The market’s favorite oversized watch maker TW Steel recently unveiled its bold new collection and at the same time cumulated the BIGTIME photography competition in an exhibit in front of the TW Steel boutique on Level 2, Main Wing of the Shangri-La Plaza in EDSA.
The BIGTIME photography competition is spearheaded by celebrated photographer and renowned portraitist, Ibarra Deri, for professional and amateur photographers who were tasked to take photographs with their favorite TW Steel watches. “The purpose is to bring out and showcase the creativity of the Filipinos. We wanted to see how one would depict and capture those BIGTIME moments,” says Manuel Dacanay, regional marketing director for TW Steel Asia. Out of hundreds of entries, the top 20 were chosen by noted photographers Wig Tysmans, Bien Bautista, Jun Miranda, Menchit Ongpin, Mark Floro, and up and coming fashion photographer, Jack Alindahao.
The top two winners Aissa Pery, who won in the Lifestyle Shot category, and Paul Andrew Vito, who won the Product Shot prize, each received P50,000.00 in cash and a TW Steel watch while the rest of the finalists received a TW Steel Pilot watch and tokens from Canon Philippines.
Together with the exhibit, the Dutch watchmaker displayed the new signature Canteen collection featuring 45mm and 50mm case sizes. Each design comes in a 3-Hand, Chrono and Automatic movement edition. The Canteen style remains a market favorite that TW Steel has seen fit to create its limited edition, diamond-crusted Apex Canteen as its 10th year anniversary watch. “Canteen has showed its staying power in the market. With the new adaptations, we’ve kept its DNA and enhanced its appeal,” says TW Steel co-founder and chief Design officer Ton Cobelens who unveiled the recent photo exhibit and watch collection.
The BIGTIME exhibit will remain open to the public until November 9 at Level 2, Main Wing of the Shangri-La Plaza in EDSA. Catch the new oversized watch collection and five new pieces of the Grandeur Tech collection at TW Steel in The Podium, SM Aura, SM Megamall, EDSA Shangri-La Mall, SM North EDSA, SM Makati, Century Mall and in Chronos, Swiss Gear and Wristpod stores, as well as in Adora and Le Temps in Resorts World Manila.