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Now that I sort of have my micro macro watch studio setup, I am getting around to shooting watches I have had for years before I was an official watch hobbyist! I purchased this on Amazon back in 2016 for $120. Yes, a FIFTY (50) mm case size. Yes, it is quartz solid case back. PVD rose gold finish. Even tho 43mm is sort of my sweet spot, back then SUPER GRANDE watches were a thing. I might actually wear this someday or maybe on Halloween?
Shot with the Fotodiox 11mm extension tube.
The Alpina Horological Smart Watch. Swiss Made. Tracks your activity and sleep, adaptive coaching, always on time wherever you are and many other functions. 2 years battery life, 100m(330ft) water-resistant, sapphire crystal, engraved case back. All functions operated via the crown. Powered by Motion-X
Seiko '5' quartz wristwatch movement (type 8123A). Nice Japanese movement used by Seiko in the quartz version of the '5', made around 1983.
Note the three-position adjustment lever top-left (+ 0 -) mounted immediately above the divider IC visible through the slots (modern quartz watches have this etched on the PCB and covered with a blob of opaque 'goo'), the 32.768kHz crystal in its tubular case above the 1.55V cell, and the general well-put-togetherness of the modular, and thus easily interchangable parts. Five jewels is way OTT for a quartz movement these days, but the reduction in friction offered by the jewels probably makes the battery last a wee bit longer.
Starting to age a bit now, this particular watch gains about five seconds a month.
was gifted this original L. Kersh #horological #collage... it looks perfect above my workbench! #vintage #mechanical #art
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IWC Pilot Chrono. Strobist: lit with snooted SB600 from top right, and an additional SB600 from slightly behind with a snoot to provide the background hotspot. Equal fill. Watch inside diffuser box. Triggered by SB800 on D3 with 105VR
Let'z go MAX! Monaco might be his toughest race ever! I really liked the red, white and blue motif of this watch with a great strap....but, it immediately seemed like a faux homage to Red Bull and F1. The butterfly clasp was new for me and it does not provide a perfect fit but it is def. not a daily driver so I am cool with it. 42mm case and still good for snorkeling. I purchased the NH-35A version but I guess it comes with a TY2709 as well. Model 1679 This is what I am wearing tomorrow for the race! I am also cheering for Oscar and Lando! But, obviously if homeboy Charles wins that is awesome as well!
This is another one of my costume jewelry acquisitions from AliExpress. Arrived to Vegas in about 8 days in good shape. High value for $80.
I left it a bit late to take a photo tonight, so that means it's another random object.
This is the inside of my pocket watch. I think I picked the wrong lens as I have even less depth of field than normal!
It's a lovely object, so I may revisit it at some point later in the year. :)
St Mark's Clock is the clock housed in the Clocktower on the Piazza San Marco in Venice adjoining the Procuratie Vecchie. The first clock housed in the tower was built and installed by Gian Paulo and Gian Carlo Rainieri, father and son, between 1496 and 1499, and was one of a number of large public astronomical clocks erected throughout Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries. The clock has had an eventful horological history, and been the subject of many restorations, some controversial.
After restorations in 1551 by Giuseppe Mazzoleni, and in 1615, by Giovanni Battista Santi, the clock mechanism was almost completely replaced in the 1750s, by Bartolomeo Ferracina. In 1858 the clock was restored by Luigi De Lucia. In 1996, a major restoration, undertaken by Giuseppe Brusa and Alberto Gorla, was the subject of controversy, amid claims of unsympathetic restoration and poor workmanship.
In 1493, the Venetian Republic commissioned Giaovan Paulo Rainieri to make a clock movement. He had already constructed clocks in his home town of Reggio Emilia in 1481. Construction of the tower started in 1496, and by December 1497 the great bell had been completed by Simone Camponato and installed on the top, with the two bronze figures of shepherds, each 2.5m high, who hit the bell with hammers. These figures are referred to as Moors because of the dark colour of the bronze patina. Paulo died in 1498 and his son Gian Carlo completed the work.
The clock was inaugurated on February 1, 1497. Driven by weights, with a foliot escapement, the clock controlled both the bell-ringing shepherds on the tower, who would have rung the bell between 1 and 24 times to sound the Italian hours, and a carousel which showed the procession of the Magi, preceded by an angel blowing a trumpet.
The dial was a concentric-ring astronomical clock similar to the Padua clock of 1434, rather than the astrolabe type with offset zodiac dial, as found at Prague. The 24 hours of the day were marked, in Roman numerals, around the edge, with I at the right-hand side, and marked Italian hours. The relative positions of five planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury) were shown, as were the moon's phases and the position of the Sun in the zodiac. The four circular windows around the dial may have contained astrolabe-type devices or orreries.
The Venetian Government paid Raineri and his family to live in the Clock Tower and maintain the clock in good order. He was the first clock-keeper or 'temperatore', and this post continued to be filled, often by different generations of the same family, until 1998.
Repairs and restorations have been frequent. In 1550 there were accusations that some of the gears had been stolen and sold.
In 1752 Bartolomeo Ferracina started work on replacing the clock, having successfully tendered for the job in public competition. He installed a new movement, removed the planetary dials, installed a rotating moon ball to show the phase, and changed the numbering of the clock face from the old Italian style (I to XXIIII in Roman numerals) to the 12 hour style, using two sets of Arabic numerals, with 12 at the top and bottom of the dial. He received the old mechanism and dial as part of his payment.
Ferracina's new movement reflected the great advances in horology that had been made since the original clock had been installed. A Graham dead-beat escapement replaced the foliot, with a 4m pendulum, mounted away from the central arbor, beating once every 1.97 seconds. The new striking system used a new pair of hammers that struck six groups of 22 blows at 12:00 and 0:00 on the great bell on the tower. Ferracina also restored the Magi procession, which then was restricted to occurring only on 15 days of the year around Ascension Day.
