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Hi, I am new to octane. In fact, I dont even have it yet, haha. I have my computer coming in the morning and already have octane purchased. I am doing a job for a client and have been using luxrender. I have posted what I was able to get in luxrender, I dont think it's geat, and I want to make it better with octane. Any suggestions as how you might go about lighting and rendering this scene?

Product lighting is an art within itself. A good HDRI would do wonders for this and give an environment to reflect in the watch face.
A few things to take into consideration.
What is the watch made of?
what kind of metal or plastic or leather?
Shiny counter surface is not always best, but in Jewelry sometime it is desirable.
You have to present the product with little distraction.
There was a product light rig in one of the resource threads that may be of interest.