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Glorious
but where is your Platinum RL - love it's blued second hand?
Best
Andreas
The Blues
By: AndrewD : July 26th, 2011-15:28
Who loves blued steel (or indeed other metals) in their watches? Screws, hairsprings, hands. Other parts? Bluing is a passivation process whereby a ‘protective’ non-reactive layer, only nanometres thick, is created or applied to the metal. In the case of ...
Gerber video
By: aaronm : July 26th, 2011-15:51
I'm a bit disappointed that he seems to be taking the stock plated screws from the movement and just polishing the plate off the head before bluing, leaving that garish "white" screw-slot.... Is that a molten salt he's using to keep a stable temperature o...
Blued screws
By: AndrewD : July 26th, 2011-18:35
Hi Aaron, I agree that it would be aesthetically preferable to have the slots polished and blued. It looks like Paul uses the same blued screws on the Retro Twin, but uses polished steel screws for the Model 33 (including the screwed chatons) and Model 41...
Here you go...
By: Tim Jackson : July 27th, 2011-11:19
This amazing piece is owned by gentleman purist friend of mine, It is the prototype Marin 3, meaning that it contains the design by Peter of the regulator and jumping hour mechanism, executed by one watchmaker in it's entirety over the course of 3 months....
Phenomenal!
By: expwmbat : July 28th, 2011-17:30
Thank you so much for the write-up and incredible pictures. I love everything about this watch. Question--what are the fine, curved mechanical wings, or whatever you call them, that are on the open face, and what do they do/how do they work? Cheers, Danie...
Blue is all I need
By: sebks1 : July 27th, 2011-03:19
Hi, For me blue is really a must on a watch... But it should be obtained with the only acceptable process: flame! Chemical blueing is just a poor imitation and only makes me think about cheap chinese productions... If not blueing it in the right way, why ...
love blue
By: donizetti : July 27th, 2011-11:36
and have something blue on almost every one I have or did have (just the moonphase disk but I decided it counts ...) The wonderful Blue Surf movement. This second hand is unfortunately painted. (OK, just the disk again) and the nicest blued hands last: Be...
Great shot of the HM1
By: AndrewD : July 28th, 2011-01:14
Is that the LE titanium version, Andrew? You really show the layers and depth in the dial (and I noticed the 'blue bits' as well!). I find I prefer large watches to be in lighter metals, otherwise I have to wear the straps tighter than I prefer, just to s...
Thanks Andrew
By: andrewluff : July 28th, 2011-01:34
Yes its the Ti version (LE of 8 pieces). It is the best combination and I agree with you it is very light so you can wear the strap normally rather than strangling your wrist. I love the blue hands and detail in this watch. Cheers Andrew
Mor blue....
By: SethRL : July 29th, 2011-07:40
My favorite blued hands are those on my V-H Classic, which is a twin to Tim's pictured above. I like this picture of mine which shows how startling blue the curved hands can be. Speaking of the shots posted by Tim, here's another of the same Habring COS (...