To the best of my knowledge/memory there were seven TZ horological haiku public forum contests to date (at least sponsored by Ratskunk/me). Each haiku contest had a loose theme but more-or-less the haikus are related to horology/time: however tangentially. Hopefully my transcriptions do not contain too many mistakes and I hope I did not omit any haiku authors.

Note: a smidgeon of latitude is afforded the haiku submissions regarding pendantic adherence to the formal Japanese haiku format; after all it is just for fun and nice prizes.

Note: some haikus may be better understood within the context of the specific haiku contest theme, TZ community etc.

Here are two of my all-time favorite TZ public forum horological haikus:

Aficionado
tick tick tick tick tick
tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick
tock; tock; tock; tock; TICK!
Spangles (To a Breguet Repetition Minutes 7637)
Blued hands sing the time
Symphony in guilloche
A Breguet chimes love

Original Haiku 2006

J.Peter (Winner)
My gnomon casts the
Longest shadow of the year
The winter solstice.
By the Bay
Some say this hobby
Is far too pricey. Not so,
Vintage is my way.
C. Keele
Oh! my dear wristwatch!
You are a pleasure to own.
Yet, few understand. . . .
Christopher Meisenzahl
80110
in-house, why yes from scratch!
7750 nay!
CLK
Maker bent to work
for me, escapement...
So much more than time
Crumlin83
For the eye, the dial,
For the mind, the mechanism,
The heart hears ticking.
Dan Kremens
You never own it.
You hold it for your children.
Patek tourbillon.
EdD.
Watches are my life
I ponder my existence
while my wife mocks me
Edgy
Rolex tourbillon!
Aficionados rejoice?
Not in a billion!
giorgiannia
Why are watches cool?
Because they can tell the time.
And, James Bond wears one.
Gregoire
Reborn on my wrist
The vintage heart beats again
Years turn to decades
Grendel
Seconds pass smoothly
As bank notes from my billfold
Never seen again…
Jessica
1969
hearkens 1582
1868
Joba
Will, oh will
I succumb, oh
Succumb again...
JohnFlynn
If only I had,
a vintage Rolex or two.
Could the book entice?
L. Joel
Rolex is the best
but horology to some
Begins with Patek
Mark K
The life of a WIS
Something you get used to
Your empty wallet
MikeTz
No Rolex for me
I want to own a Patek
Bundle I must save
omdroparebop
Omdroparebop.
Glued to the tube. Basketball.
Watches? Pffft! Shot clock.
Oriuolate
Measure and meter
Strict beauty of precision
Haiku are watches
roba
Curie and Lippmann
Nakamura and Staudte
The unsung heroes
Sam JH
time with beauty a
rare such combination
we name horology
SammyD
My heart desires it,
My head appreciates it.
Oh! Wallet denies.
Tony C
the watchmaker's art
precision, accuracy
beautiful design
ultimatbee
watches intrigue me
how do they keep such good time?
isochronism
wally
Smell the rat. time counts
her heartbeats one two one two
the mainspring winds down.

