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WristScan May 2026 — Judges Announcement
Watches of Japan · Theme by: Art Thank you to everyone who submitted to this month's WristScan! With 238 photo entries from 4 1 contributors , picking winners is no small task. Four members/Mods of the community have stepped up as judges — 40 picks across...
Best Classic - Winners
Best Classic — Winners Judge: quattro · Watches of Japan, May 2026 🥇 Winner — Dr No Three Grand Seikos in my collection: one vintage… 🥈 Runner-Up — Jay (Eire) #1 Various Seiko of mine. 🥉 Bronze — Subexplorer Hello again dear Art and friends!! ★ Honorable ...
Thanks for the mention Emmanuel 👍🏻🙏🏻
And huge congratulations to the deserving winners 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was at the GS boutique a few nights ago when they had 2026 novelties . . .
. . . on display with their brand specialist Joe Kirk hosting the event. When Joe saw the vintage model on my wrist . . . . . . he exclaimed "GS 56!" without hesitation. Grand Seiko hired the right guy to be their brand representative. Thanks for the hono...
Joe Kirk is definitely a great guy.
And your 56GS is stunning. And so was your shot. Both fully deserved the gold medal. And how great that Ohira-san serviced your watch… Such an honor. Best, Emmanuel
Watch of the Month Winners
Watch of the Month — Winners Judge: cazalea · Watches of Japan, May 2026 🥇 Winner — Subexplorer Hello again dear Art and friends!! 🥈 Runner-Up — KMII Thanks so much for the wonderful theme 🥉 Bronze — KMII Thanks so much for the wonderful theme ★ Honorable...
Funny thing is the theme had been on the back burner . . .
. . . for years. It had been kicked around a number of times but we never got it to the finish line. I had no clue 'Watches of Japan' would bring out so many respondents. Gratified, Art
Thanks for two on the podium, Mike 👍🏻🙏🏻
And huge congratulations to all others - was a great turnout this time 👌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻
Wow dear Mike!! You made my day with this very nice surprise! This was a most difficult event to judge considering so many great entries and watches shared by our friends along the weekend.
Thank you so much for your kind help judging this weekend and I appreciate so much honoring my Seiko Bull Head watch. Cheers! Abel
Static Shot - Judge: KMII · Watches of Japan, May 2026
Static Shot — Winners Judge: KMII · Watches of Japan, May 2026 🥇 Winner — cazalea Wow! the pink snowflake!!! 🥈 Runner-Up — Dr No Ken found the 56 in Japan and had Ohira-san… 🥉 Bronze — Jay (Eire) #1 Various Seiko of mine. ★ Honorable Mentions ★ Bill Seiko...
Wow! My Spring Drive takes first? We are not worthy
Must now send it off for a service, as reward to it! Mike
Wrist Shot - Judge: Dr No · Watches of Japan, May 2026
Wrist Shot — Winners 🥇 Winner — KURT_DAVID Got lucky this morning 🌚 🥈 Runner-Up — jml_watches I thought I had more! 🥉 Bronze — cazalea Oh my, I will have to send some money in to help support the servers… ★ Honorable Mentions ★ Watchonthewrist Thanks for ...
That has put a massive smile on my face 😀
Thank you Art. I really wanted to capture a sunrise that was a new rather than an old photo and the Friday was atrocious but God smiled on me Saturday morning. Love Japanese watches and enjoyed taking part. A really great show from everyone participating ...
Hello dear Art! Great veredict! Big congrats to all winners and mentions. Thank you so much for including my two shots among mentions. Your theme was great and it inspired...
... a lot of answers from our friends which made a very enjoyable edition of our classic WS feature. Thanks a lot for your hosting and judging! Best cordial regards, Abel
Love this new format and style!
Congratulations to all the well-deserved winners, to all those that took part, and especially to all the judges that took time to commit to quite a sizeable short-listing of great entries!
Thanks for the place & mention congratulations to all the winners!
Really enjoyed seeing everyone's Japanese watches. Cheers JML
So many cool pieces and pics, Congratulations to the Winners !
I missed this event while out of town, maybe next time !