1800s pocket watch chain

My farther in law is a keen watch mender and today he was working on a pocket watch from the early 1800s.
These Fusee chains that powered the watch where hand made by orphan children between the 1500s to the early twentieth century, this one is shown on a one pence piece to give a size scale.
I found his knowledge very interesting and I happened to have the camera with me so I snapped a quick shot before he put the watch back together, the amazing thing is it worked ...

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Thank you for sharing that awesome information, Killerclown. Great shot; sure are extremely small chains!

cool!

Ishrani wrote in post #15827285
Thank you for sharing that awesome information, Killerclown. Great shot; sure are extremely small chains!

Thanks Ishrani, I wish I knew how to stack maybe this would have turned out better, but I was just amazed that old watches actually had chains in them not to mention how they were made and by whom.
I took this @ f/16 and only a small section is in focus, 3x mag, do you think focus rails would help for this type of shot? or should I be ok hand held and flash and still get a decent stack.......

Wow super cool!!

Interesting shot - guess you would need the keen eyesight of a child to be able to make that !
brian V.

KILLERCLOWN wrote in post #15827331
Thanks Ishrani, I wish I knew how to stack maybe this would have turned out better, but I was just amazed that old watches actually had chains in them not to mention how they were made and by whom.
I took this @ f/16 and only a small section is in focus, 3x mag, do you think focus rails would help for this type of shot? or should I be ok hand held and flash and still get a decent stack.......

I have never attempted stacks but I spend lots of time observing... I do believe that a focus rail could help as it offers more precision but offers no other advantages over manual focus, according to what I have read.

I don't think its lacking anything by having the dof as it is. The links are all the same, so attention is drawn to enough of them to make shot pleasing. The main thing is that the focal plane is rather parallel to the section in focus.