The TWM Darkside Awards 2024 - And the winners are . . .

[Tan_Go]

Strap dealers are a vital part of any watch forum, no use having a nice shiny watch if you don't have a decent strap to put it on, is there?
In this case, the winner is a dead set cert for me, there are no better custom straps anywhere in my opinion. @Tan_Go is a world-class strap maker, Tanya does superb work at a more than reasonable price and I cannoty recommend her highly enough. Congratulations on a well deserved win with almost 44% of the vote. The next closest custom maker had a little more than 2%!

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The runners up were very clear in this award (accounting for around 43% of the votes between them) and I think they re worth a mention as they are in a different class than Tanya being off-the-shelf retailers albeit with unique, in-house product. Horatech has grown a large following in the RM community and we know how obsessive these guys can be with quality. The third placegetter, @ziczacleather are a great choice for an off-the-shelf OEM replacement strap, especially for dress watches and like the first two, we NEVER hear from these guys because we never get complaints about any of them.

OMG, how could I have missed this thread !!!

Many thanks to everyone who cast their vote for me.

I am honoured and acknowledge that all dealers here deserve to be called the best !

Thanks again !!!

Oh...I am speechless with emotion

 

[Tan_Go]

Moderator of the Year
RWI would not function without our moderation team, they are vital to the running of the forum whether they be sales, global or section mods.
We split the voting for MotY up into three initial groups, Sales, Global and section and asked you (the members) to vote for your favorite in all three groups, we then took the top 3 from each of these and held a final vote and I am pleased to announce the winner of the final vote is @C Master.

 

[C Master]

Moderator of the Year
RWI would not function without our moderation team, they are vital to the running of the forum whether they be sales, global or section mods.
We split the voting for MotY up into three initial groups, Sales, Global and section and asked you (the members) to vote for your favorite in all three groups, we then took the top 3 from each of these and held a final vote and I am pleased to announce the winner of the final vote is @C Master.

Patrick has been a member of RWI for 10 years and has been on staff for the majority of that time functioning as a sales mod followed by global and then as Chief Moderator, a role he still performs today. He has proven himself to be a popular and vital member of the RWI Team.
To thank him for his service to the forum The Watch Mansion have kindly donated a very special 150th anniversary limited edition Seiko Prospex valued at $1300 MSRP.

Thank you once again to all our mods in all the various roles, we wouldn't have a forum without you.
Thank you also to The Watch Mansion for their massive sponsorship of The 2024 Darkside Awards.

The Watch Mansion, your one-stop shop for everything from a stock rep to a 20k plus PP, AP or RM. Check out their section or PM @TWM Concierge 1 for details.

I just saw it now when @Tan_Go tagged me.

To me it is a really humbling experience to win this. I have to say in the Hall of Fame and Moderator categories I was in with the best of the best. I just want to sincerely thank all the members and staff that have continued to put their faith in me for so many years.

 

[SwePe]

Congrats to all amazing members and vendors for well deserved awards!