Excellent work, sir! Interesting and entertaining.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the first Annual TZ-UKFWT awards ceremony. Sadly due to the current pandemic this is a virtual event and not a gala dinner in the glamourous surroundings of the Dorchester's Ballroom (the dream) or even the Conference Suite at the Watford Holiday Inn Express (the reality). The lack of live event is probably a blessing in disguise as there is less chance of the MCR-GTG crew performing a Chumbawumba style protest on one of the more respectable members of the forum.
By now you should have received the gift bag from our corporate sponsors Sales Corner. Rivalling the best swag bags of the awards industry, within it you will find: a pair of used sandals, a limited edition bottle of Dalek bubble Bath, a complimentary bag of popcorn to enjoy the entertainment with and an opened bottle of fragrance randomly selected by Eddie himself. The piece de resistance is, of course, a forum only edition watch produced by Bremont. A stunning timepiece that I am sure will depreciate so much over the next few years you'll be glad it was a freebie. At the bottom of the bag you will find a small envelope in which you can, if you have enjoyed this evening's entertainment, leave a small donation for the fundraiser to give it a good start for the New Year. Alternatively you could use the link at the top of the webpage.
The events team have worked hard on making this an evening to remember. A lot of effort was put in to booking a guest speaker who we were sure the whole forum would warmly welcome and whose stories we would greatly appreciate. Sadly, due to his upcoming investiture, Lewis Hamilton has had to cancel at short notice, no doubt consulting his tailor as to suitable attire for the occasion. However we are in huge debt to perhaps the most famous star of the Dear Wife thread (I shall not name her here to save her blushes) has stepped in at the last minute to regale us with tales of what living with one of the forum stalwarts is really like.
No expense has been spent on entertainment during the interval either. Our very own troupe of court jesters, The Bear Pit Regulars, will be entertaining us with their unique combination of poetry, song and modern dance. They will be performing new pieces such as "An Ode to the Draft Thread" and a very special mimed version of "Play the man not the ball". I am sure, for their finale, they will join hands and perform their internationally renowned acapella version of Micheal Jackson's Heal The World. I can't wait. No, I really can't.
Anyway, the entertainment is second to the real reason why we are here. Watches. Shorty we will reveal the winners of such highly anticipated awards as Most Watches in the Year and The Night Owl/Early Bird award. But before all of that let us run through a few numbers first.
The 52 Fridays of 2020 saw us post a grand total of 8,398 watches, that is a weekly average of 161.5 watches. The highest number of watches in one week was on the 13th of November when 189 watches were posted, the lowest was 105 watches on the 3rd of January.
The highest count in a single month was October which saw a total of 836 watches. As October was a five week month this was half to be expected. The highest four week month was November which had 639 watches. Looking at the weekly average of each month goes some way to negating the the differences. The month with the highest weekly average was November which had a weekly average of 174.25.
Overall we had 382 different brands so we just fell short of the the 400 which looked possible earlier on in the year. Something to aim for next year. The highest number of brands in a month was May with 142 separate brands worn, unsurprisingly May also had the second highest number of new brands with 43 new to the year, second only to the 49 in February which was when the year was just getting going.
We did manage to post a brand representing every letter of the alphabet, with Xeric and Q+Q providing the hard to get letters.
So which brands scored the big numbers? If you have been following the monthly threads the results will not come as much of a surprise but here goes. Sadly I have no glamourous celebrity who will open the gold-like envelopes or to present the plated base metal statuettes.
The most watches from one brand shown in a week goes to - Seiko with 37 worn back on the 24th of April.
The most watches from one brand shown in a month goes to - Rolex with 130 examples worn way back in the innocent days of January.
The most watches worn through out the year - yes Rolex again with a total of 1,259 posted last year. In second place comes Seiko with 1,075. Omega trails in in third place with 795. Timefactors comes in fourth palce with a respectable 418 ahead of Tudor with 323.
The next award is a bit of a different one. The Night Owl/Early Bird awards goes to the brand which started the most number of Friday threads. This year it is shared between two brands. Rolex and Panerai who both started the Friday threads on twelve occasions, accounting for almost half the year between them.
