I’m always in some busy setting standing or sitting around with nothing much else to do. Airport waiting to board. Coffee shop waiting for order. Kids sporting event waiting for my kid to start. And so on.
It’s always my camera phone and always lucky if the conditions, lighting, distance, etc are favorable. I’ve gotten some okay zoom shots but everyone has to be sitting around pretty still with good lighting. If I get what look like decent close ups, I’m usually in a venue with lots of seating like a theatre or sporting arena with lots people sitting close to one another. An example of a time I saw lots of watches but couldn’t get a decent snap was in line for ride at an amusement park. Too much stop and go movement and everyone shuffling around, plus I’m usually with friends and family engaged in conversation to combat the boredom rather than sitting around by myself.
Often the settings where I get good pics aren’t conducive to conversation. If they were I might ask a person about the watch they’re wearing since I’m usually wearing an interesting (to me) watch most of the time that I would be happy to chat about. Tho I am a touch on the introverted side.
Funny example was when I was traveling alone for business not long ago. Everyone but one person in my row on the airplane was wearing an interesting watch. I had my Japan Racing Speedy, the guy across the isle had a Date Just and the women on the other side of him had a Tank. The guy next to me on my side of the isle was the one without—he had a smart watch. I got a pic of the Date Just because it was right across the isle staring me in the face but the guy was plugged into his iPad zoned out and there wasn’t a chance to ask him about it. The lady with the tank was on the other side of him but the lighting in the plane wasn’t good enough to get a zoom pic.
At the very end of the flight when waiting to deplane, the smart watch guy next to me asked about my watch. He said he recognized Omega as a nice watch brand but hadn’t seen one with “cool colors” like mine.
