I'm off to the summerhouse this weekend with some friends and family. We paln to enjoy the sun, have some steaks on the grill and in general just small talk.

I will probably have two watches with me - my new Linde Werdelin and my old faithful Panerai 25C.

So again my update on this blog is not up to the speed I would like.
I also plan to finalize my review of Linde Werdelin watch (The Elemental) and last but no least - hope to make some nice photos of my watches in a new situation - watches and friends.

Here some photos from last year - and some photos of my new watch doing some grill work.

Now we are close to the real summertime - official the summer is 1 may in Denmark.
And one more important things is that it is the wife's B-day - so I hope the weather will be very nice.

But to end this April month with some memory's from last summer - here are a little showdown of what to come.
Mainly it will be enjoying the time in the summerhouse - Maybe a small trip to Berlin if times allow.

Enjoying the garden, playing with the kids, performing at the Weber and having friends over for a nice glass of red wine or beer.
The evening will bring time before the TV with a nice whiskey - thinking out loud on how lucky a man can be.

I also what to flash my "new" watch - but more of that to come.
Even if I'm a Rolex man at heart I can allow myself to mix with other brands.

Watches are like mistresses - expensive - and you always return to the wife ...... Just kidding - I'm a one woman man.

People that "collect" watches sometimes also have a interest in e.g. knifes - why I don't know, but I do find that people that like nice watches have the same view on other things in life. That being knifes, pens, food, travel etc..

We do tend to like the "quality" things in life...

But back to the topic - here are some of my watches together with knifes. Enjoy.

Here are some photos of my Heuer dive watch - together with my ABC equipment (same as for the Panerai 25C photos I did at the same time).

All I did was that I found my old ABC dive equipment (mask and fins) and together with my old Dacor Dive knife made some new photos in the back garden of my summerhouse.

I was thinking of making the photos at the beach - but that knife would cost me some weeks in jail if I was stopped on the way to the beach.

We have a very strict "weapon" law in Denmark - it is not even allowed to have a good pocket knife on you.

Somehow I have become more and more "interested" in this old Heuer watch- I must say that it does hold up very nice for a watch which is +30 years.

And with the new battery - it just keep perfect time ;-)

Enjoy the photos....

Here is the latest photos of my Panerai 25C with the moster strap from my locale strap master here in Denmark.
It is still a nice strap - it is a moster one - +6mm but somehow it feels very nice on the wrist.
Much better than slim straps - it matches the size of the watch - and I really can't say how much a nice strap does to a watch.

I like my straps dark - no light straps for me - and I'm ok with color stitching - that can give some nice look to a normal strap.

SOmehow I like the green color stitching - it matches the tritium on the dial.

And I will as always end by displaying a grill shoot....

Spring is on the way - So I was a quick trip to the summerhouse and at the time toke some new photos of my first real watch. My Heuer 200m Diver Professional - which I got when I started to scuba dive, and get my CMAS ** "dive licence".

Somehow that watch was a very nice one - even if I would love a Rolex that time, I did'nt have the money for that kind of watch. And I can even remember that I did select the Heure becasue it had minral glass and the rolex only came with plexi!!
If only I had known - I could have had a rolex 5513 vintage - with all the box and papers now. But there is ofcause no saying if I would have been become a WIS back then.

I was not even a WIS when I got my first Rolex - it was only becasue I would LOVE to have a rolex - it was a dream watch for me.

But back to the Heure 200m professional watch - and the new photos.

Somehow it still has a nice look - the design remains a god one - better than many TAG Heuer dive watches I think.
Keep it simple - yes it works.

This time I will bring photos from travel that have watch content.
Any photo of your watch from any travel is welcome - only rule is that your watch must have a place in the picture and you can see some of the enviroment from your travel.
Ok - now I have come into the no. 12 version of my ongoing series - Watches and photos ;-)

• No. 1 - Watches and food photos
• No. 2 - Hand in pocket photos
• No. 3 - Watches and Water photos
• No. 4 - Hand in front of you photos
• No. 5 - watches and drinks photos
• No. 6 - Watch photo with a story
• No. 7 - Watch Window Shopping around the world
• No. 8 - Watch photo -The artistic ones ;-)
• No. 9 - The Watch with another "object"
• No. 10 - The Watch group photos
• No. 11 - The Total Package Watch Photo
• ...

I was a quick little trip to the summerhouse, just to see if all was OK, and see if is was ready for the spring time. Well all was nice, just a little water demage in the bathroom - I need a new toilet. Well the old one was very very old - so it was not that big a surprice.

Well I was also a quick trip down to the water - to take some of my "official" water and watch photos, as you all know.

This time I was "lucky" to make some photos with some sea ice - nothing much left - but it will be my sample of sea ice and water photos ;-)

I still have some watches and photos in the back of my mind.
How about .....

• How about Watches in sports
• How about Watches on travel
• How about Watches and animals

I might not have many photos for each of these "photoshoots" but I will prepare them ;-)

It must stop now ;-)
- It can't continue - well maybe it can - I still have some watch photos in mind that will come to a forum near you.

This time I will focus on "The Package" photos - this includes photos of "the unpacking", and photos of the complete package.
One type of photos you will see from time to time is the unpacking of a packet with a watch inside.
Again this is a WIS thing - how come you would photo the unpacking of a UPS packet step by step.
Well that is a WIS thing ;-)

But also photos of the complete package - not only the watch - but also the box and papers all in one photo is something for all of us with focus on watches.

