June's Friday watches - Half time results and a challenge

[Wimm]

Well, we have made it beyond half way through the year and what a six months it has been, not just in the world of watches either but I shall stick to watches as the rest of it has been done to death elsewhere on the forum.

I'll start with June's watches. After the excesses of May things quietened down a little. A total of 678 watches were posted over the four Fridays from a very respectable 133 brands. Somehow you lot managed to dig out a further 22 new brands, most notably our first Frederique Constant, Luch and even a Titus. I have made a slight change in the presentation of the stats to show the ranking of each brand. Here are the totals (no prizes for guessing who is top this month):

1 Rolex 85
2 Seiko 78
3 Omega 72
4 Timefactors 28
5 Panerai 27
6 Tudor 26
7 Breitling 24
8 Sinn 20
9 G Shock 19
10 Citizen 15
11 Damasko 11
12 IWC 11
13 Zenith 11
14 Heuer 9
15 Bremont 8
16 Grand Seiko 8
17 Hamilton 8
18 Bell & Ross 6
19 Fortis 6
20 Orient 6
21 Blancpain 5
22 Casio 5
23 Apple 4
24 Audemars Piguet 4
25 Bulova 4
26 CWC 4
27 Garmin 4
28 Helson 4
29 Longines 4
30 Ming 4
31 Moser 4
32 Patek Philippe 4
33 Steeldive 4
34 Tissot 4
35 Ulysse Nardin 4
36 Vostok 4
37 Alpina 3
38 Corum 3
39 Doxa (modern) 3
40 Glycine 3
41 Halios 3
42 Schofield 3
43 Seagull 3
44 Sterile 3
45 Tag Heuer 3
46 Traser 3
47 Alexander Shorokhoff 2
48 Alkin 2
49 Caravelle 2
50 Cardinet 2
51 Cartier 2
52 Certina 2
53 Christopher Ward 2
54 Ebel 2
55 Ironelk 2
56 Jaeger-LeCoultre 2
57 Marathon 2
58 Maurice La Croix 2
59 Newmark (Modern) 2
60 Oris 2
61 Philip Watch 2
62 Roamer 2
63 Smiths 2
64 A-13A 1
65 Accurist 1
66 Ancon 1
67 Aquatico 1
68 Armand Nicolet 1
69 Axiom 1
70 Braun 1
71 Breguet 1
72 Briston 1
73 Cadisen 1
74 Dacor 1
75 Dan Henry 1
76 Debert 1
77 Dornbluth & Sohn 1
78 Draken 1
79 Frederique Constant 1
80 Ginault 1
81 Hanhart 1
82 Helm 1
83 Helvetia 1
84 Invicta 1
85 Jean Richard 1
86 Kemner 1
87 Laco 1
88 Lanco 1
89 Le Monde 1
90 Lemania 1
91 Linde Werdelin 1
92 Lorier 1
93 Lum-Tec 1
94 Luxor 1
95 Monta 1
96 Moritz Grossmann 1
97 Nivrel 1
98 Nomos 1
99 Oceanx 1
100 Ollech & Wajs 1
101 Olma 1
102 Ophion 1
103 Oscar 1
104 Pagani Design 1
105 Parnis 1
106 Phoibos 1
107 Pinion 1
108 Pulsar 1
109 Racer 1
110 Rado 1
111 Revue Thommen 1
112 Scurfa 1
113 Squale 1
114 Steinhart 1
115 Sternglas 1
116 Stowa 1
117 Sturmanskie 1
118 Suunto 1
119 Tag 1
120 Techne 1
121 Timex 1
122 Titus 1
123 Titus Genf 1
124 Tutima 1
125 Universal Geneve 1
126 Vacheron Constantin 1
127 Victorinox 1
128 Vitessa 1
129 Yema 1
130 Zelos 1
131 Zeon 1
132 Zlatous 1

[Wimm]

As I mentioned in the title of this thread I thought I would tot up the scores at half time. Quite frankly the numbers are a little frightening. A total of 4095 watches. You may ask why that is frightening. Well, if on average it takes me ten seconds to record each watch then it means that, so far this year, I have spent 11hrs counting watches.... lets move swiftly on from there.

Up until the end of June we have had 4095 watches from a very respectable 283 different brands. The top three will come as no surprise but the fourth place perhaps will be, having been slugging it out with Tudor and Panerai for the last six months Timefactors has come out head and shoulders above them. Rolex has a nice round total of 600 which is very dominant, over 1/8th of the total. Enough preamble here are the half time scores:

