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The Leap Year Watch Challenge

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I thought Munich was GMT+1?! ;-)
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Drum roll please.....




















...and the winner is...













Watchpalooza

Well done pal. A well deserved win for you.
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Congratulations, [mention]watchpalooza[/mention]!!!!!

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Thank you everyone for taking part in this at personal cost to yourselves. I hope you enjoyed it.

Here's to many more fun competitions.
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I had fun with this and my wife got a watch out of it!
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Animal Mother wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:44 pm Drum roll please.....

...and the winner is...

Watchpalooza

Well done pal. A well deserved win for you.
Can you say who came in second and third so we can have a full podium?
I wish that watch were 38mm?
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Animal Mother wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:44 pm Drum roll please.....




















...and the winner is...













Watchpalooza

Well done pal. A well deserved win for you.

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Animal Mother wrote:Drum roll please.....




















...and the winner is...













Watchpalooza

Well done pal. A well deserved win for you.
Which watch got the most votes?

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Thank you, [mention]Animal Mother[/mention] for the very fun ride. And thank you to my peers for your votes. It was the most fun I’ve had in awhile, and the competition was steep. I am sad that the watch I voted for did not win, but grateful that folks liked the ones I submitted. Definitely a great way to blow $29.
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pdsf wrote:I thought Munich was GMT+1?! ;-)
I Googled it and it said it was GMT +2. Central Europe Summer Time, so daylight savings might have something to do with it.
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Congrats Watchpalooza. You did an amazing job of not only winning the first watch challenge, but you set an high benchmark for which we can all strive for in future challenges. I look forward to trying to best you in the next challenge.
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PetWatch wrote:
Animal Mother wrote:Drum roll please.....




















...and the winner is...













Watchpalooza

Well done pal. A well deserved win for you.
Which watch got the most votes?

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It was one entry per participant regardless of the number of watches submitted. All watches in a submission had to ring in at less than $29.

As such, votes were tallied based on the participants name and not a particular watch. I am sorry if that wasn’t clear.
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Sporkboy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:26 pm
pdsf wrote:I thought Munich was GMT+1?! ;-)
I Googled it and it said it was GMT +2. Central Europe Summer Time, so daylight savings might have something to do with it.
Munich is GMT +1, but but in summer they observe daylight savings time (“spring ahead”)...so from March 29 to Oct 24 Munich is GMT +2.
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watchpalooza wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:26 am
Sporkboy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:26 pm
pdsf wrote:I thought Munich was GMT+1?! ;-)
I Googled it and it said it was GMT +2. Central Europe Summer Time, so daylight savings might have something to do with it.
Munich is GMT +1, but but in summer they observe daylight savings time (“spring ahead”)...so from March 29 to Oct 24 Munich is GMT +2.
Thank you for the clarification! I erroneously assumed UK time was currently GMT, which is not, due to DST! So while Munich is +1 from UK, it is GMT +2!
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Boourns wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:57 pm
Animal Mother wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:44 pm Drum roll please.....

...and the winner is...

Watchpalooza

Well done pal. A well deserved win for you.
Can you say who came in second and third so we can have a full podium?
Fair point.

In second place is

Sporkboy

and in joint third are

MoT
Animal Mother
PDSF
Stretch44
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