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E.K.Yap, the MPA & MPAS multi-award winning photographer, has created many iconic masterpieces and photographed covers & campaigns for influential publications & luxury brands. His projects include Patek Philippe, Breguet, Chopard, Bvlgari, Cartier, Chanel & Franck Muller to name a few.
With his wide-ranging experience in art as a creative director in the advertising & publishing industry, he consistently achieves the best results with his precision skill, specialising in luxury projects particularly jewellery, timepiece, product, interior, portrait & fashion.
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“I'm passionate in capturing more than just a beautiful image, I like to craft an inspiring masterpiece with soul & meaning”
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My new acquisition, Italian built with SWISS Ronda 5030 quartz movement. Beautifully finished, much nicer than anticipated. Vintage style chronograph.
This crazy watch from Aragon is 44mm in diameter and the chunky millipede bracelet is 24mm in width. Def. not for small wrists. I was not familiar with HESS toys until I started collecting props for my tabletop photography. I guess they do a collectors item every Christmas and this was part of large fire truck and 1st responders motorcycle.
The watch has an automatic movement but the dial spins randomly on your wrist. One of my novelty collectible watches.
I designed and had printed the 3-sided diorama...a left and right panel and then a bottom panel and then glued them together.
Shot with the Fotodiox 22mm extension tube.
Girard-Perregaux F1-047
Shot with a Leica M9-P, Visoflex III and Noctilux 0.95
Continuous LED light panels + diffuser
... I cannot believe we are almost in June ... time flies too quickly!
I changed the colour of the wall from Red to Orange, its amazing what a
difference it made!
The watch is engraved with the name "Selva" on the back which was an Italian anti-submarine ship.
Photo by Jason Pitsch professionalwatches.com/2014/11/photo-report-alpina-herit...
Shot with the Fotodiox 22m extension tube.
FYI...Home Depot has a variety of very affordable special fx lighting. Behind the watch is a lit "sand filled" circular glass that you can shake up and then turn on the light. It works our really well as a background light because then I have a fixed background behind that. www.homedepot.com/b/Lighting-Accent-Lighting-Novelty-Ligh...
John was born in 1924and it was while at school at Harrow that his love affair with clocks began. He looked up horology in the encyclopaedia and began to buy old clocks, taking them to pieces and repairing them. The coming of World War Two put his interest on hold as he enrolled in the King’s Dragoon Guards before being posted to Palestine and Egypt. After the war John used his skills as a mechanical engineer in the field of agriculture, going to the then South Rhodesia after getting married. The couple stayed two years before returning to the UK where he soon took up his interest in clock making again and from the 19502 he started to focus full time on them, contributing the Horological journal. He repaired and restored antique clocks during a spell working in Camden Passage, London. When he returned to Sussex where he came from he set up his first workshop at Lurgashall. He has built 50 clocks, along with restoring many others. He joined the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1994, and was awarded their “Masters Medal” in 2004. John had an interest in music from his school days where he played the French horn and played in a number of orchestras in Southern England. He has a great interest in chamber music, playing with wind quintets and brass quintets and fetes, flower shows and parties in the summer. His other interests include making and flying kites. He was also a keen squash player until his seventies. In 2007 he was made an M.B.E. for his services to clockmaking.
(by Jeremy Duke)
©2016 Jurgen Kehn
Scaled Down Image Resolution
Early acrylic-crystal Rolex Submariner; lit with one SB600 from above, one from below. 3:2 fill ratio, both behind diffuser panels. Triggered by SB800 on D200
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Omega Speedmaster
Test shots with new Sigma 70-300 lens
These were quick shots just to test the lens works.
Just need to learn how to work the light better, and set up from better angles with the tripod.