1 Rolex 600
2 Seiko 523
3 Omega 409
4 Timefactors 194
5 Tudor 168
6 Panerai 149
7 Breitling 130
8 G Shock 129
9 Sinn 98
10 Citizen 62
11 IWC 62
12 Grand Seiko 61
13 Heuer 53
14 Zenith 53
15 CWC 52
16 Hamilton 49
17 Longines 39
18 Newmark (Modern) 39
19 Damasko 35
20 Tag Heuer 30
21 Bremont 29
22 Jaeger-LeCoultre 29
23 Bulova 28
24 Blancpain 27
25 Patek Philippe 27
26 Audemars Piguet 25
27 Apple 24
28 Bell & Ross 24
29 Casio 24
30 Moser 23
31 Halios 21
32 Steinhart 20
33 Orient 19
34 Oris 19
35 Vostok 19
36 Doxa (modern) 18
37 Fortis 18
38 Garmin 18
39 Ming 16
40 Unidentifiable 16
41 Christopher Ward 15
42 Helson 15
43 Ulysse Nardin 15
44 Vacheron Constantin 15
45 Certina 14
46 Glycine 14
47 Squale 13
48 Tissot 13
49 Nomos 12
50 Steeldive 11
51 Alpina 10
52 Laco 10
53 Smiths 10
54 Universal Geneve 10
55 Linde Werdelin 9
56 Scurfa 9
57 Stowa 9
58 Tutima 9
59 Alexander Shorokhoff 8
60 Glaschutte Original 8
61 Pulsar 8
62 Zodiac 8
63 A-13A 7
64 Corum 7
65 Ebel 7
66 Le Monde 7
67 Lemania 7
68 Schofield 7
69 Traser 7
70 Victorinox 7
71 Baume et Mercier 6
72 Boldr 6
73 Breguet 6
74 Cartier 6
75 Eterna 6
76 Ginault 6
77 Poljot 6
78 Sterile 6
79 Zeno 6
80 Ollech & Wajs 5
81 Rado 5
82 Revue Thommen 5
83 Seagull 5
84 Timex 5
85 Yema 5
86 Farer 4
87 Gruppo Gamma 4
88 Helm 4
89 Helvetia 4
90 Invicta 4
91 Mido 4
92 Movado 4
93 Nivrel 4
94 Nodus 4
95 Pagani Design 4
96 Pinion 4
97 Zelos 4
98 Aquadive 3
99 Ball 3
100 Borealis 3
101 Cardinet 3
102 Chronoswiss 3
103 Dan Henry 3
104 F. P. Journe 3
105 Fit Bit 3
106 Geckota 3
107 Girard Perigeaux 3
108 Glaschutte 3
109 Hamtun 3
110 Junghans 3
111 Lorier 3
112 MkII 3
113 Muhle 3
114 Parnis 3
115 Philip Watch 3
116 Ricoh 3
117 Roamer 3
118 Timor 3
119 Accurist 2
120 Alkin 2
121 Ancon 2
122 Archimede 2
123 Braun 2
124 Briston 2
125 Bulgari 2
126 Caravelle 2
127 Cortebert 2
128 Dagaz 2
129 Davosa 2
130 Divex 2
131 Dornbluth & Sohn 2
132 Edox 2
133 Enicar 2
134 Flotsam & Jetsam 2
135 Hanhart 2
136 Huawei 2
137 Ianos 2
138 Ironelk 2
139 Kemner 2
140 Kennet 2
141 Lanco 2
142 Marathon 2
143 Maurice La Croix 2
144 Meister Singer 2
145 Minase 2
146 Moeris 2
147 Moritz Grossmann 2
148 MWC 2
149 Newgate 2
150 Nove 2
151 Oceanx 2
152 Ochs und Junior 2
153 Offshore Professional 2
154 Olma 2
155 Oscar 2
156 Phoibos 2
157 Porsche Design 2
158 Precista 2
159 Racer 2
160 Rodania 2
161 Samsung 2
162 San Martin 2
163 Skmei 2
164 Sternglas 2
165 Sturmanskie 2
166 Suunto 2
167 Swatch 2
168 Techne 2
169 Titus Genf 2
170 Tollet 2
171 Unimatic 2
172 Vertex (Modern) 2
173 A. Lange& Sohne 1
174 Aerowatch 1
175 Aevig 1
176 Alba 1
177 Anonimo 1
178 Apeks 1
179 Aquastar 1
180 Aquatico 1
181 Armand Nicolet 1
182 Armida 1
183 Axiom 1
184 Bali Ha'i 1
185 Baltic 1
186 Bentima 1
187 Boccia 1
188 Boschett 1
189 Cadisen 1
190 Carvel 1
191 Cathode Corner 1
192 Chopard 1
193 Coresa 1
194 Creation 1
195 Dacor 1
196 De Bethune 1
197 Debert 1
198 Delvina 1
199 Disney 1
200 Doxa (Vintage) 1
201 Draken 1
202 Dugena 1
203 Durex 1
204 Egard 1
205 Elliot Brown 1
206 Frederique Constant 1
207 Gallet 1
208 Haldor 1
209 Heimdallr 1
210 Herma 1
211 J W Benson 1
212 J. Kinstley 1
213 Jean Paul Gaultier 1
214 Jean Richard 1
215 Kander 1
216 Kenzo 1
217 Keora 1
218 Kingston Observatory 1
219 Konstantin Chaykin 1
220 L U Chopard 1
221 Lanna 1
222 Larsson & Jennings 1
223 Le Forban 1
224 Leonidas 1
225 Lew and Huey 1
226 Limit 1
227 Lip 1
228 Lorenz 1
229 Luch 1
230 Lum-Tec 1
231 Luxor 1
232 Majestyk 1
233 Mappin and Webb 1
234 Mauboussin 1
235 MOD 1
236 Mondaine 1
237 Monta 1
238 Montblanc 1
239 Nethunes 1
240 Newmark (Vintage) 1
241 Novus 1
242 NTH 1
243 Oak and Oscar 1
244 Omikron 1
245 Ophion 1
246 Oriosa 1
247 Pablo 1
248 Panther 1
249 Parmigiani 1
250 Paul Picot 1
251 Paul Smith 1
252 Pobeda 1
253 Police 1
254 Poseidon 1
255 Prima 1
256 Raketa 1
257 Record 1
258 RLT 1
259 Rotary 1
260 SarpanevaUhrenFabrik 1
261 Scubapro 1
262 Sekonda 1
263 Silvana 1
264 Skagen 1
265 Spinnaker 1
266 Stocker and Yale 1
267 Tag 1
268 Tiger Shark 1
269 Titoni 1
270 Titus 1
271 Torgeon 1
272 Undone 1
273 Union 1
274 Vaer 1
275 Vantage 1
276 Vertex (Vintage) 1
277 Vitessa 1
278 Vratislava 1
279 Vulcain 1
280 Waldhoff 1
281 Wempe 1
282 Wenger 1
283 Zeon 1
284 Zlatous 1

