Hello everybody

[Martin]

Hi All,

My name is, as you might guess, Martin. For those who do not know me from other fora, I'm 43 years old and a watch fan since I was 15. Back then it was more about styling, now the contents are of more importance. I'm love movements, and I have to admit I bought several watches just for the insides. The watches I love are in quite a wide spectrum, I own a lot of Chinese watches, in a very wide price range, but also Swiss brands like for example Omega, Enicar and Rolex. Another hobby is photography, so I like to combine both and make a lot of pictures from watches. Here's just a few examples from what I have stuffed in various drawers.















Best regards,

Martin

[geoffbot]

Man that Beijing anniversary...I've seen it in the metal (Bradjhomes') and its a stunner. Damn fine photography too.

[Martin]

Thanks Geoff. It indeed is incredible value for money. At some point the people at Beijing will discover that if they add a digit to the price, it still will be worth the money

[jsw41]

Welcome, Martin; your watches and photography are superb. How do you get such accurate, sharp pics of the movement. My attempts with P&S usually turn out out-of-focus.

John

[Martin]

Welcome, Martin; your watches and photography are superb. How do you get such accurate, sharp pics of the movement. My attempts with P&S usually turn out out-of-focus.

John

Part one is getting the right Macro lens and external flash, part two is practice, practice, practice

[geoffbot]

And a tripod, right?

[Martin]

For the close-ups, yes. All the pictures from the opening post were taken without.

[Samanator]

Welcome Martin. Interesting column wheel chronograph.

[Martin]

Welcome Martin. Interesting column wheel chronograph.

Thanks!
It's a SeaGull ST19, which is an improved version of the old Venus 175

[docvail]

It sometimes makes me sick that I backed out of the ST-5 project. Damn, those are stunning.