WristScan

. . . will be KMII for Wrist Scan, Nilo for Static Photo, and Damjan for WotW. Quite possibly the best trio . . . Bill Evans . . . since these guys were around . . .

. . . for hazardous duty ;-) . . . ...  

anchors of our community

too kind Yours truly D

And at least one like the russian ice skating judges, easily bought off with some grappa.

This thread I'll correct my mistake LOL!

Dear friends All the medals for the First Watch of the week in 2017 were awarded to new pieces that just entered collection in 2017 3rd Tonneau1 and his Chopard 2nd place Abel and his Gentle Beast and Winner is Tim and his amazing Speake-Marin Yours D P.S...  

... For his Judging job and special mention for my Gentle Giant!! Cheers! Abel

Congratulations!

. . . is getting downright spooky, D. I had the very same thought just a few weeks ago. Rest assured, there will be a 'Wrist Scan Parade' next year. Art

officially spooky Thank you Art WS would not be the same without you Much appreciated D

Within this group of competitors, to be given this accolade makes me very happy. What an amazing place to be able to share our crazy passion of watchmaking, a treat to play with you all. Cheers, Tim

dear Tim credit where is due... Yours D

Starting with third place - Melvyn\'s Seiko Brightz Chronograph: A piece we see really rarely and the dodecahedral case is cool (luckily no grappa yet, so I can easily pronounce it ). Second place - and it was very close this week - goes to Nico\'s 1858 T...  

But in the end a JLC just pipped you to the post. Next week, maybe?

You did well too with the 1858 Tachymeter my friend!

... Judge and to the special mentions! All great shots of great watches! Cheers! Abel

... job my dear friend! Cheers! Abel

And I am not being biased

Thanks for the mention for my Seiko Brightz Chronograph. In the 12 years that I have had it, I've never met another one; they made 200 pieces with the very dark blue-black dial. You have to catch the light to see the blie. Seiko Brightz Chronograph Seiko ...  

I know our dear Seiko moderator used to have a Brightz collection but they are quite rare and almost never discussed. Thanks for sharing it with us!

nt

I didn't expect to win as I submitted so late!

As hard working judges we look at every single entry, no matter if early or late

Congrats to all the winners! Best Blomman

. . . so let's await his verdict later today. (And no need to worry about Nilo - he's ok, just taking a well-deserved day off.)

. . . and apologies for the delay in posting. HSTE is serving jury duty for, I believe, the very first time, and he was unfamiliar with the process. It's all sorted out now. "Ok, sorry, Art, I did not do this before and I am a bit amazed how much it took ...  

... vintage watch so beautifuly photographed! I hope some day I´ll be lucky to find a similar condition example!! Cheers! Abel

... the Railmaster has been so elusive to me!! But a collector needs to be patient!! All the best for you my friend! Abel

hs

Fantastic photos of a fantastic watch.