The Old Town Astronomical Clock on the tower of the Old Town Hall, is one of the most important technical monuments in Prague, Bohemia and the whole Europe and is also an evidence of highly advanced science and horology craft in Bohemia at the beginning of the 15th century and in later centuries too. The tower, now 65.5 metres high, was built in 1380. The astronomical clock (consisting of the clock machine and an astronomical sphere) was made by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and astronomer Jan Ondřejův called Šindel before 1410 when the clock was firstly mentioned in writing. Sculptural stone decorations were made by Parléř’s stone masonry. Clockmaker Jan from Růže also called Hanuš who until recently was considered to be the author of the astronomical clock, only repaired the clock in 1490, improved it and added the calendarium (calendar board). Other repairs were made in 1552-60 (then the moving figures were added to it), then it was rather neglected for centuries and it only was used occassionally with long time periods in between. In 1787 it was even considered to sell it for metal recycling but clockmaker J. Landesberger with the help of the astronomer A. Strnad repaired the mechanical part at least which was then functioning until 1824. This unique clock was again under threat in 1861 when its planned sale was only stopped at last minute, thanks to a public collection of money. After a fire 1864 new wooden figures of Apostles were added and one year later, Prague clockmaker L. Hainz restored the mechanical part of the astronomical clock, the astronomical sphere and a new calendarium by J. Mánes was placed there. In 1866 the beam was replaced by a unique chronometer by mechanician R. Božek and the astronomical clock finally started running again. During the Prague Uprising of 1945 the clock was seriously damaged by the shelling of the German artillery and the subsequent fire, after the war it was restored though and in 1948 the whole system with new statues of Apostles by sculptor V. Sucharda and with a copy of Mánes‘ picture calendar started running again. During the repairs, the clock was connected to an electric motor (before it had to be cranked up). The most recent major repairs of the clock took place in 1979 and 2005.
The astronomical clock consists of approximately 350 components, out of which ¾ are still originals from the 15th century; originally the whole machine didn’t have a single nail in it, just riveted. The central and the main part of the astronomical clock is the astronomical section (the so-called sphere) which shows old Bohemian and also modern time as well as ongoing astronomical phenomena such as the sunrise and sunset, course of the Sun and the Moon and other interconnected movements of astronomic objects in a geocentric system. At present time only experts can understand this whole system and this was also the case in the Middle Ages. The lower calendarium is easier to understand – it shows days and months with their astrological signs. However, for spectator’s point of view, the moving figures are the most attractive part, especially those of the twelve Apostles which gradually appear in the small windows of the former prison in the upper part of the astronomical clock. They are:
In the left window
St.Paul holding a book and a sword
St.Thomas with a spear
St. Jude Thaddeus holding a book in his left hand
St. Simon with a saw
St. Bartholomew with a book and a knife
St. Barnabas with papyrus
In the right window
St. Peter with a key
St. Matthew with an axe
St. John castigating a serpent
St. Andrew bearing saltire cross
St. Philip with a cross
St. James with a fuller’s ram
On the sides of the astronomical clock there are four pairs of moving figures: in the top left-hand corner there are figures of a Coxcomb and a Miser, at the bottom where is a Chronicler and an Angel, in the top right-hand corner there is a Death and a Turk or a fiddler and at the bottom there is an Astronomer and a Philosopher. On each hour the Apostles gradually come out in front of the spectators and the figures on the side come to life too. The Skeleton pulls a string and the ringing starts of the marching of the Apostles. At the same time he nods at the Turk who refuses his services by turning his head. The Miser nods his head, shakes a purse in his hand and also threatens with a stick while the Coxcomb looks at himself in the mirror. After the windows with Apostles close a golden cock crows and then the tower clock strikes.
The most famous legend linked to the Old Town Astronomical Clock is that about Master Hanuš, the alleged author of the clock. He was allegedly blinded by the councillors using a hot metal rod so that he could not build another or even a better clock anywhere else again. Hanuš then asked one of his helpers to lead him to the clock, he tampered with the clock machine and broke it so that nobody could fix; whoever tried to repair it became insane from the complexity of the machine. Similar legend is also said about many other astronomical clocks in Europe. It is also said that if the clock stops for a longer period of time, bad times for the Czech nation are ahead.
The only astronomical clocks that are older than the one in the Old Town are those in Padova, Italy (1344, rebuilt in 1434) and in Strasbourg, France (1352, rebuilt in 1574 and 1838). The Czech clock, however, was preserved in the most authentic state. Another historical clock (from the end of the 15th century) was preserved only in Olomouc in the Czech country, it has been rebuilt numerous times though so its historical appearance is only partly known. According to old sources there also used to be an astronomical clock at the town hall in Kutná Hora towards the end of the 14th century; at the end of the 14th century it was placed on another building and in 1770 destroyed by a fire; there is no information available regarding its appearance or construction. www.dqhvhlw.kralovskacesta.cz/en/tour/objects/old-town-as...
