JANUARY 2026 – A vintage digital sports watch by Casio. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Currently I am doing a bit of pre-spring cleaning and put the stuff that has been piling up over the years up for sale at a popular classifieds site in Germany.
The fun part for me is the shooting of the products. While I am not a professional product photographer (who I admire a lot, by the way) I like finding the angles and tweaks to make the product look good.
This image of a vintage sports watch by Casio was highly successful. Within an hour, two inquiries had come in, within a day a couple more. Which was unusual. I still feel there is nothing special about this watch – it is a basic vintage digital watch that supports all the basic funtions you’d expect, time & date, stopwatch, alarm function, background illumination. Heck, it is even on sale as new in online retail. This watch was about 8-9 years old, I had been wearing and using it a few times, it has scratches. Frankly, I have no idea. But it sold quickly.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s the photo that excited the folks? Then again, there is nothing special about the photo. It’s a smartphone image, quickly shot as one of many other products. I don’t know. Really.
Whatever. Please stop the inquiries now. This watch has been sold. 😉
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 22-JAN-2026, 09:35 |
| Location | Munich, Germany |
| Camera | Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G (SM-G990B2) |
| ISO | 320 |
| Exposure | n/a |
| Digital Image Source Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2092 x 3371 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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