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Love the Laine
Aug 12, 2019,00:39 AM
A friend bought one - beautiful dial and movement.
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It shouldn’t be high end
By: radone : August 5th, 2019-13:40
While cote de geneve or anglage take a lot of time, done by a hand coordinated machine, frosting is purely machinery.
We've had this discussion
By: Rapwatch : August 5th, 2019-13:53
many times and I remain in the camp frosted=lazy Sorry frosters, when youve seen the difference between good Cotes de Geneve and bad under good lighting...... I can do frosting but not good CDG. R
Didn't Daniels "frost" his movements?
By: John-E-Mac : August 5th, 2019-16:03
Until now, I never thought of ol' George as being lazy. Always open for a mind-blowing paradigm shift. May George "Lazy" Daniels rest in peace. -John
Not going to take your believes...
By: Pour le Mérite : August 5th, 2019-14:56
...but frosted finish is high likely sandblasted. If it’s good then it’s good, whatever method is used. Time changes and people should accept it!
High end (pending the process).
By: John-E-Mac : August 5th, 2019-16:23
Daniels goes into some detail under "Gilding" in his book "Watchmaking". George states, "After cleaning and scratch-brushing, the surface will be a lustrous, matt, lemon-yellow colour which will resist stains and oxidation. The contrast of blue screws, po...
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By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : August 5th, 2019-16:40
Love the Laine
By: Spartacus : August 12th, 2019-00:39
A friend bought one - beautiful dial and movement.
For me, it is definitely frosted
By: sham1 : August 5th, 2019-19:18
I look forward to receiving my RW Smith Series 2 with its frosted movement and I am enjoying my Lang and Heyne Friedrich III with its frosted movement The sublime RW Smith Series 2 - not to everyone's taste perhaps The Friedrich III ...
Frosted!
By: designer : August 5th, 2019-22:45
you can do anglage before passing the cote de geneva stripes..... easy if machine is adjusted perfectly... and there is a big difference of these too... better have closer look of the good ones versus factory ones.. Frosted, you need to retouch the bevels...
Stay frosty!
By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : August 6th, 2019-05:56
I just wanted to use that expression! Thanks for pointing out that work goes into a frosted finish.