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Kurono Tokyo, the brand founded by the independent watchmaker Hajime Asaoka, chose one of my photographs for their published book.
I mention it because in this corner of the world that is the only credential that counts for much. Anybody can say they photograph watches well. Rather fewer have been asked by a Japanese watchmaker to put a frame in print.
Everything from a G-Shock to a Rolex has been through my hands, bought, worn, photographed and eventually sold.
A watch photograph goes wrong when the person holding the camera does not know what a buyer is looking for. They light it beautifully and miss the thing the buyer actually wants to see, or they hide the very detail that would have built trust.
Having sat on both sides of a sale changes what you point the camera at.
Tell me what you are sending and how many pieces. I will send back a price and the shipping address.
I will tell you exactly how to pack it. Ship insured for full value, with no brand names anywhere on the outside of the box.
Reference and serial recorded, and the piece photographed before anything is handled, so its condition on arrival is documented.
Within three business days of arriving. Ten fully edited images per piece.
Packed the way it came, shipped insured, and your images delivered through a private cloud link at full resolution.
A generated image is not your watch. It is something that resembles your watch.
For a brand new product where every unit is identical, that distinction may not matter much. For a pre-owned piece it is the whole transaction. The buyer is not admiring a watch in general. They are studying that case for hairlines, that bezel for fade, that bracelet for stretch, and deciding from those details whether you are someone to trust with several thousand dollars.
No model can generate the true condition of one specific object, because it has never seen it. And marketplaces are increasingly removing listings where the images misrepresent the item, which turns a saved fee into a closed account.
Honest photographs of real wear sell better than flattering ones, because a buyer who feels informed bids with confidence.
Inventory arrives in batches and goes back on a regular cycle. Volume pricing applies across the whole batch, which is where this gets genuinely cheap per piece.
One good piece, listed properly. The photographs usually pay for themselves several times over on anything above a few thousand dollars.
Documenting what you own, whether for your own records, for insurance, or simply because a collection deserves to be photographed properly once.
Chrono24, eBay, WatchCharts, Collecting Cars, Bring a Trailer for the watch auctions, dealer websites, Instagram, and printed material. The licence has no platform limit and no expiry, so one set covers all of it.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Single piece, 10 edited images | $300 |
| 10 pieces or more, price per piece | $200 |
| 30 pieces or more, price per piece | $150 |
Shipping is paid by the client in both directions and should be insured for full value. Everything else, including editing and delivery, is in the price above.
Tell me what you are sending and how many. You will get a price and the shipping address back within a few hours.