April Photo Contest & Drawing! Win IWC’s Spectacular 600 Page Book “Engineering Time Since 1868"

Aloha all!

There was such a great response to my last contest in October (www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/31695/?page=1) that I’ve decided to run another one - it's a photo contest and you can only use a cell phone camera.

Contest Rules:

1. The theme of this contest is “Show Us Your IWC Watch." Here is a sample iPhone picture and caption:

Big Pilots 5003, 5004, and 5026 ----- Honolulu, Hawaii

1. IMPORTANT: All pictures MUST be taken with a cell phone camera. The reason for the cell phone camera-only rule is to give everyone an equal chance of winning!

2. IMPORTANT: No photo-editing is permitted; however, photos may be cropped. Once again, the reason for the no-Photoshop rule is to give everyone an equal chance at winning!

3. The contest will run for the entire month of April and you can enter a maximum of ten (10) pictures.

4. The contest will start on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 00:01 (Schaffhausen time) and will end on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 23:59 (Schaffhausen time).

5. There will be two winners - the best picture and the other by random drawing. EACH winner will receive IWC’s spectacular 600 page book “Engineering Time Since 1868" mailed to them anywhere in the world free of charge.
   
   
   
   Here is a link to Revolution watch magazine's review of the book:

revo-online.com/forums/main/read.php?2,13818,100179

1. Selecting The Best Picture: Forum Member Joseph White from the Boston, Massachusetts area has generously volunteered to be the judge and will select the best picture winner. Joe is an accomplished photographer and has posted his beautiful photographs on the Forum for years. Joe has also exhibited his photographs in galleries and shows in the Boston area. I’m anticipating a lot of entries so I’m very thankful to Joe for stepping up to the plate and volunteering to help out!

2. Selecting The Random Drawing Winner: I will make the random selection using the RANDOM.ORG “randomizer” and each picture that you submit will constitute a separate entry. In other words, if you enter one picture you have one chance of winning but if you enter ten pictures you have ten chances of winning. You can enter ten of your pictures at one time in a single post or you can enter ten of your pictures in separate posts or any combination thereof. Once again, each picture constitutes one entry.

3. I reserve the right to revise the rules if necessary.

4. Everyone has an equal chance of winning two really great prizes so don’t be shy about entering even if it’s your first post here on the Forum!

-Tracy

UPDATE - FINAL CONTEST RESULTS! - UPDATE

The best picture prize went to PPGRIG of Lausanne, Switzerland.

The random drawing prize went to MA ELKO of Washington, D.C. USA

The April 2012 Contest was a great success with over 240 posts and 19,000 views!

Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thanks to Joe White from the Boston, Massachusetts, USA area for judging the contest.

• Tracy

Tracy - great idea. I was glad you posted on 31st March and not 1st April ;-)
I am assuming you are at home and not in the far east :-)

I put my thinking cap on.

Great contest Tracy....
Have to wait for best natural light....

Bravo, Tracy!

Great contest and impressive winners gifts! I will for sure contribute with 10 pictures!

Thanks for this great contribution to the Forum.

Regards
Mike

Aloha Andrew -

You read my mind (LOL) - I didn't want to post this on April 1 since people might think it was a joke.

I'm at home in Honolulu - on the other side of the world from Schaffhausen - 12 hours time difference.

• Tracy

tracy... fantastic & generous contest, many thanks! looking forward to entering. i'm sure this will have a great response... (and even moreso for the next one with a chance to win: one or your gorgeous big pilots? (haha)). best, thang

As a confirmed and practicing mobile phone Luddite, I don't have a cell phone. I'll watch with interest the entries.

Bill -

Your entries will be missed!

Please borrow a cell phone and take a few pictures

• Tracy

My camera phone is rubbish and my iPad is first gen. I'll join Bill and the other Luddites back in the cave. PS Kodak discontinuing all slide film for real camera users.

Oh no!

My contest isn't doing very well. So far around 25% of the posts are from people telling everyone that they're not going to participate

I hope this isn't a trend and things pick up a bit...

• Tracy

Great 21st Century contest Tracy!

April is springtime, so lots of ideas abound.

And a great prize. Your generosity is amazing!

Best,
Larry

that book weighs a ton !

thanks for doing this, and greetings from sunny singapore, Tracy. good thing I have my blackberry 9780 with me :)))

My mind is already brewing ideas!

Tracy, it's a perfect idea! Thank you! Currently I make the same in our Russian-languaged forum. The rules are a bit different, but the first prize is the same))) You can see already the picture made for our competition here: forum.watch.ru It's not finished yet.

Challenging idea. Although I own the book already,I'm in for the contest.

A very nice idea. Thanks so far.

Close encounter with CFI via iPhone, in Portugal. Not edited in any way, shape or form.
Hors concours, just for kicks, as I already have the book.

Here are some I just took with my IPhone 4S. No edit, only resized in Photobucket. All pictures were taken in my backyard in the garden state (New Jersey) and one in the car.