Rolex Daytona
Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chrono
Zenith El Primero Striking 10th
Round 3 losers:Panerai 372
IWC Portuguese Yacht Club
IWC Big Pilot
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Lune Retrograde
Glashutte Original PanoMaticLunar
Breitling Cosmonaute Lemania SE
Zenith Pilot Big Date
Louis Moinet Twintech
Quarter final losers:Breitling Navitimer 01
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph
Rolex Submariner
IWC Portofino Hand Wound 8 Days
Semi final losers:IWC 7 Day Portuguese
Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.012
Winner - JLC Master Ultra Thin Perpetual
2nd place - Glashutte Original Senator Perpetual Calendar
3rd place - IWC 7 Day Portuguese
4th place - Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.012
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