The final, and arguably the most prestigious, award is the Watch Counter's Watch of the Year. This is a totally biased award given to my favourite watch of the year. It is a difficult job to chose from so many. There have been a couple of Polerouters which I do have a soft spot for. I also enjoy watches which are different. The Panarai Equation of Time and the Helvetia Depthomatic are ones that spring to mind. However this years winner is paw3001's JLC Master Control with Sector Dial. I need say no more than it is a truly stunning watch.
Now, if paw3001 could show his gratitude for winning such a prestigious award by boxing up the aforementioned watch and sending it to me then we can call the deal closed.
Anyway, now for the entertainment.......
Excellent work, sir! Interesting and entertaining.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Here are the overall figures and the rankings for the year. I shall post charts this weekend but it is a late and I want to watch The Predator (again).
1 Rolex 1259
2 Seiko 1075
3 Omega 795
4 Timefactors 418
5 Tudor 323
6 Panerai 291
7 G Shock 251
8 Breitling 228
9 Sinn 196
10 Grand Seiko 135
11 Zenith 129
12 Citizen 124
13 IWC 117
14 CWC 116
15 Damasko 99
16 Heuer 95
17 Hamilton 91
18 Longines 72
19 Bremont 68
20 Tag Heuer 68
21 Blancpain 63
22 Jaeger-LeCoultre 62
23 Newmark (Modern) 60
24 Audemars Piguet 51
25 Apple 50
26 Bell & Ross 50
27 Patek Philippe 50
28 Moser 49
29 Oris 49
30 Fortis 48
31 Vostok 47
32 Steinhart 44
33 Bulova 42
34 Steeldive 39
35 Casio 37
36 Squale 36
37 Ming 35
38 Tissot 35
39 Christopher Ward 33
40 Vacheron Constantin 32
41 Garmin 31
42 Orient 31
43 Doxa (modern) 28
44 Nomos 28
45 Glycine 27
46 Universal Geneve 27
47 Halios 26
48 Helson 25
49 Yema 25
50 Smiths 24
51 Linde Werdelin 21
52 Scurfa 21
53 Sterile 21
54 Ulysse Nardin 21
55 Certina 19
56 Tutima 17
57 Alpina 16
58 Laco 16
59 Lemania 16
60 Eterna 15
61 Glaschutte Original 15
62 Timex 15
63 Zeno 15
64 Ebel 14
65 Stowa 14
66 Helvetia 13
67 MkII 13
68 Muhle 13
69 Pulsar 13
70 Wolbrook 13
71 A. Lange & Sohne 12
72 Corum 12
73 Hanhart 12
74 Seagull 12
75 Alexander Shorokhoff 11
76 Cartier 11
77 Ollech & Wajs 11
78 Revue Thommen 11
79 Schofield 11
80 Traser 11
81 Victorinox 11
82 Zelos 11
83 Zodiac 11
84 Breguet 10
85 Helm 10
86 Le Monde 10
87 Poljot 10
88 Baume et Mercier 9
89 Farer 9
90 Girard Perigeaux 9
91 Junghans 9
92 Pagani Design 9
93 Rado 9
94 A-13A 8
95 Archimede 8
96 Dan Henry 8
97 Dornbluth & Sohn 8
98 Ginault 8
99 Kemmner 8
100 Ball 7
101 Edox 7
102 Geckota 7
103 Ingersoll 7
104 Lorier 7
105 Maurice La Croix 7
106 Mido 7
107 Movado 7
108 MWC 7
109 Oceanx 7
110 Pinion 7
111 Unimatic 7
112 Boldr 6
113 Borealis 6
114 Caravelle 6
115 Chronoswiss 6
116 Gruppo Gamma 6
117 Marathon 6
118 Nodus 6
119 Parnis 6
120 Porsche Design 6
121 Precista 6
122 Sturmanskie 6
123 Timor 6
124 Armida 5
125 Fit Bit 5
126 Nivrel 5
127 Swatch 5
128 Vertex (Modern) 5
129 Alkin 4
130 Chopard 4
131 Dagaz 4
132 Davosa 4
133 Heimdallr 4
134 Helgray 4
135 Invicta 4
