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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fly fishing on a hill loch, Argyll

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Amazing. Currently out on the loch, boat fishing with dry flies, but not getting many nibbles…

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy International Whale Shark Day (photo from the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti)

A young male whale shark, about twelve feet long, near the surface of the water.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Troxy gig in November ‘24. Perry’s last show.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The recently-released Schofield Skeptiko watch, cased in Ultem (a high performance polymer).

A three-handed watch with a case made of Ultem - a polymer used in aeronautics. The hour and minute hand have large blocks of luminescent material. The metal dial is brushed to create contrast with a triangle that runs from the 12 o’clock position spreading out between the 7 and 5. “Schofield” is written at the bottom of that triangle.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Chatsworth lion, after Fay Godwin

A sleeping lion, with its head resting on its paw, carved in stone

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Just going back through some photos from 2017. Any chance this is a Halmahera keelback (Tropidonophis punctiventris)? 🐍

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

…and I think this is the female:

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) #invertefest

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Anna’s Hummingbird, Henderson NV (Birds! 🦉)

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Accidental, slightly atemporal, photograph of the desert / foothills outside Las Vegas. I didn’t mean to shoot B&W or to add so much grain; reminded me off a pre-Hoover Dam aerial reconnaissance picture.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Some great diving. The Standardwing was awesome

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Dotted sea hare (Aplysia punctata) in a rock pool on Ouaisne Beach, Jersey 🐙

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I think I’ve bumped into these guys too… Quadrella coronata, possibly, in Lembeh, Indonesia

Quadrella coronata, a soft coral crab, white in colour with its chelipeds (first limb) outstretched. The crab is on a soft coral.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

From 2007. Probably the last time we were in Tanzania.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I did something very similar when in Egypt last year - so many good birds

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Also see the linked photos (www.theguardian.com/culture/gall...) including this one

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Also local. But just down the road from that Scottish postcard you sent me

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

How did I buy you a set of glove stretchers instead of grape scissors? Perhaps we were talking about things *even more esoteric* than grape scissors?

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Neuromancer: original artwork for the graphic novel by Bruce Jensen, up for auction at Christie’s @greatdismal.bsky.social

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I guess this is a victory for #teamwatchnerd. Probably

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Been confusing people on IG by posting #latergrams and realised that this place was probably a far better place to post them. These are from a trip down the Thames to the Red and Shivering Sands forts…

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

From Lembeh - Amphiscolos sp.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

Tickets were relatively straightforward - all the Egyptian national monuments accept credit / debit cards and seem to require non-Egyptians to use them rather than take Egyptian Pounds in cash. The pyramids were as impressive as you would imagine. Monumental in size. (6/x)

The pyramid of Khafre, on the Giza Plateau, showing the remains of cladding at the top

The base of the Pyramid of Khufu, showing the massive stone blocks used to build the 138.5m edifice. It took c27 years and was built in c2600 BC

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

Now home to embassies (including the huge, white, rather brutal US embassy), Garden City was meticulously planned. It looks a little down at heel today, and many buildings seemed to be vacant, but is home to the exceptionally cute Falak Gallery and Bookstore (4/x)

A black and white map showing the winding, curvy streets of the Garden City neighbourhood in Cairo, on the banks of the Nile.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Spotted a bird out on the Nile, around the First Cafaract - looked like a Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) but it was in the middle of a load of brush, and hard to photograph. When I came to review the photos on a (slightly) larger screen, I found something unexpected. It had been taken by a snake…

Black masked shrike, in a dense bush, with what looks to be a tree snake that has, presumably, killed it

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Nile Valley Sunbird (Hedydipna metallica), African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis), Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and a Black Stork (Ciconia nigra), from trip around Aswan #birds #ornithology

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

Had a fantastic morning birding around Aswan. Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) and White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) were standouts, along with black stork, Egyptian vulture and spoonbill #ornithology #birds

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

The Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River at the Japan House in London is lovely. Well worth a visit if you’re in the area (Kensington High Street). Handcrafts (woodworking and embroidery), food, culture and language of the indigenous people of northern Japan.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

A portrait of Charles Waterton by C W Peale (1824) seen last night at the NPG. Waterton met Peale while he was in Philadelphia - the artist’s son took him home after Waterton complained about the lack of good tea in the US (sigh). The cat illustrates Waterton’s new (bad) taxidermy method.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

And now there’s a sixth model. This one is named for the Ocean of Storms on the Moon (Oceanus Procellarum). It’s all black, with white markers and hands. I’d have added a splash more yellow, to echo the hyper-local nudibranch they chose to go with it - Okenia luna - picked for its name, obviously.

