Ghetto photoshoot with a Gen MontBlanc Timewalker

[cc]

Here's one of my favorite pieces. The Montblanc Timewalker Chrono. i have been reading Pugwash's "how to photograph watches" thread and Jiro's "how to enhance" thread and decided to take up a photoshoot project.

I was looking around the house looking for something transparent so i could set up a lightbox. I didnt want to go to Samy's Camera and buy one so i came up with a really ghetto idea..........here are the pics. btw please dont flame me...........

i need to brush up on my photography skills..............and a new lightbox................................. [smilie=cya.gif]

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[capt_cope]

Not too shabby. Just remember this simple rule: The angle of incidence is the angle of reflection. If you take a piece of paper and get it's reflection into the angles not covered by the background or the light, you'll have one pro looking shot. Just think of light as being a stream of water, and bounce it from the angle of the bezel (or whatever) into the lens. Kinda like playing pool.

Oh yeah and a quick trick to make the crystal look "deep" reflect a piece of black paper into it.

Edited October 16, 2007 by capt_cope

[vlydog]

I took parchment paper and taped it around a plastic milk crate and used two lamps that someone had discarded to shoot a watch I sold on RWG.

[citabria72]

I want one! I mean, one of each (light box and the Montblanc!) Nice job. John

[rocket754]

yup, pretty ghetto :lol:

I like the timewalker. Pimpin ain't easy

[Victoria]

yup, pretty ghetto :lol:

I like the timewalker. Pimpin ain't easy

What! That's not ghetto. If that's a ghetto watch, I'm LaToya Jackson. Now Jacob & Co. -- that's ghetto.

Cool shots, thanks for the idea, CC.

[rocket754]

What! That's not ghetto. If that's a ghetto watch, I'm LaToya Jackson. Now Jacob & Co. -- that's ghetto.

Cool shots, thanks for the idea, CC.

I know but I like the "pimpin ain't easy" text in the background

[cc]

this is my pimpin watch son!!!!!!

j/k. anybody notice this is a gen?

[rocket754]

of course. Just look at the finish on the movement and then there is no recessed date window.

[anton]

I did a double-take when you mentioned that it was a gen. But the blued screws were the gen tell-tale sign.

I've got one too. Not a chrono, but a big date version (35419). Now after seeing yours , now I knida wished I got that one instead.

BTW, have any idea where I could get the leather "racing" strap? (with mini-holes on the band)

And lastly, they claim that their line has AR coating on the inside of the crystal. How can I confirm that?

[Victoria]

I did a double-take when you mentioned that it was a gen. But the blued screws were the gen tell-tale sign.

And upon looking closer at the pics, I see CC blanked out the serial number. Rep owners never care about such things for obvious reasons.

[Guest TTK]

Yep one of my favourites.....and very very close in reproduction terms....I love it in rose gold...pity about the stainles steel....oh wel....never mind....

[Pix]

Montblanc was the brand that made me enter the watch rep world.

And the Timewalker is a good illustration of how worth it was : the rep is excellent. The gen too

I'd love to see a good MB Star rep.

[cc]

@TTK: now i need to take pictures like that!!!!!!!

@Pix: the rep is very very close to the gen. dial spacing and case is spot on. the only real tell is the recessed dial and if you're a real montblanc fan.......the MB star is a dead giveaway.