Here are some of mine "complete" package shoots and a unpacking photos.



And now the unpacking photos ....

Ok - all 10 times yes I did it - can I reach a even more? - Time will show but I have at least one more.
The watch photo group shoots - where we have mulitple number of watches in the same photo.

My list so far:

• No. 1 - Watches and food photos
• No. 2 - Hand in pocket photos
• No. 3 - Watches and Water photos
• No. 4 - Hand in front of you photos
• No. 5 - watches and drinks photos
• No. 6 - Watch photo with a story
• No. 7 - Watch Window Shopping around the world
• No. 8 - Watch photo -The artistic ones ;-)
• No. 9 - The Watch with another "object"

Any photo with more than 1 watch is valid entry here. You can mix the number of watches and you can mix the different brands.
Any layout is acceptable - on the table, in the hand, on the ground etc. All versions is valid just as long as there is more than 1 watch in the photo;-)

So here goes - my entry no. 10 in the ongoing watch photo series....

I'm about to reach the end of different kinds of watch photo. How many different watch photo types can we have - I'm uo to number 9 now.
And have been around the many different types.

• No. 1 - Watches and food photos
• No. 2 - Hand in pocket photos
• No. 3 - Watches and Water photos
• No. 4 - Hand in front of you photos
• No. 5 - watches and drinks photos
• No. 6 - Watch photo with a story
• No. 7 - Watch Window Shopping around the world
• No. 8 - Watch photo -The artistic ones ;-)

Now I'm on watch photo no 9 - this time its is Watches and other objects.

I know many people collecting watches, also is interested in other object of "high" quality.
And sometimes these are objects of interest is put together into one photo.

I have the same feeling on watches as I do on a number of other object. When your going to get something, get the BEST.

Here are photos of my watches together with some other minor objects - mainly a pocket knife ;-)

I will trouble you all again with some more watch photos. This time I think about watch photos that have been manipulated in some way.
The normal photos can sometime be a little to much of the same thing.
That is why I sometimes take one photo and adjust the settings for that photo.
I always shoot RAW with my old trusty Nikon D70 (yes it is a old digital camera).
Either make it black and white, twist the color, or just play around with different parameters.

I do have some favorites - I even have one of my Rolex 5513 as my desktop background at the job ;-)

Here goes some more or less manipulated watch photos for you to enjoy.

My next entry on watch photos - is related to photos of other watches than your own. This time it is window shopping on watches around the world.
If your a WIS like me - you will look after watch shops, and do window shopping whenever your out traveling.
Just to check out if their is any nice watches, any good deals and compare the price, etc.
The wife think I'm crazy - but I can live with that - one of the hazards of being a WIS....

My next entry on watch photos is watch photos with a story.

By that I mean that your can tell a story over a number of photos and not just one watch photo.
I don't have that many watch photo stories but I do have a few.

This is the kind of watch photos that are fun to "read" - how can you put a story together that will include watches and still have "meaning".

I have the following options:

• watch photos in daily life
• watch photos goes window shopping
• watch photos making food (ala the food photos)

Here are some of my watch photo stories.

Making a cup of expresso:



Making the grill ready:



And Wacth window shopping in Copenhagen:

Welcome to the fifth entry about watch photos.
This time I will focus on drinks.


My list so far is:

• No. 1 - Watches and food photos
• No. 2 - Hand in pocket photos
• No. 3 - Watches and Water photos
• No. 4 - Hand in front of you photos
• No. 5 - watches and drinks photos

And expect more to come.

This time it has come watches and drinks - any photo with a drink and a watch will be OK for this category.

These photos are just FUN - no special reason for the watch other than in a daily situation.
Many times these photos are done when in a relaxed movement - with friends, on holiday, etc.
These kind of photos are just nice and easy - and many times it is done in the sun ;-)

Next on my little list of watch photo sessions that is a little different from the standard static watch on the table shoot is the well known "Hand in front photo".
These photos is mainly done when on special places where you quickly can put your hand up in front of you and snap a quick photo.
These photos can be done quickly and without any people taking any notice.
Something that is a little more difficult when making the watches and water photos where you jump around trying to get the best photo.

Here are some of mine "hand in front" photos.

Watches and Water mix well. That is why watch and water gives some great photos. These kind of photos can ad some action to a otherwise less interesting photo.
Water can give some extra action and movement into a otherwise static watch photo.
I really like if the photo is "wet and wild" - put the watch into the sea and let the waves make the your watch wet.

These kind of photos are showing the watches in the some "natural" surroundings, and not the normal photos of watches on the kitchen table.

My third entry is "watches and water" photos.



And many more ....

My next "unusual" watch photo I have selected ;-) Is the official "hand in pocket" photo. Sometimes these photos have can give a "better" view of a watch than the normal watch photo of the watch on the table.
The "Hand in pocket" photos can give a different view of a watch, maybe a better view of the size of the watch, how does it look "on person", and in general a more natural view of a watch in "real life".

I "like" these photos - some are better than other - but these photos are has become a classic style for watch photos.
My second entry is "hand in pocket" photos.

Sometimes I find the normal Watch photos a little dull so sometimes I take some photos of my watch in "different" situations. So here are some few different ways to make watch photos.

My First entry is watches and food.