[LuvWatch]

Top man, thanks for all the effort - interesting stats

[Wimm]

Lastly the challenge. It may not be obvious but, although we have seen examples from 283 different brands we haven't covered the full alphabet. The first letters of all the brands listed cover all but two letters of the alphabet. The missing letters are Q and X. My challenge to you all is to find and show on any Friday this year one or more watches from brands which begin with the letters Q and X (so no Seiko Prospexes).

To be honest I don't even know if they exist (Q perhaps but X?) so it might be an impossible challenge but it's worth a go. Good luck.

[Wimm]

Before I go o bed I have one last bit of watch interest to share. Back in the March Post I posted a chart of the weekly top ten watches for the first quarter. So for a little visual interest here is the chart of the weekly top ten for the first six months. Let me know the resolution is a bipoor and I will try and get a better image.

I am working on a few more visuals which I will start to share when I give the results for this month.

[LuvWatch]

there is Quemex and Xenon but they are .....

[teeth man]

One of these should fill one of the gaps


https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/QLOCKTW...hoCZRMQAvD_BwE

[earlofsodbury]

For "Q" we have QLOCKTWO to draw upon -



Wouldn't be too surprised if we had one or two of their clocks on the forum, but the watches never seem to have taken off.

There's Quinting, but not sure how many on this forum would pay Patek prices for what sounds and looks like Chinese xmas-cracker watches... (IMHO, YMMV)...

For "X" we have Xemex, Xeric, Xetum and Xpeda - Brazil's Xpeda seems unlikely, but not impossible, but I'm pretty certain we have one or two Xeric owners on here - I've been very tempted by the Trappist myself:



I know nothing at all about Xemex and Xetum...

These are all I have on my work-in-progress list of extant brands. No doubt others out there, especially in China...

[Tetlee]

This was brilliant reading. Did I really single handedly get Alexander Shorokhoff to 59th place overall so far! That's pretty surprising.

Great work so far OP, really like the number rankings you've added, some nice extra details which add alot to the nerdy experience. Cheers to you sir.

[Glen Goyne]

Great work. Steeldive is quite high now, never seen an AliExpress brand so high before I think.


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[sish101]

Interesting reading. A consistently strong showing from Eddie's stable.

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[magirus]

Many thanks for taking the time to compile this. Re Q and X, there's a fair few named Xanadu on eBay, any lovers of tat here?

[RyanB]

Thanks for all your work Wimm.

Interesting to see how quickly numbers drop off after the big scorers. Even relatively well discussed brands (IWC, JLC) have much smaller showings.

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[crazyp]

if someone has 30 odd grand to spare to do a mic drop for Q....





https://watchesbysjx.com/2019/03/qin...atchmaker.html

[Wimm]

Glad you are enjoying the stats and thank you for the suggestions for Q and X watches, some of them are, lets say, interesting. I look forward to seeing what you guys post over the next six months.

Great work. Steeldive is quite high now, never seen an AliExpress brand so high before I think.


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Made more remarkable by the fact that they made their first appearance in May.

[DigitalSeb]

Thanks a lot OP for sharing the stats really interesting / impressive number of watches going to and from the forum!

Random question but would you have the split by brand/models - or is that overkill?

Great work putting all this together - much appreciated!



S

[TonyAFC8]

Very interesting stats, thank you for posting.


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[Wimm]

Random question but would you have the split by brand/models - or is that overkill?



S

Good question, unfortunately I don't break it down to model. Occasionally I think that to do so would be really interesting but the workload would increase dramatically. Definitely overkill.