When taking watch photos do you set it to 10:10?
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Hello! Im new to collecting watches and also new to horology and im glad to have a community to discuss these things with.
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Nope. Let it fly whenever it happens to be.
I agree that watches tend to look best at either 10:10 or 1:50, but I usually just use whatever the current time is.
They are best for advertising photos so you can't miss the logo,but otherwise who cares? Anytime works.
Yes there’s an article about it that said that setting the watch at 10:10 on advertising sold more watches. Something about it looking like a smiley face.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/science-says-1010-hands-in-watch-ads-are-a-subliminal-soft-sell
Nope. Just whatever the time is. I should possibly have done something about the hands here, but it's still one of my favourite shots.
I usually just wait until the time that the hands aren't obscuring the branding
Yes when selling otherwise no
No. Mine look good all the time😜
I'm not selling my watches
Not typically, but today is the exception. #1010day
Not typically, but today is the exception. #1010day
Yeah!
NGL, ain't got the time (🤔🤏🏻) for that. Love using my tools and talking watches tho 😉.
Wouldn't be the right time that I took the picture if I changed the time 🙄😂