Upton Hall, Nottinghamshire. British Horological Institute, Nottinghamshire. Located in the village of Upton near Newark, the Hall was built in 1828 to the design of W Donthorne and it was extended around the turn of the C20th. Since 1972 it has been owned by the BHI and is used both as a training facility for clockmakers and a museum. It is grade 2* listed.
www.museumoftimekeeping.org.uk/upton-hall/
Upton, Newark upon Trent, Nottinghamshire - Upton Hall, Main Road
September 2020
Rolex GMT Master ref 1675 with 1570 Caliber movement. 30 years old and still looks clean. This is why I like Rolex for the durability, reliability, and iconic designs. GMT Master is an alltime favorite.
Old photos from my hard drive
I am not really a vintage-anything guy but, I stumbled across this watch on Etsy, and it was not from a watch seller per-se. The lady has a small store with a mishmash of items to sell, and I am guessing she found this in a garage sale somewhere.
The Popeye theme is strong with this one (me) and even tho this was purely a novelty package back in 2004, the seller had all the packaging (including in French and English) and the watch was in good shape. I just replaced the battery, put my own suede strap on it and away we go!
Right away I mostly knew I wanted this watch to do a photoshoot and believe it or not, finding reasonable looking non-licensed Popeye toys are not cheap but I found this facsimile on AliExpress and received it today. I like this dude and I will put him to work on other shots for sure!
The lore of Chester, Illinois, holds that the character of Popeye was inspired by town resident Frank “Rocky” Fiegel. Lee Huffstutler, herself a Chester local, makes and well supports this argument. According to Huffstutler, Rocky Fiegel was of Polish descent and lived with his mother in a house near the Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Huffstutler describes him as “tall, strong, always ready for a fight and always a winner” …
Rocky worked part-time at George Gozney’s saloon. When he finished his work and had consumed a couple of beers, he would take a chair outside, seat himself, tilt the chair back, and, with pipe in his mouth, proceed to take a nap in the sunshine. Of course, the sleeping Rocky became an amusing target for the school children who came by. They would creep near, yell loudly, and run. Rocky would awaken with a start and jump out of his chair, arms flailing, ready for a fight. but alas, there would be no opponent. The children would be a block away by that time.
In the March 28, 1947, issue of the Chester Herald Tribune, there is an obituary for Mr. Fiegel, who died at his home in Chester on March 24, 1947. Born January 27, 1868, he was 79 years of age at the time of his death.
The editor wrote that Frank “Rocky” Fiegel was a familiar character in Chester and was credited for being the inspiration of Elsie Segar’s “Popeye.” The article reads: “In his younger days he performed amazing feats of strength. Because of his hardened physique he was affectionately known as “Rocky.” His angular jaw and familiar corn-cob pipe apparently impressed the young Segar.
Until now, I did not realize the two info cards in the box were in French and English. I only took photos of the French version. I am wondering if all of these had the French and English “marketing” package or if this package is unique?
After I bought this I did search Ebay and I did see similar versions but not with the entire provenance that this watch has….SCORE!
You peeps probably know all these quotes by heart!!!
“I’m strong to the finich, ’cause I eats me spinach, I’m Popeye the sailor man!”
“Where’s the entrance to the exit?”
“I’ll take all on one at a time!”
“I ain’t no tailor but I know what suits me.”
“That’s all I can stands, I can stands no more.”
“If I’m not me, who am I. And If I’m somebody else, why do I look like me?”
Don’t forget to eat your spinach kiddies! 👆
Nice Swiss-made quartz watch by Avia from about 1985, in a Hong-Kong manufactured stainless-steel case.
Note the tuning capacitor - handy to slow down this particular watch, as the crystal 'ages' and the frequency increases. Not many quartz movements are fitted with these now. Note also the heavy use of plastics for the non-movement critical parts!
Next sale 22nd October 2022 at Exeter School, Victoria Park Road, EXETER, Devon EX2 4NU (Parking entrance by Pavilion)