Wrist-Shot Photographer Hospitalized After Attempting to Capture 'Golden Hour' for Ninth Consecutive Hour

Amateur watch photographer and Instagram personality @DialPursuit was hospitalized Monday after spending nine continuous hours attempting to capture what he described as 'the perfect golden hour wrist shot' of his Tudor Black Bay 58. The 31-year-old content creator, whose real name is Kevin Platt, was found by his roommate on the apartment balcony at 2 a.m., still angling his left wrist toward a ring light he had modified to simulate sunset. 'He kept saying the lume indices weren't catching the light right,' the roommate told reporters. 'He'd taken over 4,000 photos. His camera roll was just wrist. Miles of wrist.' Platt was treated at Cedars-Sinai for repetitive strain injuries in both wrists, moderate dehydration, and what attending physician Dr. Sarah Molinari described as 'an unusually specific form of perfectionism that I have only seen in watch photography and competitive cake decorating.' Platt's Instagram account, which has 23,000 followers, features exclusively wrist shots taken against surfaces he refers to as 'macro environments' — steering wheels, coffee cups, and what appears to be a stack of philosophy books arranged by spine color. 'The algorithm demands content,' Platt said from his hospital bed, where he had already photographed his Tudor against the IV drip stand. 'If I don't post a wrist shot every 48 hours, engagement drops. It's a complication more demanding than any tourbillon.' Tudor has not commented, though the brand's social media team reportedly liked the IV drip photo within three minutes of posting. Platt says he plans to return to photography after a brief recovery period, during which he will 'only take flat lays.'