In 1857 Luigi de Lucia started another restoration, and added a digital display. For this he installed two large wheels just behind the doors through which the Magi procession appeared and disappeared, and on each of these wheels he mounted 12 large pierced metal sheets with glass inlays, one to show Roman numerals from I to XII and the other to show Arabic numerals from 0 to 55 in steps of 5. These were illuminated from behind by gas lamps, so that the numbers could be seen from the square below. During the Magi procession, the wheels were lifted away from the doors to allow the statues to pass through, and the temperatore changed the numbers manually.
De Lucia modified the escapement, replacing it with a pinwheel, and lengthened the pendulum to beat at 2 seconds.
In 1886, the Arabic numerals installed by Ferracina were removed, and the original Roman numerals showing the Italian numbering were revealed again.
In 1915, the complex 132 strike mechanism was disabled, due to the wartime curfew.
Today the clock displays the original I to XXIIII numbering around the outside, with I at the right hand side. The gilded stars are purely decorative. The signs of the zodiac are in anticlockwise order around the inner zodiac dial: the zodiac wheel rotates clockwise with the hour hand but very slightly faster. As a result the hour hand moves slowly anticlockwise relative to the zodiac, so that it passes through each sign in the course of the year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark's_Clock
Since this photograph was taken, 1987, the clock has been restored again.
This creative brain is out of control. I play pickleball early Saturday mornings and I got up and saw this sort of "empty set" and felt compelled to put my watch "o" the day to work and star in this diorama compostion. Using a UV spotlight and then with two strobes, the spotlight brings out the white in the scary background face and eyes.
In post I first brought it into my severely outdated free version of the old NIK Analog Efex Pro 2 for the color treatment and then I brought into ON1 Effects 2024 for several other fx including the star and border.
Ok, now I can go play pickleball! 💯😭👀
The Steinhart Nav. B-Uhr II 44mm Automatic is definitely one of the best bang-for-the-buck Pilot's watch. Read my review of this watch at the Pinoy Watch Idiot.
Wearing my fun Han Solo watch today and after a fairly arduous 8 hours of product photography for a client, I needed to have a little fun.
Shot with a Fotodiox 11mm extension tube.
A very nice useable Bulova sub-brand Caravelle, not a classic by any means but it works well and keeps excellent time.
Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Duo; Perspex soft-cube; two SB600s top rear and left; fill ratio 2:3 respectively
Don't put this on very often, but thought I'd bring it out today. Silver dial doesn't really suit me, I think...
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Watchmaker fixing a watch (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)
The Orient "Automatic" watch seems to be very popular among local country men (it's a mechanical watch that does not needs to be rewind, it rewinds itself when moving).
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Luxury Breguet timpieces, is a pioneer in bringing new horology innovation and making its mechanical movement more precise.
I won't get any sympathy here but I was stuck with not finding the right vibe of a bracelet or watch band for the Rolands Sands watch. I thought I was going to settle in with a gray rubber strap but I was digging through my camera bag today and found this rubber camo strap with a butterfly clasp. I had remembered I won this at the Austin Watch Expo but had totally discounted it. It is perfect for this manly, moto-themed watch!!
For any geeky photogs, I was using 3 strobes all on different channels and brightness and then an LED light to the right to highlight the metal on the motorcycle and the is another LED (small power) shooting straight down from above in different colors.
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As a watch nerd, you would think it is enough to just focus on the watch collection...NO...then, you get crazy with straps and bracelets, etc. This Roland Sands Commemorative watch came with a really nice brown Norween leather strap but it just wasn't my vibe...so, today I switch out some straps....this camo velco did not end up being the final choice but some fun images.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Sands
Also, I found this really great dude on Etsy and I told him of my dilemma with watch stands that most all stands position the watch at 60º which is not good in a studio setting due to unwanted light reflections on the watch crystal. So, I did a rough "sketch" in Photoshop and he modified his 3D printing file to produce this so the watch now sits at 90º. It is also an elongated egg shape which also now always me to showcase the strap as well. This guy is good and he does alot of great custom work for very reasonable prices!
www.etsy.com/listing/1854163443/3d-printed-watch-stand-ch...
Shot with the Fotodiox 20mm extenstion tube.
Minerva 19/14 stopwatch with 7-jewel movement and 30 second main dial and a 15 minute sub-dial.
It would appear that this is a Minerva calibre 19''' no 14 stop watch mechanism; see Minerva SA (n.d.) l'Histoire Minerva, s.l. [Villeret]: Minerva SA. P. 11 and see this page of Jobin, Albert Ferdinand (1939) La classification Horlogère des calibres de montres et des fournitures d'horlogerie suisse. 2ème édition, Genève : La Classification Horlogère. P. 232.—While the ebauche was supplied by Minerva, the casing and dial may have been a third party, possibly German supplier.
Movement Serial number: #1546705.—Case serial number: #286550 (it may be significant that in both instances the '6' of the case serial number is stamped slightly raised (see here and here).
The back of the watch case is inscribed" "Eigentum der | Notgemeinschaft der | D[eutschen] Wissenschaft | Nr 10018".—Given the text of the inscription, the stop watch dates to the period 1920–1929 (after which the Notgemeinschaft was renamed to Deutsche Gemeinschaft zur Erhaltung und Förderung der Forschung). For background on the Notgemeinschaft der deutschen Wissenschaft see here and here.
Shot with a not-so-tough-at-all, broken Olympus Tough TG-1.
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