Uncle Chico
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Hand in pocket shots serve a purpose.
Mar 31, 2021,01:09 AM
If I'm considering a watch, I want to see it in its "natural" setting. A shot of a watch how it is worn in real life and how it appears when viewed by another person is informative. It also helps to see how it appears with various types of wardrobe. Some dress watches go well with casual clothing, others do not. As Chrissie Hynde once said, "pretentiousness is in the eye of the pretender."
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Who thinks 'pocket shots' are pretentious?
By: Mostel : March 30th, 2021-20:08
De rigeur these days is a pocket shot... you know... the picture of the guy sticking his hand in his pocket like... he's just standing there (with his watch-hand in pocket) glamorously bored waiting for his sandwich... or just standing there glamorously b...
Wrist shots at the beach???
By: Brandon Skinner : March 30th, 2021-21:30
There goes 50% of my contentπππ and poor Bill can never be seen againπ
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For a guy like me who still produces more or less
By: Gwai : March 30th, 2021-22:46
the same old wrist shot every other day, the hand-in-pocket ones are refreshingly different. Plus I can't figure out for the life of me how it's done without someone's assistance... So, no, I like seeing them, infinitely more so than the watch-and-steerin...
Different worlds.
By: Weems@8 : March 30th, 2021-22:48
The adverts donβt understand watch lovers. Or the watch companies chose the wrong advert companies. With cars the same. I do not understand the adverts. I think the advert world forgot to study watch lovers. Simply look how we made wrist shots is a peace ...
No - I don't agree.
By: lm6 : March 31st, 2021-00:27
Shots with a beautiful and exclusive watch with an equally exclusive car, boat or whatever in the background I find much more pretentious. I post some hand in pocket shots myself (and I do take them myself as well) because I like the variation of differen...
Hand in pocket shots serve a purpose.
By: Uncle Chico : March 31st, 2021-01:09
If I'm considering a watch, I want to see it in its "natural" setting. A shot of a watch how it is worn in real life and how it appears when viewed by another person is informative. It also helps to see how it appears with various types of wardrobe. Some ...
+1 uncle!
By: ChristianDK : March 31st, 2021-03:08
How about uploading
By: Gwai : March 31st, 2021-09:31
a tutorial first. I'd need it. Cheers Marc
Fun replies guys
By: Mostel : April 2nd, 2021-18:47
Thanks as always for the amusement! Miranda, you are a provocateur. LOL. No doubt, a pocket shot is always interesting, and agree with those who argue that it gives a kind of 'backdrop' context... visually , to give the viewer a sense of how a watch fits ...