Interview: Atom Moore: Watches Photographed Through The Eyes Of A Collector
Atom Moore, a New York City-based photographer, presents an exhibition of watch photography next month. "Watch Portraits" will open Thursday, September 3, 2015, with a reception at Sacred Gallery in SoHo from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. The exhibition will feature selections from two styles of photography Moore has developed over two years of working in the watch industry: macros, or extreme close-ups of one element of a modern watch; and mash-ups, or composites of images taken of several examples of the same model of vintage watch. 1 OF 9 On a searing late-August evening, Moore sat down with me in the Library Bar in the NoMad Hotel. We discussed what inspired him to photograph and collect watches. What began with a collection of Swatches (Moore owns “about 50,” by his reckoning) blossomed into a burgeoning collection that encompasses brands such as Jaeger LeCoultre and Breguet. Moore attributes this exposure to the wider world of watch collecting to R

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A thread to discuss the merits of those Golden Ellipse's we like the best.Remember there are no winners and there certainly are no losers.Just a discussion of which Golden Ellipse's we like and why.Pictures are a must whenever possible, remember it's awfully hard to discuss the beauty of something without a picture.There are only 4 models in this category, who would like to start?

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