We've all got a watch on our wrist. No excuse then not to use it as a subject to practise our "product" photography. Photographing watches can be very frustrating if you are not experienced in the genre. Reflections are the main problem, from the face crystal, from the face itself, from the case and from the strap. Some use polarising filters to try and eliminate some of the reflections. I never do because I don't think they offer an acceptable solution. I just control the lighting and the angle of view to eliminate reflections. This goes hand-in-hand with the correct choice of lens and the angle of view, which may also lead to a problem with perspective distortion. Why don't you give it a try - it can be enormous fun.
This was taken with a Canon Eos 7D and a Canon EF 50mm compact macro lens set to f16, 1/60th ISO 200. Lighting was with two Elinchrom 500ws heads, both fitted with softboxes.
You don't need strobe units or softboxes - you can use open shade with white card reflectors. Try it!