Black Blancpain x Swatch “Scuba” with black case, bezel and dial, and bright white markings and hands. It comes on a black and white striped NATO-style strap

The back of the watch, showing the (largely plastic) movement and large central, brass-coloured screw. The back is printed: SCUBA Fifty Fathoms Ocean of Storms, and has a multi colour print of Okenia luna, a nudibranch, which is largely white, with yellow tips to its gills and mantle protrusions

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Love those banded coral shrimp

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Remarkable “clock” coming up for auction at Bonhams - rotating duck eggs act as “dials”. It’s rumoured to be one of Bregguet’s inventions. Probably.

A remarkable early 20th century mechanical display timepiece with calendar, moonphase and tidal dials, all hand painted on seven white duck eggs

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

#fossilfriday Aeger tipularius shrimp (Jurassic, from Solnhofen, Germany) seen at the Harvard Museum of Natural History 🦴 🦖🦀

Fossil of a shrimp from the Jurassic period

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Feels like an appropriate time to share some photos of memento mori watches… this one is (one of many) on display at the Science Museum in the Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries and belonged to Queen Mary (1867-1953), wife of George V. The Queen presented it to Henry Wellcome in the 1930s #watchnerd ⌚️

Silver model of a human skull which opens up to show a pocket watch inside inscribed with skull and cross bones

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Thank you. Three more, from Lembeh.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

A couple from Halmahera for International Sea Slug Day🦑🌿

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

There was a remarkable exhibition of Dame Lucie Rie’s work - The Adventure of Pottery - at Kettle’s Yard earlier this year. Recently, I’ve been thinking about all the pots I’ve never thrown (and, almost definitely, never will).

Two of Dame Lucie Rie’s pots - a bowl and a vase - seen through gauze

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

First time visit to the Maunsell Forts (on the Waverley, of all things). X-Pilot can be seen in the third photo.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Just on holiday, visiting Boston. Had a lovely time with a young humpback whale calf yesterday…

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Here’s an excerpt from Swatch Group’s 2022 sustainability report, highlighting the commitment to offer durable products that can be repaired. These watches can’t even be recycled. This feels like a move in the wrong direction - an opportunity missed - at odds with public commitments (19/x)

Excerpt from the Swatch Group’s 2022 Sustainability Report, showing one of the Topics for Swatch Group -
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns:
- Durable products, enabling repairs.
- Recycling and a circular economy.
- Environmental considerations in the supply chain.
-Working conditions in the supply chain
- Avoid waste.
It also shows the “Commitments” towards this Topic:
-Offer durable products that can be repaired.
- Take into account sustainability in the supply chain.
- Use sustainable materials.
-Continue to increase the amount of recycled materials used.
-Switch to bio-based material.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

There’s a mechanical, self-winding movement in the Scuba FF, which you can see below. Sistem51 refers to the number of components. That “screw” in the centre is meant to hold it all together. It’s a sealed unit; regulated by robot. It’s a throwaway movement - you can’t even open the case (15/x)

View through the clear caseback of the Scuba Fifty Fathoms showing the printed bridges, backplate and rotor of the Sistem51 automotive movement. The parts are printed with a map of the Atlantic Ocean, and the underneath of the caseback has a picture of a glaucus nudibranch

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

But this watch is also the second of Swatch’s “collaborations” with brands within the broader corporate structure. The first was the MoonSwatch, a huge financial success (please see this excellent article by my friend Tim Barber for more details - www.wired.com/story/how-th...) (12/x)

The multicoloured Swatch x Omega Moonswatches. Bioceramic versions of the infamous Omega Speedmaster - “the first watch worn on the Moon”.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

That advert was lifted from Blancpain’s book from the last major milestone (1953-2023). This year marks seventy years of the Fifty Fathoms. We’ve already seen three special editions for that anniversary (like the FF 70th Anniversary Act 1 Series III), and this Swatch version ties in with that (11/x)

Modern Blancpain Fifty Fathoms - the same black dial, but this time with markers at 12, 3, 6 and 9. Bold white hands and a slim white seconds hand, tipped in red. Large sapphire bezel with a diamond at 12, and 15, 30 and 45min markers. The watch is shown on a black fabric strap.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Interestingly, Rolex also released *their* dive watch in 1953 (the Submariner). Both claim that they built the first modern divers. Anyway, the first Fifty Fathoms was actually rather good - and rather good looking. The strange circles at the bottom of the dial change colour when damp / wet! (10/x)

Early press advert for the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, showing the stainless steel watch and band, and black dial of the watch. The dial has markers rather than numerals and is surrounded by a black rotating bezel. This is marked at 15, 30 and 45 minutes to time dives.

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Noodlefish @noodlefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Finally, an Antarctic sea slug - Tritoniella Belli. According to the Sea Slug Forum, Tritoniella is a monotypic genus and “probably defends itself chemically against predators by using chimyl alcohol that it obtains from its food, the soft coral Clavularia frankliniana” - which is nice (7/x)

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