Welcome, one and all, to round three of the first round proper of March Mania 2021, here on Fratello. Are you a watch maniac like we are? If so, you’re sure to love our month-long feature. 96 watches reviewed last year line up for a battle royale like nothing that’s gone before. We need your votes. We want your comments. Help us decide the champion and share in its glory! Let the games commence…In this first round proper, your task is a bit different from your task in the preliminaries. Below you will find the eight remaining timepieces of each of our Fratello competitors in four head-to-head contests of two timepieces. The seedings in the preliminaries dictate the match-ups. So it’s number 1 vs. number 8, number 2 vs. number 7, number 3 vs. number 6, and number 4 vs. number 5. Vote for your favorite in each of the matchups.The remaining eight watches per competitor represent your favorite watches that we covered here on Fratello throughout 2020. Why not refresh your memory by clicking the links and reading those eruditely penned odes to wrist-wear? Once you’ve made your selection, vote using the poll form below. Every vote counts because only the top four will make it through to the next round.Login to your Fratello account and drop us a comment. Who did you vote for and why? What’s your prediction for the later rounds? Will the Omega Speedmaster 321 triumph once again… Who knows? You decide!G2’s First Round Proper(1) Omega Speedmaster Professional 3570.50 (2006) Vs. Day-Date 1803 (1967) (8)Is anyone surprised by this result? I certainly wasn’t. The Omega Speedmaster Professional 3570.50 is about as pure an Omega Speedmaster Professional as you can get. If you follow Fratello because you are obsessed with the Speedmaster and its inimitable history, then chances are a watch like this one has passed through your hands and maybe even your collection at some point. If it hasn’t, it probably should. Can reference 3570 go all the way? I don’t know how it would fair against the newer 321 that looks set to go deep in the competition, but it would get my vote, that’s for sure.While I wasn’t surprised to see my Day-Date make it through to this round, I was more than a little stunned it only just made it. The Day-Date is a nailed-on classic. I really believe it is the class of the catalog. The version I have here is from a particularly handsome era and one I truly advocate. It has its work cut out against the Speedy, but if any watch from this group is primed for an upset, this is it. March Mania: First Round Proper - Round THREE - (1) V (8) Who moves on?Omega Speedmaster Professional - 3570.50 (2006) Day-Date - 1803 (1967) Δ