The winners / 01
The very first winner.
Owen Simmonds. A university student in Plymouth. A Rolex Oyster Perpetual.
The first winner was Owen Simmonds, a university student in Plymouth, UK. His prize was a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, and he was over the moon.
In the 2020 director’s interview, Harrison recalls the first competition in 2018: a 99p ticket promotion and an Oyster Perpetual 39. Owen won through that promotion.
Harrison remembers them being just as nervous as each other. It was the first winner handover, and the idea was suddenly very real.
Recollections and photographs supplied by Harrison Gwinnett. Read the archive sources.
