Lankysudanese
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Thanks BFP. That was my previous impression, from his interviews on watchestv's youtube channel etc.
Sep 18, 2021,17:22 PM
A big fan of his work.
The video you embedded made it same like he DID perform all the tasks.
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Hi π All, Saw these lovely frosted gold watches. All I can say is
By: GLau : September 18th, 2021-16:29
WOW π€© !!! The photos donβt do justice on just how great they look and feel in the metal. Vincent the senior sales associate at AP house informed me that in 2016 AP started frosted gold in collaboration with famous jewelry designer Carolina Bucci (4th gene...
Interesting that Ap "brags" about doing the frosting like this...
By: BigFatPauli : September 18th, 2021-16:46
The actual traditional method, called peening, is the manual process of what they have imitated. Basically a small point and hammer make each tiny indentation. One. By. One. You can see it being done, by hand, at the 22 second mark in the video. And it's ...
No, he doesn't personally do all the finishing.
By: BigFatPauli : September 18th, 2021-17:10
As I understand it, there is a team of 6 people including him and his partner, Annabelle. Certain parts of the watch are also outsourced. The case, for example, are made by Jean-Pierre Hagmann so Rexhepi has help.
Thanks for enlightening us with peening ! Peening is definitely
By: GLau : September 19th, 2021-17:54
more tedious and labor intensive ! To me, the AP frosted gold watches look plenty good and apparently are highly sought after (see below reply by lankysudanese and holdemchamp1225). AP fully disclosed how they are made with time required and at no point c...
You are welcome !
By: GLau : September 19th, 2021-17:57
I do not even have one AP yet. Hence, none will be allocated to me. :-(
I couldn't pull one of these off...
By: mdg : September 18th, 2021-18:18
...but I think they are spectacular to look at. I wonder how different it is from how Grand Seiko does their platinum watch? Haute Time ...
wow, the Seiko
By: GLau : September 19th, 2021-17:58
looks very good ! Is it also frosted gold ?
Platinum.
By: mdg : September 19th, 2021-23:39
Not sureβ¦
By: mdg : September 25th, 2021-04:08
β¦but it looks to be done by hand, whether with a tool or a hammer. Hereβs a different version. Just look at the close-ups : )
ya, you are
By: GLau : September 19th, 2021-17:59
totally correct in your statement Justin(e) ! (where is your dress ??)
I would not
By: GLau : September 20th, 2021-13:47
dare to π
Thanks for sharing these photos, Gordon.
By: MichaelC : September 24th, 2021-12:01
I can't remember the last time I visited any store / boutique that had APs. It must be 3-4 years now in Las Vegas if I had to guess. So I greatly appreciate any and all photos from your visits I like the sky blue dial for ladies. It is stunning.