So, would you like to win the Tikkr watches we just reviewed?  If so, just pop a comment on this thread telling us what affordable quartz brand/model you’d like us to review that we haven’t yet.  Be sure to include your email in your commenter profile so we can contact you at the end.

Want some bonus entries?  You can get one for each of these items (for a grand total of three entries, and three total comments); be sure to add a comment stating that you did so:

• Like Tikkr on Facebook
• Follow them on Twitter

Winners will receive:

• 1 black Tikkr dial
• 3 Tikkr straps:  black, navy blue, and glow-in-the-dark

The winner will be announced in once week, on February 10th, 2012.  Good luck!

Our thanks to Tikkr for sponsoring this giveaway!

That’s right folks, it’s time to announce the winner of our Modify Watch contest…

Courtesy of Random.org, it looks like Sport1000 is the lucky recipient!  Sport1000, doesn’t look like you left an email for us in the comment profile, so feel free to ping me at Patrick at WristWatchReview.com

So, if our post from earlier today on the Modify watches grabbed your attention, today is your lucky day.  Thanks to the folks over at Modify, we’ll actually be giving away the watch that we reviewed.

If you win, you’ll receive the following:

• A classic dial in blue
• Two straps – one black, one orange

UPDATE:  The fine folks at Modify have offered to let you make your own selection of dial and straps – so if you win, you’ll get exactly what you want!

To enter, just comment on this post letting us know why you’d like to win, and we’ll pick a winner at random from the comments received.  Just two quick rules:

1. One comment per person
2. Make sure you register your comment with a valid email so we can contact you

We’ll announce the winner on Friday, January 27th.  Good luck!

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
the WWR readers were stirring and thrashing about.
“Where’s my new watch this season? I had planned to buy
but bills and car payments made things bad for this guy.
But old John and Patrick had both read up on your lists
and decided a Diesel would look good on your wrists.

As a special thanks we’re giving away this Diesel DZ7122 watch that looks like a piece of the Predator’s mess kit. Here are some specs:

Reversed LCD display
40mm rectangular case, 12mm thick; black ion plated
Leather strap
Hours/minutes/seconds + day/date/month
Second time (and date) tracking; set independently
Countdown timer
Alarm
Blue backlight

We’ll give this puppy to one lucky reader who comments below and I’ll announce the winner on Monday (I know it’s a little late for xmas, but this for the folks who might not have gotten a watch for the holiday).

Good luck and best wishes to all.

UPDATE – And the winner is ejtsang. Thank you for playing, guys. I appreciate it.

Keep Hourtime/WristWatchReview On The Internet
For the price of a cup of coffee, we can buy Ariel a cup of coffee.

IWC is running a promotion they’re entitling “Money Can’t Buy Experiences” that gives you a chance to win one of two trips to a yacht race and an Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph.  First off, the contest details:

Registrants will be entered for a chance to win one of two Money Can’t Buy Experiences during the Volvo Ocean Race:

• Two round trip flights to a Volvo Ocean Race stage destination
• Hotel accommodations (Including airport and hotel ground transportation)
• An IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph
• In-port sailing experience (subject to weather conditions at location)
• A VIP visit to the Volvo Ocean Race Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing boat and private meet-and-greet with the team
• Registration is open between 10 August 2011 and 16 March 2012.

Contestants can win trips to one of two Volvo Ocean Race stages:

• Experience 1: the race start in Alicante, Spain (29 October 2011)
• Experience 2: a mid-race stage in Miami, Florida (19 May 2012)

IWC will select the winners via random drawings at the IWC headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Experience 1 will be awarded on 30 September 2011 and Experience 2 on 30 March 2012.

Even though I don’t know a lick about ocean yacht racing, it’s still one heck of an impressive trip.  Then, you add in the watch that’s up for offer, and things get even more interesting.  For starters, let’s examine the name of the watch – pre IWC, it’s to hearken back to their Yacht Club watches of the 60s and 70s that was one of their most popular models.

And what about it’s yachting credentials?  It can certainly handle the water, as it’s rated at 6 bar for WR and has a rubber strap. And when it comes to timing things, the chrono fills the bill.  It can time in quarter-second increments, and then there’s a second sub-dial that allows you to time over longer periods – up to twelve hours, if you want!

Other specs include:

• Screw-down crown
• Luminescent hands & indices
• Hacking seconds
• Sapphire glass front and back, with AR coating up front
• Case:  44.5 mm, available in steel or red gold
• Pricing: $12,600 (steel), $23,100 (red gold)
• 62 hour power reserve on the in-house automatic movement

All in all, looks to be a great watch, with an impressive movement (read more about it here).  And, if you manage to win the contest, it does look to be a great experience.

