Incoming… what do you have? (Vol. 3)

[Pesty]

benny.c said:

Yeah, I like that one too. The red highlights are a nice, sporty touch.

Not knowing a lot about g shocks but reading bout people customising them I wondered if I could put the silver bezel on.


I then saw the pvd version with a blue Beale and then a twisted metal one. Now I'm lusting after g shocks

[s6boy]

Easy_Targa said:

I ventured into Dom H's Hatton Garden lair yesterday and emerged with this.
Wanted one for ten years so I'm one very happy bunny.

We must have crossed on the stairs then!
I was there on Thursday too picking up a JLC Master Control Home Time which I can't for the life of me photograph
Growing to really like it. If Mr H is reading and has a photo he could share that would be good? And thank him for his advice.

[Easy_Targa]

s6boy said:

We must have crossed on the stairs then!
I was there on Thursday too picking up a JLC Master Control Home Time which I can't for the life of me photograph
Growing to really like it. If Mr H is reading and has a photo he could share that would be good? And thank him for his advice.

That shot was only taken on my desk with an iPhone and an angle poise lamp. It even managed to spin through ninety degrees between here and there. It certainly added to the occasion picking up the watch from Dom's little office high above the diamonds. Much better than receiving a cardboard box from Dave the postman.

[Raoul Duke]

Nick M said:

5pen said:

My first Seiko is due to arrive tomorrow from Seiya Japan.

I really like those - very understated and timeless (odd concept for a watch, but you know what I mean... )

I nearly ordered one recently, but then another shiny thing came along, but that's still on my list.

Suspect there's likely to be a few fans of that one on here, domestic market Seiko's always seem pretty popular - and with good reason! I've been looking at these as well lately myself and would be interested to see a wrist shot when it arrives.

[AlexC1981]

s6boy said:

We must have crossed on the stairs then!
I was there on Thursday too picking up a JLC Master Control Home Time which I can't for the life of me photograph
Growing to really like it. If Mr H is reading and has a photo he could share that would be good? And thank him for his advice.

There's a sticky thread at the top of the forum that goes into detail about how to get a good shot. As an amateur with a basic all-purpose camera this is how I usually do it. Go outside in the garden and very quickly (only takes 3-5 minutes) snap off 25 shots at various angles from the sun and angles and distances to the watch with a macro mode on your camera if you've got one. You should get at least one decent photo and you never know which one it will be until you see it on your computer.

All my favourite photos were taken outside because the abundance of natural light makes it so much easier and a bit of grass or bush in the background is a nice backdrop. If your camera has a cloudy day setting it will help bring out the colour if the weather is bad.

As a second step I use a free programme called Photoscape, which is really easy to use and lets you do stuff like cropping, resize, sharpen, correct the colour and lighten the photo to get a better image. It only takes a few minutes once you get the hang of it. I try not to do too much because in my view, if you can tell a photo has been edited then you have overdone it. Going back to look at your original photos helps.

I look forward to seeing something in the Wrist Check thread

[Pesty]

benny.c said:

The beast arrived this morning and although big, it's not as comically large as I feared it would be.

It's fricking huge


Like it though


Although you need to have some sort of PhD in nuclear physics to work it

[benny.c]

That about sums it up

[spareparts]

Picked up this minty Pepsi GMT2 that was complete with B&P. Hope to one day pass it on to my son as his birth year watch.

[Dominic H]

s6boy said:

Easy_Targa said:

I ventured into Dom H's Hatton Garden lair yesterday and emerged with this.
Wanted one for ten years so I'm one very happy bunny.

We must have crossed on the stairs then!
I was there on Thursday too picking up a JLC Master Control Home Time which I can't for the life of me photograph
Growing to really like it. If Mr H is reading and has a photo he could share that would be good? And thank him for his advice.

Hi John,

This is an image of your new Jaeger 'Hometime'. Good to meet you last week...



This was Steve 'Easy_Targa' leaving the office with his new Omega Moonwatch.



Good to meet you two guys (and all the others!) this week!

[Blown2CV]

taaffy said:

Dominic H said:

taaffy said:

DavidCBevan said:

That's a fake ...

Edited by taaffy on Thursday 22 October 12:25

Let me fix that for you...

Many thanks ..

Not sure if the above is a Newman, Clapton or something else, but Here's a real Newman.



Not my wrist...

[Jamesp24]

Mmmmm

[mikeveal]

Mmmn, minty Memovox.
Sellers pictures for now. ...





Ah, the joys of setting up a midnight ebay snipe then trying to put it of of your mind and get to sleep!
Checking the phone this morning to see if I'd won was like running downstairs as a child on Christmas morning to see what was under the tree.

And now I have to thumb twiddle whilst it makes its way across the pond, laboriously plods through customs and finally gets delivered by Royal Snail to an address several hundred miles away from the address on the label.

[mikeveal]

Dominic H said:

This is an image of your new Jaeger 'Hometime'. Good to meet you last week...

Bloody lovely that.

[s6boy]

Thank you I am happy with it. There is something about the style of JLC, like your incoming, which appeals. Dreaming of a Duometre now.

Also thanks to Dominic H for posting the picture, and the photography advice, but my pictures still can't match the official ones and make my wrist look ridiculously small!

[Lorne]

AlexC1981 said:

All my favourite photos were taken outside because the abundance of natural light makes it so much easier and a bit of grass or bush in the background is a nice backdrop.

I've never, ever, been able to take decent photographs of watches. My website, www.classicchronographs.co.uk is a testament to bad photography. I believe the 'professionals' take multiple photographs and then over lay them to give a greater depth perspective, but personally I like your suggestion of taking a picture with a bush in the background ;-)

[BrabusMog]

Lorne said:

AlexC1981 said:

All my favourite photos were taken outside because the abundance of natural light makes it so much easier and a bit of grass or bush in the background is a nice backdrop.

I've never, ever, been able to take decent photographs of watches. My website, www.classicchronographs.co.uk is a testament to bad photography. I believe the 'professionals' take multiple photographs and then over lay them to give a greater depth perspective, but personally I like your suggestion of taking a picture with a bush in the background ;-)

Did you change your username, Lorne?

[Lorne]

BrabusMog said:

Lorne said:

AlexC1981 said:

All my favourite photos were taken outside because the abundance of natural light makes it so much easier and a bit of grass or bush in the background is a nice backdrop.

I've never, ever, been able to take decent photographs of watches. My website, www.classicchronographs.co.uk is a testament to bad photography. I believe the 'professionals' take multiple photographs and then over lay them to give a greater depth perspective, but personally I like your suggestion of taking a picture with a bush in the background ;-)

Did you change your username, Lorne?

Yes, couldn't figure out how to change the email address that went with LorneG, so had to start again as Lorne. Could you tell it was me by my subtle sense of humour about a bush?

[BrabusMog]

[AlexC1981]

Lorne said:

....but personally I like your suggestion of taking a picture with a bush in the background ;-)

Timex apparently

[Lorne]

AlexC1981 said:

Lorne said:

....but personally I like your suggestion of taking a picture with a bush in the background ;-)

Timex apparently

Is that a George W Bush wearing his Timex?

Edited by Lorne on Tuesday 3rd November 10:48