136 Konstantin Chaykin 4
137 Offshore Professional 4
138 Philip Watch 4
139 SarpanevaUhrenFabrik 4
140 Schaffen 4
141 Seaholm 4
142 Vulcain 4
143 Aerowatch 3
144 Aevig 3
145 Animal 3
146 Anonimo 3
147 Apeks 3
148 Aquadive 3
149 Armand Nicolet 3
150 Braun 3
151 Briston 3
152 Bulgari 3
153 Cardinet 3
154 De Bethune 3
155 Doxa (Vintage) 3
156 Eberhard 3
157 Enicar 3
158 F. P. Journe 3
159 Frederique Constant 3
160 Glaschutte 3
161 Hamtun 3
162 J W Benson 3
163 L U Chopard 3
164 Leonidas 3
165 Limit 3
166 Lorus 3
167 Minase 3
168 Mondaine 3
169 Monta 3
170 Moritz Grossmann 3
171 Nethuns 3
172 Newgate 3
173 Nixon 3
174 Olma 3
175 Phoibos 3
176 Ricoh 3
177 Roamer 3
178 Rodania 3
179 Rover and Lakes 3
180 Samsung 3
181 San Martin 3
182 Skmei 3
183 Suunto 3
184 Titoni 3
185 Titus 3
186 Undone 3
187 ZRC 3
188 Accurist 2
189 Altair 2
190 Ancon 2
191 Anordain 2
192 Aquastar 2
193 Artya 2
194 Astro 2
195 Baltic 2
196 Boschett 2
197 Breil 2
198 Brellum 2
199 Carvel 2
200 Cathode Corner 2
201 Chronos 2
202 Cortebert 2
203 Debert 2
204 Divex 2
205 Douglas 2
206 Dubey and Schaldenbrand 2
207 Elliot Brown 2
208 Flotsam & Jetsam 2
209 Gallet 2
210 Geralch 2
211 GWS 2
212 Haldor 2
213 Huawei 2
214 Ianos 2
215 Iaxa 2
216 Ironelk 2
217 Jean Richard 2
218 Kennet 2
219 Kenzo 2
220 Lanco 2
221 Le Forban 2
222 Le Jour 2
223 Luch 2
224 Lum-Tec 2
225 Maranez 2
226 Meister Singer 2
227 Moeris 2
228 Montblanc 2
229 Nove 2
230 Oak and Oscar 2
231 Ochs und Junior 2
232 Oscar 2
233 Pobeda 2
234 Poseidon 2
235 Prometheus 2
236 Q & Q 2
237 Racer 2
238 Raketa 2
239 Record 2
240 RLT 2
241 Rotary 2
242 Siduna 2
243 Skagen 2
244 Sternglas 2
245 Stocker and Yale 2
246 Techne 2
247 Technos 2
248 Titus Genf 2
249 Tollet 2
250 Traska 2
251 Trias 2
252 Vratislavia 2
253 Wenger 2
254 About Vintage 1
255 Aision 1
256 Alba 1
257 Altus 1
258 Aquatico 1
259 Astroavia 1
260 Atlantic 1
261 Axiom 1
262 Bali Ha'i 1
263 Bentima 1
264 Benrus 1
265 Bertucci 1
266 Boccia 1
267 Brook and son 1
268 Buler 1
269 Buren 1
270 Cadisen 1
271 Choisi 1
272 Chronomat 1
273 Coresa 1
274 Corgeut 1
275 Creation 1
276 Crepas 1
277 Cuervo Y Sobrinos 1
278 Cyma 1
279 Dacor 1
280 Deep Blue 1
281 Dekla 1
282 Delvina 1
283 Dennison 1
284 Didun Design 1
285 Dievas 1
286 Disney 1
287 Draken 1
288 Dugena 1
289 Dunhill 1
290 Durex 1
291 E M G 1
292 Egard 1
293 Elgin 1
294 Enoksen 1
295 Fred 1
296 H Kauffmann 1
297 H2O 1
298 Herma 1
299 Hima 1
300 Hoffman 1
301 Hugo Boss 1
302 J. Kinstley 1
303 Jacques Le Mans 1
304 Jamaica Time 1
305 Jaquet-Droz 1
306 Jean Paul Gaultier 1
307 Kander 1
308 Kentex 1
309 Keora 1
310 Kingston Observatory 1
311 L L Bean 1
312 Lanna 1
313 Larsson & Jennings 1
314 Lew and Huey 1
315 Lip 1
316 Lorenz 1
317 Luminox 1
318 Luxor 1
319 Mr. Jones 1
320 Majestyk 1
321 Majex 1
322 Maen 1
323 Mappin and Webb 1
324 Marina Militare 1
325 Mauboussin 1
326 Meccaniche Veneziane 1
327 Mercer 1
328 MIH 1
329 MOD 1
330 Nautica 1
331 Newmark (Vintage) 1
332 Novus 1
333 NTH 1
334 Obris Morgan 1
335 Ocean7 1
336 Omikron 1
337 Ophion 1
338 Oriosa 1
339 Pablo 1
