Prompt
A real photograph in the commercial still-life genre, captured on a medium-format digital sensor with a 100mm lens at f/11 for deep crisp focus edge to edge and ultrafine grain. A single large overhead softbox slightly front-left sends even directional light downward, laying clean specular accents on glossy finishes and short contact shading that falls directly beneath forms, finished in bright neutral colour with tight contrast and faithful material sheen.
Wide 16:9 frame. In bright even light on a pine table the pocket watch lies on a soft polishing cloth with a small tin of brass polish and a folded second cloth beside it, one half of the case rubbed bright and the other half still dull, a thin trail of polish on the cloth, seen from above and framed wide. No people, hands, text, numbers or inscriptions appear; every card, note, label and the watch face are blank or plain colour. The keepsake is always the same worn brass pocket watch with a cracked cream face with no numerals, a plain brass chain and a small dent on its case.