Holiday Haiku 2016

Aficionado (Winner)
tick tick tick tick tick
tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick
tock; tock; tock; tock; TICK!
Bedford
Knowing the right time
The constant question of men:
The rain never asks.
gawlfa (Honorable Mention)
Solstice, the winter
Yoda would say it this way
Watch, time for new one.
ausrandoman
I hear the ticking,
the pendulum's steady beat.
The Grim Reaper waits.
BCrawford (Ode to the WIS)
Looked at my wrist twice.
Only saw the hands and dial.
What time is it now?
blau (the showcase)
Squinting through the loupe,
So many scratches and dings:
I better keep it.
dambbkny
Mainspring, crown, winding
Gear turning, hands sweeping
Time marking, time gone.
David Emerson
The tiny blue screw
arcs to the tile floor, below.
Time stops. The screw, not.
Downtown Mike
State of collection
'Tis the most wonderful time
Watch boxes are full
DRWWE
Tiny marvel, this
Ticky, ticky on my wrist
So very shiny
edgy
Riding the arrow of time,
we ask "Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
goldie_1
watches how you taunt
like unattainable love
but my chase won't stop
Live Stream
It's my time to fly
The hour says twelve o'clock
To party I go
LPatrickP
Mechanical watch -
monitor of the passage
of endless moments
Michael G.
Price is up again,
Oh, my precious lovely Grail,
Never will get it...
Paul Bloeman
In the box, longing,
Awaiting service, alas:
Not chosen, again.
Paul Delury
Salmon dial so long
Elmers glue protect the time
The WIS mind is odd.
r0gue
Search. Yearn. Found! Wired, Track
Inbound! New arrival. Friday wrist check
Sales Corner. For sale.
roba
Christmas day dai yo
nineteen sixty nine dai yo
seikaku dai yo
viknijjar
timezone dot com is
an online community
of watch friends I love!
WineMan
Hours and minutes pass
My watch measures those, but more
Life events that come with time

Halloween Haiku 2017

Lightspire (Winner)
A cool autumn night.
Bright Super-LumiNova
casts a ghostly glow.
Paul Delury (Winner)
One hundred to reach,
And so they do repeat, nice
watch, nice watch, nice watch.
Mark44 (Winner)
May not have a soul
but my beloved quartz watch will
beat after my death
auto4me
Sun across the sky
Hands circle around the face
Standing still? Never
blackbard
Give me a tag watch
I've got no aspiration
Its good enough to tell time
Frankzappa
The time runs amok
Escapement slips seconds fast
Man plays with the time
hp9302
summer heat in fall
short winter days oh so gloom
dear spring please come soon
Kesharoo
Sleepless are my nights
Yet I dream of watches now
my eyes are closing
LarryW
The time, what is it?
Quickly, I glance at my wrist.
Can we ever know?
Michael G.
My accurate watch
Precisely counting seconds
Left until I die
Paul Bloemen
Fana and Luna,
How to finish my ordeal:
Time teller says "tic"!
Secondfiddle
To us time is all.
However to the Maker--
Time is not at all.
sundevil10
My wife always asks
Scariest question of all
"Is that a new watch?
Thee
A watch has its soul
Captured in a small machine
I wear on my wrist.
Verreauxi
Thumbnail, Gibbous, Full
Moonphase display never fails
I am Lycanthrope
yardbird
Horological
Meanderings mean that we
simply can't log out

Valentine Haiku 2018

Spangles (To a Breguet Repetition Minutes 7637) (Winner)
Blued hands sing the time
Symphony in guilloche
A Breguet chimes love
Aficionado (Honorable Mention)
Love in French: L'amour…
time in French; they say, "le temps."
watch in French? "Cartier!"
Paul Bloemen (At Large Picks)
Take your time for love,
Without watches on your mind:
You will love that time.
RogerL (At Large Picks)
Time(x)I can't win
Love of moose will not be mine
CONUS is the rule
BO?
Time in a bottle,
Love on the run. Kisses fly-
Ah! Drydown, sillage!
Christopher Meisenzahl
Castles, Planes, & Pomp
My Brand ♥ them all, and how
What Have I Purchased?
Damon
Time use to tick tock
Love is now for Apple Watch
Swiss losing money.
frankzappa
Love the time you have
All there is, is all there is
Like the very first kiss
goldie_1
Choice of wife or watch?
Love is always on my wrist.
Time wins. Goodbye wife.
Grendel
I loved our good times
You timed our love and laughter
I kept the Rolex.
Harsh
Saw you across room
No time, thirty years gone by
Old love, my best friend
itsfranka
I love my timepiece.
Beauty loves me as it sweeps.
Wish had more to love.
Jim M
WIS will Haiku,
For a gift of two,
Is this, you?
mr_smith
Unsure of the time
I check a watch that I love
I remain unsure
msigman (Heart beats per minute )
Ours a secret love
"That much? Just to tell the time?"
They will never know
njo2002
Fair thee well my love
For a time, you were my grail
Go now to eBay
Pbj205
Damn that watch looks good!
Wish I was not broke as [word removed]
Take my wife as trade!
Phi-Life (Axiomatic)
Without love, Time is:
just a fiat currency
encased in metal
Ravin
Watch what!
Time and Space- eternal as always
in bliss of LOVE....!
shp24
For my love, roses.
For me, Wristwatch Annual!
My wrist, Timex time.
TB
Log in to TimeZone
Oh the love for picture posts
Log out of TimeZone
Thee
Time is most precious
To those who have, and lost, love
Treasure means little
WineMan
The love of watches
Over time does ebb and flow
Hunt for grail remains

