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

I think I have a few more I can add before I fill up my 10 shots so here are a couple last minute entries. As fantastic as this post is I think it is lacking in lume shots so here is one:

It is not difficult to see which one this is:

It's Queens Day in Holland, we celebrate the birthday of our queen. There is always a lot to do, quite some manifestations. April 30 is the birthday of our previous queen, so it became symbolic when the current queen became queen: her birthday is in January, winter is not suitable to celebrate the way we like to do it.

I became a bit nostalgic, thinking this is the last day of Tracy's magnificent picture competition. So I decided to enter my last two remaining pictures made with my HTC with as theme the far past and the recent past. First, you see my first 5 watches that I don't wear anymore. Mind you, it is the quartz watches that don't run, the others do.

As for the recent past, I show you my latest three watches. Of course they are getting a lot of wrist time, the central one is at my wrist right now.

On both pictures, IWC watches are the majority. Combined with other pictures you have seen all my watches in this competition. By the way, in both pictures here you see from left to right the watches in order of acquisition, or gift: in the first one the first two watches were gifts to a boy and adolescent.

Kind regards,
Paul

It was a long long technical way down from Jones to the nice c.77 movement:
Here it is in just one picture

I checked the first post to see exactly when the contest would stop before posting here, I am still on time!

This is a great contest and I really like the huge number of posts and pictures!

Kind regards,

Clemens

Greetings everyone!

Although I am a seasoned forum reader, it is the first time I have decided to speak up, so please be gentle ;o)

The contest is a great idea - thanks, Tracy.

Below you will find selected pictures of IWC B-Uhr Cal. 67 - more than half a century within the family.

History revisited (please note it is a Polish military medal, story-connected to the watch).

Still ticking (in a perfectly working condition).

Cheers,

Wojtek

Wojtek, great photos and fantastic watch (no doubt extra-priceless as a family treasure). Hope to see you more often on the forum! Regards, Thang

Hello Wojtek,

The fact that this contest makes forum-readers starting to post is great! Don't be afraid to post more often!

Kind regards,

Clemens

Tracy,

Think I got in just under the clock.

Kevin

PS Rockefeller Center NYC

"April Photo Contest Is Now Closed"

Good Morning All,

Congratulations and Thank you to all who participated in the April photo contest.

To say the least,you all did an outstanding job.
Especially being held to the camera phone only rule.

It will be tough trying to choose only one winner from these outstanding entries.

I'll be back ASAP with my decision.

Best,
-Joe

Aloha all!

Thanks to everyone for participating in the contest.

I'm going to just sit back and relax and let Joe White do all the heavy lifting in picking the best picture winner!

Both winners (best picture & random drawing) will be announced at the same time - it may take a while because there are so many great entries.

• Tracy

Taken with iPhone 4s

Hello all!

It’s time to announce the winners of the April Photo Contest.

Every shot entered had its merits. It was very difficult to choose just one winner.

I’d like to start with the “Very Honorable Mentions”

Best shot in nature: CHAMPTHEKID. I liked the clear bright white dial on the dark green background. Cool watch too!

Best reflection shot of a location: COLFELY. Crystal clear reflection on a Crystal…Nice!

Best shot with animal: TEEVEETEE. Uncommon to see a Giraffe in a watch photo…Very Cool Shot!

Best wrist shot: ARGIRIS DEVELEGAS. Crystal clear and not the typical head on wrist shot. A standout!

Best location shot (tie) TEEVEETEE. Big Pilot’s looks great against the black Olympic rings and the roofs architecture. Dark and Moody!

& SKULE. Nice Watch and Clock Tower.

Best shot with automobile: SCFONG. Auto graphics and TG Miramar = Nice combo!

Best Play on Words title: ALAN ROSS. (Chasing The Perpetual Dream.) Great action shot too!

Cutest: (3 way tie) PPGRIG….All three self explanatory!

ROXORZ.

& AL.

Most involved shot: ANDREAS A. Getting everything aligned just right…Impressive! Great results!

Best use of optics to capture an interesting shot: ANDREAS A. (Ring of Fire…AWESOME!) I like to use a Magnifying Glass myself…Very sharp!

And Finally……THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER: “PPGRIG” foggy AQ!

This crystal clear shot jumped out at me the moment I saw it. The pitch black background, lume, moisture on the case, IWC logo visible on the crown and for my taste
the most artistically appealing shot. Nice work PPGRIG and Congratulations.

The winner of the random drawing is…”MA ELKO” …Congratulations!!!

If the winners would please email me their mailing addresses, Tracy will get the prizes headed your way.

It was difficult and a pleasure to view and take part in this April Photo Contest.

Thanks to all that took part and made it a success. Thank you to IWC and MF for hosting us and a Big Thank you to Tracy for your idea and generous gifts.

Best regards,

-Joe

njwestlynn@verizon.net

Hey Tracy,

It was a good contest. Just look at the number of hits! Congrats to the winners.

Dear Tracy,

Thanks for the honorable mention, I appreciate it at lot and thanks for a great and impressive contest.

A big congratiolations to the two winners! Very fine pictures.

Best regards
Mike

Congrats to all participants - and especially to a very deserving winner, a fantastic shot!

Thanks Joe and Tracy - both for staging a fantastic competition and also for the very unexpected honorable mention :-)

CONGRATULATIONS to the Winners. Fantastic contest, hard to beat! Thank you very much Tracy and Joe, you did a wonderful job and I think you deserve a Gold Medal for what you did for all of us here!

Kind regards
regulateur

A big congrats to the winners and to all who submitted an entry. Truely creative !!

Talk about creative...Tracy you did it again !! Thanks for your generousity and many contributions that help make the Collectors Forum so very special.

Andy

Congratulations to the winners and a huge thank you to Tracy for the prizes and Joseph for being a very capable jury!

Kind regards,

Clemens

Congratulations to all the winners! I have really enjoyed to watch the photos, thanks for the contest.