October €100k Fantasy Watch Competition - Cyrus Rules

Fitz II · 10-10-2020 10:08am #1

Please vote on you favourite collection. Click for larger pictures, apologies to some entries I could not find great photos online that could be made transparent I did my best.no voting for your own entry please.

Rules were as follows.
1. 5 watch collection
2. €100k euro budget
3. No stainless steel
4. Each watch must be from a different brand.
5. European Union and UK Countries on Chrono24 only, must pay full asking. Currency conversion as per Chrono24.
6. Entries with the format - Watch, reference, price, Chrono24 link please.

In the case of a tie the person closest to the 100k limit will win. Voting open until end of the month.

893bet · 10-10-2020 10:50am

Some really stunning collections and a lot of models that I am not familiar with. A little tougher than last time even though there are fewer collections.

Disappointing number of entries I think!

banie01 · 10-10-2020 11:57am

893bet wrote: »

Disappointing number of entries I think!

I'd only had 2 picked for my own entry, but then got slammed with work for college.
Then compounded that with taking on a little consulting work that has left my chrono24 browsing woefully under what was needed for an entry.

The quality of the entries even though it's a reduced field is brilliant tho!
I never twigged the Ti and ceramic counted

I'd been looking mainly at PM stuff.

Great collections tho and my vote has been cast.

redlead · 10-10-2020 2:32pm

Looks like there was a secret criteria to fit as many black dials in as possible. ;-P

Some nice collections there guys.

blue5000 · 10-10-2020 5:56pm

redlead wrote: »

Looks like there was a secret criteria to fit as many black dials in as possible. ;-P

Some nice collections there guys.

Well spotted, and almost no bracelets. Hard to believe there's almost 600k of watch porn there.

Cienciano · 10-10-2020 7:20pm

That's funny that there's no bracelets. Not much yellow gold either considering the rules. Cheers for formatting everything nicely Fitz

Cyrus · 12-10-2020 9:53am

some nice collections there, i had a hard time picking, thanks fitz for facilitating.

Cyrus · 12-10-2020 9:53am

Cienciano wrote: »

That's funny that there's no bracelets. Not much yellow gold either considering the rules. Cheers for formatting everything nicely Fitz

i suppose with PM bracelets send the prices sky rocketing, id imagine that was the main factor rather than a universal hatred of bracelets :P

Fitz II · 12-10-2020 10:34am

Cyrus wrote: »

i suppose with PM bracelets send the prices sky rocketing, id imagine that was the main factor rather than a universal hatred of bracelets :P

That was my thinking too, Yellow gold ap on leather 30k....yellow on bracelet 50k. For this exercise not worth it. What I can say for certain is chaps dont choose small watches, dont choose much rolex, like a sporty look rather than classic dress aesthetics mostly, Patek is on the wishlist far more than in peoples collections, suppose that economic, is for me.

Cienciano · 12-10-2020 4:06pm

Yellow gold bracelets don't seem to be fashionable either. Unless you're BA Baracus or a rapper, best to stay away

Fitz II · 14-10-2020 2:48pm

its a 3 way tie for first place at the moment

Cyclingtourist · 15-10-2020 10:33am

I voted for G

Lorddrakul · 15-10-2020 10:47am

I'm not wild about gold on a watch at all.
Just doesn't do it for me.

So that's an automatic pass for me. Interesting pieces otherwise.

Cyrus · 15-10-2020 10:48am

Lorddrakul wrote: »

I'm not wild about gold on a watch at all.
Just doesn't do it for me.

So that's an automatic pass for me. Interesting pieces otherwise.

to be fair when you look at the collections its not exactly a celebration of bling, theres very little yellow or rose gold up there.

blue5000 · 15-10-2020 11:02am

Lorddrakul wrote: »

I'm not wild about gold on a watch at all.
Just doesn't do it for me.

So that's an automatic pass for me. Interesting pieces otherwise.

Cyrus wrote: »

to be fair when you look at the collections its not exactly a celebration of bling, theres very little yellow or rose gold up there.

No scrap dealers in your family tree so?:D

893bet · 15-10-2020 11:10am

Very little yellow/rose gold which show the trend is still against them.

Most of the chosen one were discreet even, e.g the IWC and the 2xALS.

Fitz II · 26-10-2020 6:34pm

Well this poll is closed and voting had a better uptake than last time.

We had a tie for first place between entry D and Entry F.

Entry F used a total of €99,540 and entry D used a total of €99,944. So as is the rule the person closest to the 100k total wins.

Congratulations to Cienciano for the win. Cienciano, take a few days and consider what rules you want for next months poll. Well done

hitemfrank · 26-10-2020 6:54pm

8 votes for me. I'm quite happy with that

Cyrus · 26-10-2020 7:15pm

Fitz II wrote: »

Well this poll is closed and voting had a better uptake than last time.

We had a tie for first place between entry D and Entry F.

Entry F used a total of €99,540 and entry D used a total of €99,944. So as is the rule the person closest to the 100k total wins.

Congratulations to Cienciano for the win. Cienciano, take a few days and consider what rules you want for next months poll. Well done

Gah nearly had two in a row

Cienciano · 26-10-2020 10:28pm

Woo! I just want to thank my parents, my manager, my wife. But most of all, Fitz for going to the effort of organizing this

I really liked A, I wanted a zeitwerk in the collection but couldn't fit it, but couldn't bring myself to vote for a gold sub!

The FP Journe has gone down since, it's now €34,733 if anyone is interested in buying it.

893bet · 26-10-2020 11:00pm

Start thinking about what you are going to spend the prize money on and the rules for the next 3rd hunger games.

Fitz II · 27-10-2020 9:12am

A was mine, I love the zeitwork its magnificent. The gold sub is actually a very nice watch in the hand and with the black dial and Rolex gold its not as ostentatious. But maybe I am getting old. So the only acceptable gold rolex is a daytona....glad thats the case

Be sure to give us good rules for the next comp and remember to be very specific, Unkle will find any chink in the rules and exploit it within 30 seconds

redlead · 27-10-2020 9:45am

Congrats Cienciano. I'm looking forward to your 5 watch under 500 bucks sh1tter competition criteria ;-)

There should be new terms attached to this one; whoever wins has to send the collection to Archie as a "paid" review!

Cienciano · 27-10-2020 10:20am

redlead wrote: »

Congrats Cienciano. I'm looking forward to your 5 watch under 500 bucks sh1tter competition criteria ;-)

There should be new terms attached to this one; whoever wins has to send the collection to Archie as a "paid" review!

G-Shocks and reps. everything has to be from wish.com :pac:

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