Harvest Haiku 2018

Watch Carefully (Winner)
Mastering the craft,
What does Philippe Dufour find?
Simplicity rules.
DRWWE (Honorable mention)
Patek in our dreams,
but all we really need is
a good old Timex
RogerL (Honorable mention)
Seiko Monster Wow
rich pumpkin hued is its dial
Great for Halloween
Blue Orca 2
Ceramic diver
No one executes better
Audemars Piguet
diracpoint (Special Jury Prize)
Tucked inside oysters
Ticking hands sing the ballads
Of the Explorers
Doogy
Swiss prices absurd
Rolex, many others too
Bubble perhaps, yes!
frankzappa
Ralph Lauren watches
A nightmare on pale cold wrists
Polo turned fifty
gawlfa
Football season here
Hockey season starts now
Best time of the year
JDR
A. Lange Triple Split
Chronograph par excellence
Size and price too large
MarcW
Gazing at my wrist
Portugieser I adore
I see all but time
Paul Bloemen
Better than its name:
The Fifty Fathoms withstands
300 meter
rich
Bead of rice bracelet
The adjustment wasn't there
My UTC was strapped
Rodentman
Wanted a Rolex
But yes I got a Tudor
Just as happy I
yardbird
For the anal WIS
Elmers Glue is all you need
For a stressless life

Holiday Haiku 2018

Ratskunk (Winner on a just planet)
Rolex steel stunners
Explorer 2 forever
Archie recommends
David Emerson (Winner)
Holiday snowstorms
are soothing, with dreams of such
pure GS Snowflakes
jmlm (Winner)
Winter rain falling
Reverso face turns over
Never flipping it
Blue Orca (JLC Master Compressor) (Honorable Mention)
My Jaeger looks cool
Plus it chimes like bells at school
A beautiful tool
Ltrachtman (Woolly Mammoth)
Unwrapping presents
Notice scratch on Speedy Pro
No Christmas joy now
yardbird (Woolly Mammoth)
Breitling, Rado, Tag
Rolex, Tudor, Hamilton
None have a Snoopy
Ed Hahn (giraffe)
Wind, wind, wind, wind, wind...
Wind, wind, wind, wind, wind, wind, wind...
Oh wait. It's a quartz.
r0gue (Time well $pent) (giraffe)
My SOTC
Year played out, cash depleted
Brief satisfaction
Aficionado
Dad, I miss you soooo
much. I can't wait to hear you
say "Patek" again.
canoken
Three easy payments
Found inside Car and Driver
Wow, it's a Stauer!
Christopher Meisenzahl
need more micro-brands?
need for more Big Bang specials?
nay, too many now!
diracpoint
Sports Rolex tick tick
tick; Bezel spins click click click
AD stock bleak bleak bleak!
DRWWE
R, O, L, E, X
This haiku is not so good
But at least I tried
frankzappa
Perpetual cold
Snow as bright as Rolex gold
Hans loves the winter
hp9302
Andersen worldtime
My holy grail for sometime
Celebration time
JDR
Flakes float from heaven
Skiing with my Rolex Sub
As good as diving
mr_smith
So polarizing
Waves, skeleton hands, Bond ads
Seamaster divers
Paul Bloemen
A treat for the eyes,
A punishment for the tongue,
My dream brand: Oeilleux
r0gue
Nineteen forty-six
Home from the horrible war…
Bright future, Breitling.
radman07 (Ode to Lange One Timezone)
Lange and Sohne
Time zone one conquering time
Stylistic and cool
rich
worldtime and local
the momo is digital
it's all in the dots
Rodentman
Time called for Tudor
But I got a kitten named
Bacciagalupe
RogerL (To you from Santa)
I'll give you a watch
Pretty sure you will love it
"Yule" get a Timex.
samn (WIS cycle)
Accurate movement.
Always best, worst, best through time
Rolex amplitude.
Steve S. (CT)
Jorge posts a link
Nomos in city colors
Latest impulse buy

