Posts made by JDelage

This is my new grail (dress) watch: Laurent Ferrier Classic Origin Beige. As they say, if I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell, but there would be signs...

De Bethune's are all gorgeous.

I like the idea but I'll note that my soft release button is on a hiking trail somewhere in the Dolomites. What is screwed can get unscrewed...

In the past, I've found the Czapek to be a bit disappointing, in that the face is bland compared to the back. Well, that's no longer the case thanks to their new release, the 10th Anniversary Time Jumper. It features a double digit time jump based on clear sapphire disks rotating over a blue colored plate. I think it's stunning. Not an everyday watch of course... (Also exists in gold.)

Leicas were my grail cameras, but they might be replaced in my heart by the new Hasselblad X2D II 100C. That 10 stop IBIS is amazing! I've seen examples of handheld shots that were 4 seconds!

(Of course the camera is over $7k, without lenses...)

@Jett129 said in Photograph and Camera talk:

@JDelage Really cool shots. Any insights into the settings you were experimenting with would be appreciated as I’m heading to Venice tomorrow.

Sorry, I missed that as I was traveling. I have a bunch of pics to review from our 5 days in Val Gardena, in the Dolomites. I've been using the recipes from Reggie Ballesteros, whose content on Youtube I found very useful. This is is B&W recipe. I found it super useful both in cities and the mountains, and I think it'd work well indoors too. This is other recipe, and is a color one. It works well indoors and for street photo, but I didn't like the colors in the mountain, esp. the skies.

A few pics from our current stay in Florence + side trip in Siena. I'm experimenting with a couple sets of custom settings (aka recipes), so although those are all straight out of the camera, they were processed by the camera differently.

Omega semi vintage GMT with brick road bracelet.

I'm not sure it's fair to say Rolex manipulates anything. There's a situation where demand > supply. The normal way to resolve that would be to raise prices until supply = demand. Would it be better? Maybe, but it wouldn't change anything for me. They could use a lottery system, or a priority list, etc, but that would require undermining their dealers, which is a big ask of a manufacturer.

I have hi-beat and hand wound. I have 0 interest in the spring drive for some reason.

@louisbosco Will do. I'm just starting to figure out. Those cameras are getting more and more sophisticated and video adds an entire chapter of things to know (or at least be aware of).

Beautiful pictures @Marc2706 , and this young woman's mesmerizing.

New camera day. I’ve been getting frustrated with the bulk of my Canon slr and will try a new approach: small body, single prime fixed lens, new ecosystem… The camera itself is very pretty and well made.

No, it has a balsamic / honey reduction with sumac, but I've seen some recipes online for similar salads that do incorporate lime.

I’m also bringing a peach / mint salad. There will be lambchops and a mint anaro cocktail…

We have a theme dinner party tomorrow at our friends’. Part ipants bring dishes according to a theme. The theme tomorrow is mint, so I made home made mint chocolare chips ice cream, with the mint from our yards. It’s yummy. Making the chocolate chips was more difficult than I expected…

Grand Seiko released a new iteration of its 37mm hand wound model. What makes it particularly exciting is (1) the bead of rice bracelet, which is amazing, and (2) a soft silver face, which is probably the most ever pleasing dial treatment one can want. I bought the bracelet separately and put it on a different iteration of the same watch and I love it.

https://grandseikoboutique.us/products/watch-manual-37mm-bracelet-sbgw305

@tvaillant75 said in Watches - another OCD problem:

Something a bit out there but I really love it. Louis Erard's regulateur in collaboration with Alain Silberstein.

They've done a lot of cool collabs. I like the ones w/ Konstantin Chaykin.

@LewisStonehouse said in Watches - another OCD problem:

On the subject of great divers, I picked this up for my old man on his 60th birthday. He quickly told me it knocks my submariner clean out the room

SBGH255? Amazing watch but b.i.g.!

I agree the MM300 is prettier, but the bezel’s impossible to operate with wet fingers. I have the fully auto GS diver. It’s a great watch (but it’s thicc!)