Montblanc - Announcing the winners of the Montblanc Villeret TimeWriter II contest

Announcing the winners of the Montblanc Villeret TimeWriter II contest

Nov 15, 2012,21:12 PM

As all of us know, this contest was difficult and challenged our community's understanding of mechanical engineering.

But in true PuristS form our members researched and disected the heart of the TimeWriter II Bi-Fréquence 1000 to understand Mr. Gomila's brillant idea.

Out of the all the entries there was one grand prize winner who answered every question correctly.

Please help me congratulate Tick Talk!

Tick Talk will be enjoying an all expense paid trip to Montblanc's workshop in Villeret!

Two other PuristS came darn close. Both Grumio and Izatis answered all but one question correctly. Grumio entered the contest first...so help me congratulate him as the second place winner.

Grumio will be receiving a writing instrument from Montblanc's 100 years collection.

And of course please also congratulate Izatis who will be receiving a custom Montblanc Ipad cover from their leather collection.

As an interesting aside, here is the final distribution of the answers from all the entries combined. As proof of the PuristS concept of 1-7-8, our collective intellect answered all the questions correctly except for the first...and we weren't too far off on that one either!

Again please join me in congratulating the winners and help me give thanks to Montblanc for their immense generosity and support of PuristSPro.

Best, Mike

This message has been edited by mkt33 on 2012-11-15 21:27:54 This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2012-12-02 19:16:57

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That was a particularly difficult contest, I have to say.

By: amanico : November 15th, 2012-22:26

I agree that our winner and close winners deserve huge congratulations. Well done, guys. Best, Nicolas

Thanks to PurisSPro and Montblanc for running this contest.

By: grumio : November 16th, 2012-00:28

And congratulations to Tick Talk and Izatis. Some tricky questions in there - certainly had to think. Looking forward already to Tick-Talk's report. grumio

Great Contest

By: lndblr : November 16th, 2012-04:57

Congrats to the winners. It was a difficult test especially considering that you could research the answers. But it helps to understand the engineering when you have to break it down. Looking forward to the trip report.

Congrats to the rightfull winners and thank you MontBlanc and PuristPro!!!

By: Emiel : November 16th, 2012-04:59

Very nice performance from our fellow purists,

By: Mark in Paris : November 16th, 2012-07:03

congratulations for Tic Talk and thank you Montblanc for the contest. Cheers.

oops I miss posted ;) [nt]

By: Mark in Paris : November 16th, 2012-07:08

Thrilling news!

By: Tick Talk : November 16th, 2012-07:26

Montblanc is a very exciting brand and I'm already preparing some questions for Bartomeu Gomila on his amazing design. Huge thanks to Purists and MB for this challenging and rewarding contest! Photo report to follow :-)

Congrats!

By: Roller.959 : November 16th, 2012-09:25

I'd love to hear your report on your return. Hope to see it posted elsewhere as well!

Well done!

By: AndrewD : November 18th, 2012-02:21

And I hope you have a great time with lots of insights. Andrew

Excellent contest!

By: jporos : November 16th, 2012-08:23

Also, I think the difficulty of the questions really upholds the standards and passion of the Purists. A job well done to the winners!

The results speake for themselves and Thank you Montblanc for the challenge

By: Bill : November 16th, 2012-10:26

The next person beyond these three moved in tow two wrong answers. The biggest worry was that no one would get all correct and put the "Purists" honor at stake. So I thank Tick Talk for saving our honor and Grumio and Izatis for their contribution. The se...

Congrats to the winners! [nt]

By: KStults : November 16th, 2012-10:34

Congratulations!

By: patrick_y : November 16th, 2012-10:40

Congratulations to Tick-talk, Grumio, and izatis! First of all, many thanks to all for participating in this very difficult but interesting competition. I found this particular competition to be extremely challenging. The fact that the PuristSPro collecti...

Very interesting contest indeed...

By: izatis : November 16th, 2012-12:48

Smart questions, some of them take you slightly deep into watch engineering. And this is very exciting and unforgettable to find answers in the middle of mechanism. My sincere gratitude to Montblanc and PuristSPro for this contest which forced mind to thi...

Big congratulations to the winners

By: E.S : November 16th, 2012-18:24

please share your trip with us and enjoy best ES

Bravo to the winners!

By: Ares501 - Mr Green : November 17th, 2012-00:49

Thank you PPro for another great contest Looking forward next one Best Damjan

Congrats to the winners

By: ED209 : November 17th, 2012-10:33

Congrats to the winners and thanks to Montblanc for putting together this challenging contest. Regards, ED-209

Congrats to Tick Talk, grumio, and izatis!!

By: AnthonyTsai : November 17th, 2012-10:44

And thanks to Montblanc for this competition and the fabulous prizes! Cheers, Anthony

Any questions I can take forward?

By: Tick Talk : November 17th, 2012-18:09

BTW, if anyone has a burning technical or design question that I can take forward to the good people in Villeret, please PM and I'll do my best to accommodate :-)

Congratulations and Aaaarrgggh!

By: MTF : November 18th, 2012-07:42

It was a tough contest! :-) MTF

A few congratulatory words from Mr. Alexander Schmiedt

By: mkt33 : November 18th, 2012-13:30

Dear Purists, Thanks for your great participation in this contest. But in fact, I have to thank the Purist community for this. Because the first inspiration to do this contest came from your very own ranks. I am regularly visiting Purist- and of course th...

Congratulations to the winners, and a sincere thank you to Mr. Schmiedt and Mont Blanc

By: ThomasM : November 18th, 2012-17:19

for their generosity in hosting this contest and prizes. Go PuristS! TM

Thank you for the contest Mr Schmiedt!

By: AnthonyTsai : November 19th, 2012-19:19

And hope to see you again in the near future. Sorry I couldn't make it to the Santa Monica dinner - had a family emergency to go to that day :( Cheers, Anthony

Many thanks!

By: patrick_y : November 21st, 2012-16:25

The closeness that the Montblanc team works with PuristSPro really benefits both the Montblanc brand and the very fortunate members of the PuristSPro community. Many many thanks to Montblanc, Alexander Schmidt, and the whole team for hosting and organizin...