Holiday Haiku 2019

Chris V (Winner)
Fuji snowflakes fall
Forged into wafer thin dials
To rise a Seiko
Dave Emerson (Winner)
The Polerouter sits,
like Genta's quiet shadow
beneath my wool mitt.
AustinInJapan (Honorable Mention)
Black, Pepsi, or Coke
Which GMT floats my boat?
Not the "Blueberry"!
Michael G (Honorable Mention)
Grand Seiko always
Winds my imagination
By humble beauty
frankzappa (At Large Picks)
Dear Father Christmas
Rolex, Timex, Vacheron
I made the good list
Stan Sirody (At Large Picks)
Speedmaster awaits
Rolex need not apply here
Reaching for the Moon
ABN JAG
No Breitling this year
What is it then?
A bund for Karl!
ChadZilla
Rolex excites you?
Patek? They cost way too much!
Seiko works for me.
Champthekid
Waitlist I don't think
The Rolex is on my wrist
Relationships pay
Christopher Meisenzahl
shinola is real?
we sure it's not shoe polish?
and made in Detroit?
DRWWE
My wife doesn't know
What I have in my watch box.
She thinks it's a Swatch.
edgy
Scent of the season-
Citrus, vetiver, fougère?
CARTIER L'Envol, please!
Harsh
Oh, you pain me so
Special Editions you know
I W C please stop
heartman
I am ready for
Ratskunk's Holiday Haiku
Nanouniverse!
hp9302
Seiko Five today
Rolex Day Date tomorrow
When does it all end
JDR
Rolex today or
Casio calculator
How can I wear both?
jmlm
Bought wife jewelry
Still, no AD LVc!
Water flows past bridge
Lazy Cat
Postman rings the bell twice
Incoming vintage speedy outgoing modern diver
I am excited and sad
Ltrachtman
Panerai my love
I thought we were forever
Sub C stop my heart
Marlowe
A mono-pusher
chronograph said:'Et
in Arcadia ego'.
PAHarris
John Mayer, Ben's friend
Patek, Rolex, Wonderland
Enough already?
Paul Delury
Microbrands abound
but in the future where is
that replacement crown?
r0gue
Full circle,.. Pursuit
François-Paul Journe the master
Chronomètre Souverain
Ratskunk
Oh Submariner!
Beeswax spurn the Siren call
Lash me to the mast
rich
You'll get one a these
I picked Stowa what a breeze
it wears milanese
RogerL
Bremont send-up,wow!
Hailed and liked by many here,
English brothers too! (?) :-)
Steve S. (CT)
The decision made
The card has enough credit
Oops no steel Rolex
toronto
Haikus are often hard
Somethings make no sense
Rolex Stainless Steel
yardbird
Rolex has Batman
Hamilton has Ventura
I have neither one

Below was a special entry in the Valentine Haiku 2018

expwmbat (A Time/Love Haiku Quintet)
There was a time when
Time was love, but to love took
Time and time took love.

We seek to keep time
A ticking case on our wrists,
But time flies as love.

We seek to trap love
In the passionate embrace
Of the present time.

The tick of time and
The heart-beat of love break the
Stillness of past and future.

Fleeing reminders
Of ephemeral desires
They elude our grasp.