Horological Meandering

I suspect that PuristS who have been taking photos of their watches have noticed some are easier to capture than others. There are all sorts of impediments to taking a good picture, and we know that the real professionals such as Nilomis, Jocke, Amanico h...  

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for me it has to be glossy gilt dials. mostly since the depth and magic on a glossy gilt does not translate well on photographs, it comes out flat black.... whereas in the real there is so much life in them. otherwise generally glossy dials are difficult ... 

. . . Black Connie. I must've taken a thousand snaps over the years. None have been well captured. Remarkably, Andrew D and Blomman had better results. Maybe it's the photographer at fault. ;-) Conversely, the easiest to capture would be her sister, White...  

almost every night I see it in a my dream, never was able to take a picture from it 😁

. . . classic, Bruno, classic ;-) . . .

I have a few difficult watches , my black dail Staudt Also my H Moser Concept As you see the dail is hard to get . And the Seiko Presage Enamel Its allways playing with the light ...  

The Rolex Milgauss Green, the JLC Master Minute Repeater in titanium, the Breguet Type XX Salmon and the Omega SM 300 CK 2913. Reflections everywhere, and / or distorsion of the plexy, lack of depth while in the real the depth is here and so on.. The Culp...  

and take your time. Don't pressure or rush, and if you are lucky you might get this: Instead of this! Mike ...  

it is even harder to capture than the Schumi with his almost endless different shades of grey depending on light conditions

The new Rado True Thinline collection released at Basel we’re insanely hard to photograph on site, especially since I was trying to capture both layers of texture. Unfortunately can’t share the photos I took... maybe later

My Patek 5167 is, without a doubt, the most difficult watch I’ve ever photographed. Unless I am very selective about where I take a photo, the polished edges of the bezel seem to always catch a reflection. It is actually driving me crazy!