this kind of photos, I like best....
just the movement only (sometime the back is more interesting) on a wide selection of modern watches. Stowa .. Omega.. IWC.. GO... Breitling.. Which particular piece is your favourite - from the movement perspective? /W72
The Stowa is my current favourite...
despite it is just based on the humble Unitas 6498 being modified to run a center second hand. What I love about this movement is the huge screwed babance wheel and the swan neck regulator. There is no automatic rotor to block the view and the polishing a...
I couldn't agree more...
the Unitas movement is indeed a strong and beautiful workhorse.
Other than that, its the Zenith El Primero...
beacause the movement is fully exposed and you can see almost everything. But it’s so complicated that I still can’t quite work out how it works even spending hours with a loupe. 🤣
I think it’s for fine tuning the rate of the hair spring...
hence the beat rate of the escapement when regulating the movement for better accuracy. I am no expert, so please some one chips in and correct me if I am wrong.
Lovely macros
Beautiful macro shots. But might I suggest a little editing to get rid of the yellowish cast (I'm guess this is from using incandescent lighting). I took your picture and in photoshop elements and using the "remove color cast" tool came up with the edited...
Actually that’s what I was experimenting with
I was trying to give these shots a warm moody feel. Yours is defintely more natural though. Thanks for the suggestion. I will keep experimenting on lighting. 👍
