3-Watch Thursday #48
Lots of insta yet again
Hello, hello, hello,
Welcome to another 3-Watch Thursday and thanks for opening this email.
A lot seems to have happened again in watches this week, so I’ll dive straight in.
Reference Talk — 80’s Ebel ‘El Primero’ Chronograph
As Gary Neville once said: “This was the no-brainer, this was the banker, this was the one that couldn’t fail, this was the one that’s never failed”1, but hot damn has Ben Dunn pulled it off at Watch Brothers London with this Ebel chronograph article.
For those who haven’t been following Ben’s recent activities, vintage Ebel has quickly become one of his things.
Add that to the list of quite specialist interests that he seems to have found a niche for with Watch Brothers London.
Hat’s off to Ben for truly telling the full story. He’s been getting some deserved praise, but if you missed it here it is!
As Seen On Instagram
Once again, I’m sharing a segment on my favourite Instagram posts that I’ve seen this week.
Kicking things off with this Cartier Assymetique CPCP Limited Edition over on @watchesofknightsbridge:
Jeez that’s good!
Next, a Rolex Day-Date dial of which only a handful of the 10 produced are known thanks to @abv33:
I wonder what the failure rate on those dials was?
Along a similar line, @watchand brought us this stunning Rolex Midas with lapis dial:
@mr.a brought us this absolutely goated advert for a yellow gold Patek Philippe Nautilus:
Get that in a frame ASAP.
Finally, this reel from @a_watchguys_life touched on a really great subject. Often people ask “What’s the best camera for watch photography“ and all too often I hear and see recommendations for high-end consumer cameras and lenses, others replying talking about understanding light and all these other terms.
It all feels too gatekeepy for me.
@a_watchguys_life hits the nail on the head though.
The best camera for watch photography is the one you already have. If that’s your phone, then that’s your phone!
Practice makes perfect.
I’ve always been of the opinion that more expensive gear makes it easier to produce high-quality work, but nothing is impossible even on a shoestring.
Personally, I haven’t bought any new kit in a long while and my camera, lenses, and lights don’t come to more than $500 total!
Peanuts compared to other professionals who would easily spend more than 3 times that on a camera body. Obviously following the approach I laid out above, I’ll invest in better kit to make producing high-quality photos easier when I have the money ((:
Quote of the Week
Sat on the plane this week, I ended up listening to a Significant Watches episode from earlier in the year that I had downloaded.
A brilliant episode featuring Scott Carpenter’s Gold Omega Speedmaster that was retailed over at Wind Vintage.
For quote of the week though, Charlie Dunne came out with this cracker at 21:21:
“You can’t parkore in your 2526.
That would never happen in your Richard Mille.“
Lol.
Thanks, Charlie for making me chuckle.
A bit of a different one this week, but I hope you enjoyed it.
Any feedback is always warmly welcomed.
Have a great weekend when we get there.
Owen
This truly pained me to quote Gary Neville as a Leeds fan.