Friday Watches - May 2022

[Wimm]

After all of the hanky-panky in April, May seemed a little, well, staid. Only 584 watched were posted which worked out to a rather unimpressive average of 146. Rolex came top of the tree every week except for the 20th when Seiko narrowly pipped them to first place. Some records were broken, Weekly records included most Longines in a week for the year (five) and most Briston in a week ever (two). Tutima and Stowa recorded new monthly highs both reaching four in a month for the first time. Ulysse Nardin also hit a record monthly high of five.

The number of different brands represented in May sunk to a low of 119 of which thirteen were new to the year and only four were new to the Friday Thread. Amongst those returning to the thread this month included Vertex (both modern and vintage), Mr Jones and Revue Thommen. I might as well list all of the new arrivals, they were: Clebar, J and G, Lucien Rochat and Tressa.

Fortunately there were plenty of individual watches which brightened up an otherwise dull month. On the sixth we had the joy of two lovely Moser Pioneers courtesy of Hhhh and Yokel, we also saw Brownip's Omega 6BB and, always welcome, Mr. Curta's Eberhard Mareoscope (which would be very useful where I am at the moment). On the thirteenth we were treated to Eamon's Altair Chrono, lawman_nl's Sinn Euroflieger but, possibly the watch of the month was Gunner's malachite dailled Zenith. Tasty. A very close challenger to the that title arrived on the 20th in the form of Bootsy's Huer 501.503 in pewter PVD. Smashing. Finally, on the twenty seventh, two chronos stood out for me. Andyg156's Kurono and Verv's Dark Side of the Moon Speedmaster. Although me being so behind on the watch counts coupled with Verv's current rate of turnover means that I am not entirely sure if it is still in her possession.

That is enough of May's propriety, let's hope June is up for something a little more titillating.

Right, here are the numbers in all their "glory".

1 Rolex 76
2 Seiko 64
3 Omega 56
4 Tudor 32
5 Timefactors 23
6 Sinn 19
7 Grand Seiko 17
8 CWC 16
9 Panerai 15
10 Breitling 12
11 G Shock 10
12 IWC 10
13 Damasko 9
14 Citizen 8
15 Jaeger-LeCoultre 8
16 Longines 8
17 Zenith 8
18 Casio 6
19 Garmin 6
20 Heuer 6
21 Moser 5
22 Patek Philippe 5
23 Ulysse Nardin 5
24 Vacheron Constantin 5
25 Blancpain 4
26 Bremont 4
27 Credor 4
28 Doxa (modern) 4
29 KMK 4
30 Nomos 4
31 Steinhart 4
32 Stowa 4
33 Tutima 4
34 Audemars Piguet 3
35 Christopher Ward 3
36 Clemence 3
37 Squale 3
38 Tag Heuer 3
39 Tissot 3
40 Aquadive 2
41 Breguet 2
42 Briston 2
43 Bulova 2
44 Dornbluth & Sohn 2
45 Dubey and Schaldenbrand 2
46 Glaschutte Original 2
47 Glycine 2
48 Helm 2
49 Kurono Tokyo 2
50 Mr. Jones 2
51 Muhle 2
52 Nodus 2
53 Orient 2
54 Rado 2
55 Revue Thommen 2
56 San Martin 2
57 Suunto 2
58 Timex 2
59 Yema 2
60 Zodiac 2
61 A-13A 1
62 A. Lange & Sohne 1
63 Aerowatch 1
64 Altair 1
65 Apple 1
66 Archimede 1
67 Baume et Mercier 1
68 Bell & Ross 1
69 Cartier 1
70 Certina 1
71 Clebar 1
72 Cyma 1
73 Davosa 1
74 Dekla 1
75 Doxa (Vintage) 1
76 Dugena 1
77 Eberhard 1
78 Elliot Brown 1
79 Farer 1
80 Fortis 1
81 Halios 1
82 Hamilton 1
83 Helson 1
84 J and G 1
85 Junghans 1
86 Linde Werdelin 1
87 Lorier 1
88 Lucerne 1
89 Lucien Rochat 1
90 Maen 1
91 Ming 1
92 Mondaine 1
93 Moritz Grossmann 1
94 Newmark (Modern) 1
95 Nite 1
96 Oceanx 1
97 Ollech & Wajs 1
98 Oris 1
99 Pagani Design 1
100 Porsche Design 1
101 Precista 1
102 Pulsar 1
103 Schaffen 1
104 Schofield 1
105 Seaholm 1
106 Seestern 1
107 Shirryu 1
108 Skmei 1
109 Smiths 1
110 Steeldive 1
111 Tressa 1
112 Universal Geneve 1
113 Vertex (Modern) 1
114 Vertex (Vintage) 1
115 Wenger 1
116 Wm Forbes 1
117 WMT 1
118 Wolbrook 1
119 Zeno 1

Even the monthly swingometer is a little underwhelming.

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So to try and liven things up I thought I would return to the worms to see how the first thirteen weeks of this year compare with those for the previous two years. Look out for some strange goings on such as IWC's regular peak at Week 4, Seiko's continuing pattern of peaks at Weeks 4 or 5 and 8 or 9. Perhaps strangest of all is Tudor and their achieving exactly the same numbers in 2021 and 2022 for six weeks on the trot. Anyway enjoy those, I am off to relieve this heat by making like Dory.

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[markrlondon]

Look out for some strange goings on such as IWC's regular peak at Week 4, Seiko's continuing pattern of peaks at Weeks 4 or 5 and 8 or 9. Perhaps strangest of all is Tudor and their achieving exactly the same numbers in 2021 and 2022 for six weeks on the trot.

<gasp> Proof that it's all fixed and we're all just avatars in a simulation!



Thanks for yet another fascinating analysis. :-)

[Tetlee]

Love the little write ups that proceed the stats, great fun as always. Thanks for the effort keeping these going.

[Sinnlover]

Thanks for collating, it’s always interesting to see the stats. I am always amazed at the relative lack of Citizen shown. I would have thought they would be more prevalent on the forum.

[Quality Man]

Brilliant as always.


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[bubi]

Great stuff

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[earlofsodbury]

Entertaining as always, than Wimm

[tommyzzj]

Thanks for this as always


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