E: 21/09 WorldTempus Big Summer Competition Various prizes (daily)

thingamaBob

Friday 3rd August

Win a book from Panerai

The "Panerai Traits" series has four chapters. What are its four themes?
Light, design, the sea and innovation. :j (From HERE)
Creativity, technicality, photography and precision.
Earth, air, fire and water.

thingamaBob

Saturday 4th August

Win a one-year subscription for the GMT Magazine

What does the "GMT" in GMT Magazine stand for?
Greenwich Mean Time
Great Magazine of Timepieces :j (From HERE or it's on the comp page)
Grand Magazine du Temps

thingamaBob

Sunday 5th August

Win a music box from Reuge

The Kelys & Chirp music box features which two animals?
A tortoise and a bird :j (From HERE, although this says Turtle & Bird)
A giraffe and a lion
A cat and a mouse

Same question was used in their July monthly competition posted HERE
The French site uses the word Tortue which is sometimes translated as Turtle and sometimes as Tortoise.

Gravematter

The confusion comes from American English, where they refer to both turtles and tortoises as turtles.

thingamaBob

Gravematter wrote: »

The confusion comes from American English, where they refer to both turtles and tortoises as turtles.

As the "confusion" if there is any, rests between French and REAL English, which are both much older than American English, then the "confusion" must surely have existed before American English came into being.
The main "confusion" would seem to be caused by the French generally using one word, Tortue, for Tortoise, Turtle and Terrapin.

thingamaBob

Monday 6th August

Win a cap from A. Lange & Söhne

Which complication does the case of the 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” watch contain?
A central dead seconds hand (From HERE and HERE)
Equation of time
Pulsometric scale

thingamaBob

Tuesday 7th August

Win a watchmaker loupe from Arnold & Son

Who created the first pocket watch to be designated a chronometer?
John Roger Arnold
John Ross
John Arnold

I think the answer is John Arnold but am still looking for something specific to confirm it.
Best I've found is the article HERE which saysof John Arnold "Perhaps one of the most significant milestones in his career was the simply named No. 36, the first timepiece ever to have the title of chronometer bestowed upon it."

Blulu

I agree with John Arnold as the answer. Seems he created the thing, John Roger Arnold was his son.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arnold_(watchmaker)

Blu X

thingamaBob

Wednesday 8th August

Win a bluetooth speaker from Jaquet Droz

What does Jaquet Droz celebrate in 2018 ?
The 100th anniversary of the Ateliers d’Art
Its 280th anniversary :j (From HERE)
The 50th anniversary of the Grande Seconde

thingamaBob

Thursday 9th August

Win a tool box from Schwarz Etienne

To which complication does the abbreviation "PSR" refer?
Petit Système Rotatif
Petite Sonnerie Resonante
Petite Seconde Retrograde :j (From HERE)