What an incredibly amazing year! 226 unique members shared over $3,000,000 in deals (over $8,000,000 retail) to create the outstanding number above, which represents 3,357 more deals than were posted in 2018! That total comes from 416 retailers (if we count eBay as one, if not, 576) and 344 watch brands! Seiko dominated the brand category with 636 deals.
The Deal Hunting Grand Champion with 1,532 posted deals for an average of 4.19 deals per day is none other than [mention]TheJohnP[/mention]! In the retailer category, the prize goes to eBay with 1,004.
Enough of my blathering. Below you'll find the usual assortment of stats, but I have added a few things. There are some charts of the Top 10s, and some fun stuff like Highest/Lowest Retail Price, Highest/Lowest Sale Price and First Deal of the Year and Last Deal of the Year.
Look over the numbers, and let me know if there is anything specific you'd like to see.
Once again, thank you all for 2019, and let's keep up the pace for 2020!
2019 Heads Up! Thread Stats
(Values in parenthesis for the first seven categories are calculated from 2018 stats for said category.)
Number of Deals: 6,274 (+3,357)
Number of Brands: 344 (+92)
Brand With Most Deals: Seiko, 636
Total of Deal Price: $3,097,321.75 (+$1,514,955.15)
Total of Retail Price: $8,170,768.60 (+$3,860,362.61)
Difference: $5,073,446.85 (+$2,345,407.46)
Average Savings: 62.09% (-1.2%)
Most deals posted by: TheJohnP - 1,531
Retailer with most deals: eBay - 1,004
Largest Deal: Invicta Pro Diver 27632. $43.73/1095 (96.01%) posted by [mention]cairoanan[/mention] on September 9. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333317091212
Largest Deal Runner Up: Invicta Star Wars Limited Edition Stormtrooper 27757. $49.99/$1,195 (95.82%) posted by [mention]PetWatch[/mention] on November 30. https://www.ebay.com/itm/333291674995
Largest Deal Not Invicta/Fashion: Victorinox Swiss Army Chrono Classic 241420. $69.99/$1,595 (95.61%) posted by [mention]The Sultan of SoWhat[/mention] on May 29. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0037BKDF6
Smallest Deal: Timex Marlin Snoopy. $279/$249 (-12.05%) posted by TheJohnP on July 2. https://www.endclothing.com/us/timex-ma ... 8007u.html
Smallest Deal Runner Up: Casio G-Shock GW-M5610MW-7JF. $219.99/$200 (-10%) posted by [mention]BostonCharlie[/mention] on January 11. https://ebay.to/2sxN0Xj
Highest Retail Price: Hublot Tourbillon 505.TX.0170.LR, $132,000 ($57,699 sale price). Posted by [mention]Dub Rubb[/mention] https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales/24- ... tx-0170-lr
Lowest Retail Price: Casio Illuminator W-216H-1CVCF, $12.49 ($9.49 sale price). Posted by [mention]yinzburgher[/mention] https://www.ebay.com/itm/323665971967
Highest Sale Price: Highest Retail Price: Hublot Tourbillon 505.TX.0170.LR, $132,000 ($57,699 sale price). Posted by Dub Rubb https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales/24- ... tx-0170-lr
Lowest Sale Price: Timex Marathon T5K817, $3.08 ($23 retal price). Posted by [mention]mplsabdullah[/mention] https://amzn.to/2rCd3PY
First Deal: Hamilton Khaki Aviation QNE H76515523. $339/$895 (62.12%) posted by [mention]ddavidsonmd[/mention]. https://www.ashford.com/us/watches/hami ... 515523.pid
Last Deal: Davidoff Velocity 22444. $549/$3,350 (83.61%) posted by TheJohnP. https://www.jomashop.com/davidoff-veloc ... 22444.html