Omega Speedmaster under a microscope - Slow motion close-ups...

kev017 · Post by **kev017** » Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:58 am

Thought this worth sharing. This guy has some serious equipment and showed various parts of the watch both up close and at a slower frame rate to show what is going on.

missF · Post by **missF** » Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:06 am

That's marvellous!

Thanks for posting!

strapline · Post by **strapline** » Thu Jan 09, 2025 10:08 am

That is remarkable, thanks so much for sharing. The equipment that guy is using! What on earth would the cost of that set up be. Struggling to get my head round 10,000 frames per second. Nice to see that he could incorporate a fish tank in his uber scientific demonstration.

Des

Chris GB · Post by **Chris GB** » Thu Jan 09, 2025 3:03 pm

I find this sort of geekery absolutely fascinating, I love the way"precision" machinery wobbles about

JAFO · Post by **JAFO** » Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:14 pm

I saw that. Amazing computer control to maintain the lens at a constant distance to the watch.

iain · Post by **iain** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:36 am

That was excellent and I really enjoyed watching it, thanks for sharing.

Ferg really needs to up his photography game now…….

albionphoto · Post by **albionphoto** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:18 pm

And I wonder what that white blob was... Great video.

UncleLoco · Post by **UncleLoco** » Fri Jan 10, 2025 5:51 pm

Fascinating… I’m not sure what was more interesting, his gear/setup or the range of motion shown by the magnification and frame rate. Thanks for sharing.

Chris375 · Post by **Chris375** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:17 pm

That was an amazing video. Thank you @kev017 for posting

Cheers,
Chris

tikkathree · Post by **tikkathree** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:42 pm

Utterly captivating on a number of levels: the mechanical functioning of the watch, the "real purpose" of such kit - camera and lens doesn't seem to cover it and what do you say to your Omega AD?

timepieces_and_bags · Sun Jan 12, 2025 11:56 am

Just got round to watching this and it’s fascinating. Particularly how the chronograph engages; I’d never really thought of how they engaged before.

Presumably the photographic equipment costs thousands and then he uses an upturned aquarium as the table

As an Apollo 8 owner I’m now going to spend the day squinting really hard at the back of it…

Post by **welshlad** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:05 pm

What a great video. Utterly fascinating.

timepieces_and_bags · Post by **timepieces_and_bags** » Thu Jan 23, 2025 2:36 am

I learnt two things today:

1. An iPhone camera is not as good as thousands of pounds’ worth of photographic video equipment; and
2. Nevertheless it’s quite fascinating to use the zoom to look at the back of one’s watch.

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