340 Panther 1
341 Parmigiani 1
342 Paul Frank 1
343 Paul Picot 1
344 Paul Smith 1
345 Police 1
346 Prima 1
347 Pro-lex 1
348 Raymond Weil 1
349 Romain Jerome 1
350 RXW 1
351 Safari 1
352 Scubapro 1
353 Sekonda 1
354 Signum 1
355 Silvana 1
356 Smith and Wesson 1
357 Spinnaker 1
358 Subdelta 1
359 Swiss Army 1
360 Tag 1
361 Talis 1
362 Tauchmeister 1
363 Th. Picard Fils 1
364 Theorein 1
365 Tiger Shark 1
366 Tomtom 1
367 Torgeon 1
368 Tourby 1
369 Union 1
370 Vaer 1
371 Vantage 1
372 Ventura 1
373 Vertex (Vintage) 1
374 Vitessa 1
375 Waldhoff 1
376 Wempe 1
377 Weret 1
378 Wild Horologists & Team 1
379 Wm Forbes 1
380 Xeric 1
381 Zeon 1
382 Zlatous 1
Unidentifiable 21
interesting how fast the numbers drop after the top 5. i've managed to get one unique one in there.
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
One of the better awards ceremonies of the year so far 👏
Fantastic effort in both collating the data and being entertaining in the presentation
Thank you
Very entertaining! Glad I can claim the single Majex as one of my week's watches.
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A huge thank you from me.
Always interesting to see how the numbers stack up - and again loads of brands I haven’t come across, or ones that spark a memory :)
It's just a matter of time...
Thank you for these and the detail you go into, great entertainment and interesting numbers
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As others have said - well done, and thanks for the effort and the entertainment.
Finally- Thanks to the ladies for the use of the hall.
Superb work mate, and masterfully delivered.
I think we need to see paw3001's “JLC Master Control with Sector Dial” again!
Gosh! What can I say? I am honoured and I had no idea. I haven’t even prepared a speech!
Firstly, I would like to thank God for creating such fine watchmakers and brands that grace these pages. Secondly, I would like to thank the Panel Jury for all their hard work counting and collating the numbers. They really deserve an award all for themselves. Thirdly, I could not have achieved such heady heights without the help of Dandandanman who kindly sold me the watch many moons ago from the magical Sales Corner. Thank you.
Also, of course, I need to thank my family for going without holidays and other essentials to support my watch collection/addiction, without them I could have bought many more fabulous watches. A special mention must go to my wife, who through her disinterest and tuts has no idea of the breadth or value of my small collection of trinkets. My children, who are so dear to me, are happy to forego the opportunity to attend University and I look forward to passing down my collection to them unless I flip it first!
I have to regret that I will be unable to package up the award winning watch as being based here in Berlin as a Brexit refugee I unable to find a carrier willing to take it to the United Plague Island and I would hate for our gracious Award host to be charged the horrors of VAT!
