Seiko Spring Drive is the 2005 TimeZone Watch of the Year!

A jury of 17 TimeZone moderators reviewed the new offerings for 2005 and using a two-step nomination and selection process, they identified 9 finalists for the 2005 TimeZone Watch of the Year Award, aka the "TiZi". On January 3, TimeZone opened its Watch of the Year Forum, where the community cast their votes through midnight GMT on January 31. As it turns out, the watch that received the most votes from the jury also received the most votes from the community, and we are pleased to announce that the Seiko Spring Drive is the 2005 TimeZone Watch of the Year with 240 community votes. The runner up is the Vacheron Constantin Tour de I'lle, with 167  votes. Rounding out the top 5 were the Harry Winston Opus V by Felix Baumgartner, the Tourbograph by A. Lange & Sohne, and the Patek Philippe ref. 5959.

TimeZone will present Seiko with its award at Basel 2006. Pictures of and information about  the Seiko Spring Drive appear below, as does a link to a page with more information about all 9 finalists. TimeZone would like to congratulate Seiko, and thank everyone who took the time to cast a vote!

Click here to read about Ed Hahn's visit to Seiko in Japan

Click here to read Ron DeCorte's technical review of the Spring Drive

Click here to read James Dowling's article about Seiko's Paris Launch Gala

Click here to visit the official Seiko Spring Drive web site

Click here to see the original Seiko Spring Drive press release

Click here to visit the TimeZone Seiko Forum

Click here to read about all 9 TimeZone Watch of the Year Finalists

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