We don’t often get to run contests here at WWR, but when we do, we get excited. Recently, Orient watches contacted us about doing a giveaway, and we are definitely excited and glad to help them find a new home for one of their timepieces. For the details on how to win, click on constant reader…

Orient Watch is known as the bargain brand with the long names, and the watch that we’re giving away is no exception. The watch in question is the Orient bem72001b, and it’s lovely. It’s a stainless steel case, water resistant to 50 meters, and made with Orient’s in house automatic movement.

How do you win? Well that’s easy. Leave a comment telling us what your first watch was. It’s that easy. Also make sure that you put a real email address in (don’t worry, we’re the only ones who will see it) so we can contact you when you win. The contest will end on October 23, at which time we’ll select a random (or our favorite) comment, and award the watch.

Update: Contest ends at 12:01am Pacific time tonight (October 23rd). We’ll notify the winner via email.

We know with the economy the way it is, it’s tough to justify spending money on those luxury items that you want. And we want to help you out. That’s why CrunchGear teamed up with the people at The Watchery to bring you the chance to a very nice Movado dress watch, just for giving us a shout out on Twitter.

Read more…

Here we go. Here are 5 great posts by 5 great readers on why they deserve an Alpha GMT. Please vote on your favorite after the jump.

Americans Don’t Suck

I believe an Alpha GMT will help me transform the world’s opinion of Americans. Many view us as being self-absorbed, ignorant narcissists. I say: not true!

For too long, the oceans have cut us off from other parts of the world in a way unfamiliar to Europeans and those of other cultures, such as Sri Lanka. We Americans need only deal with a few time zones, but there are so, so many more. How can I empathize with the Madagascarian plight, if I cannot instantly know the time in said African nation? The Alpha GMT will enable me to instantly discern the time in any country that I choose, even California. I will then be able to use said horological knowledge to increase awareness of the aforementioned country of my choosing, acting as a emissary of good will, etc., etc. Over time, Americans will come to be known as charitable, giving, caring, altruistic, genuine, involved, and charitable. All because of the Alpha GMT.

My goals are so much more lofty that merely wishing to avoid waking others from a sound slumber.

In 1943, I was abducted by a UFO while flying in formation over Carentan, France. Most of my squad was destroyed by the huge gravity wake generated by the alien craft, but I was taken aboard.

I was experimented on, examined, probed, and eventually left in stasis in a forgotten bay of the craft. I drifted in and out, only vaguely aware of the passage of time. Given the time dialation effects of faster-than-light travel, my return to Earth did not coincide within the natural confines of my lifespan.

In 1989, I found myself deposited in a field in Iowa, hazy, nauseous and only barely able to comprehend what had happened to me. I began to search for my squadron in vain, having believed we were the victims of a Luftwaffe ambush. Imagine my surpise to find that over 45 years had passed since my time in the Air Force!

Finding it impossible to fit into this new world, I descended into alcoholism (like my father before me) and walked the streets of Iowa City, homeless and hopeless. My only companion was a midget named Oscar, but everyone called him Frank. Oscar encouraged me to seek help for my alcoholism and I eventually sought the aid of a hypnotist.

Through many sessions (paid for in menial labor around the doctor’s office), I was able to recover many of my memories aboard the spacecraft, as well and their future plans for our planet.

Reclassifing Pluto, it’s moon and other bodies on the outer reaches of our solar system are only the first step in annexing that portion of space. Eventually, they will move towards Earth, claiming to come in peace.

My friends, I warn you NOT to trust these new visitors. They have devious plans afoot and I can’t help but chuckle at the irony of an old pilot like myslef being the one to deliver the mesaage of warning to our race.

And that is why I need a sweep GMT hand.

Watch the Red Hand Go Round

As we all know, everyone neeeds one of these so you can watch the red hand go around at half the speed of the pointy mercedes thing. Alternatively it’s really handy for those who keep forgetting what happens when you run out of fingers and toes while counting. This thing goes up to 22 and a big arrow!!!!!
What more could you ask for.

My dad’s currently in hospital in the UK (where I’m from). I’m on the East coast of the US and have recently started a new job which keeps me crazy busy. Between one thing and another I would love a way to simplify checking when its ok to call; visiting hours don’t start till 2pm GMT, so I can’t call before then, I don’t want to call too late and wake him up. This would truly help me keep track of the time difference.
Thanks

Because I haven’t got any sort of wristwatch, regardless of which timezone I’m in I constantly feel jetlagged because I never know what time it is. Am I making sense? I think I need to lie down…