Therefore, I will now print out this thread and add it to the paperwork of my now award winning JLC Master Control Sector Dial with Date which will now be leaping in value above such lowly competition such as Rolex Sports or those tacky Pateks or Audemars.
Thank you, thank you, I love you all...
Last edited by paw3001; 9th January 2021 at 00:21.
Interesting, thank you for your efforts. For me, interesting that there were more Patek than either Oris, Steinhart or Casio.
Get To The Choppa !!!
Great job! Now, about the "entertainment" you mentioned?
Brilliant work as always and really entertaining post.
CWC did really well, hey and I must have single handedly got Alexander Shorokhoff into number 75 above the likes of RADO and leveling with Cartier.
Some surprising names down near the bottom that I would have expected to be much higher, always an interesting perspective.
Thanks OP for continuing on with this, was so happy to see it revived after AnimalOne(I think it was) become to bogged down to keep it going.
Excellent work, with a most entertaining presentation.
Very interesting and entertaining, thanks!
Surprised Girard Perregaux is so low in the order.
Excellent work! Well done
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Common as muck them Rolex
Thanks for dedicating time to this, looking at the breadth and variety of watches on show is one of the weekly highlights.
I suppose the toughest challenge is to come last........
Could you break down the top five according to the models?
Just kidding, excellent work.
Excellent work! Any graphs available by month? I must say a Sterling effort. Martyn.
A great read and many thanks for the work that goes into this, much appreciated.
Excellent write-up! Wonder what's the correlation between Rolex/Panerai and night owls/early posters !?
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Top number crunching
Thanks
We actually need the pics of the 21 unidentifiable to put the forum bods to work!
Fabulous work and a richly deserved winner!
What a great post Wimm, very enjoyable to read this morning. I’m delighted to see an honourable mention for the Depthomatic, which I am wearing today. Any JLC would be a worthy winner, especially that one.
An appropriate FR contribution is on its way.
Quite pleased to see that 4 (maybe 5) of the 'one-hit wonders' were mine.
Great work on analysing what people are posting.
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
A great read and I also find the data interesting. This of course a community of enthusiasts so I guess this data can not be used to gauge the general market, but it's still clear that big brands are big also here - top 5 brands account for nearly 50% of total.
I find only one Sekonda mildly surprising.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
I am glad that you all enjoyed the summary of last year's watches, it was fun putting it together.
Many thanks to paw3001 for the photos and for keeping his acceptance speech short and sweet and without too many tears. And a grudging thank you Unclealec for spotting my mistake. Next year I may ask him to proof read it.
Anyway slightly delayed but as promised, for those who like statistics, here are the charts.
Firstly one showing the monthly totals, from which little real insight can be gained because of the variation of numbers of Friday's in each month, compared with the weekly average for the year and the weekly average for each month.
on Flickr
The weekly average for each month does show us something interesting. A 12% increase from March to April. Perhaps more of us had extra time on our hands to post watches on Fridays. Thee increase continued until July and August when the weekly average fell and then an increase until it drops off suddenly in December. I put this down to Christmas day falling on a Friday and less watches posted.
Next up is the monthly weekly averages compared with numbers of brands shown in each month.
on Flickr
This shows a large increase in the number of brands shown from April to May. Whether this is lock down boredom giving the excuse to dig out less worn pieces or perhaps May was when the new lockdown arrivals started to filter in.
on Flickr
Above we have a chart showing the monthly totals of the top ten brands for each month and next, a chart of the weekly average each month of the top ten brands which shows us a little more detail on th trends of each brand over time.
on Flickr
That rounds off last year's results, I'd better get on with this year's for which I am planning to make a few changes. If there is anything you would like to see then ask and I'll consider it (except for breaking it down into models, far too much work).
Thank you for reading.
Last edited by Wimm; 11th January 2021 at 23:19.
Most of those were accrued in January (11 to be exact) back in the days when my ID skills weren't so good and I hadn't thought to contact the owners to ask what they were. Nowadays I do but sometimes response there is none. Unfortunately I have know way in telling which early ones were UI. More often than not it is an image that has vanished which results in being recorded as unidentifiable.
'I demand a recount!'
Only kidding, great work OP.
R
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