Horological Meandering

With all the attention given to grand feu enamel dials, I sometimes wonder if we undervalue really well done lacquer dial decoration. This Roger Dubuis Sympathie S34 is a case in point. Note the creamy tone, the smooth texture, and the subtle gleam. Consi...  

Same for our Hentschel P20. 6 layers of lacquer give a nice depth, very similar to enamel. Best, Nicolas ...  

minus the accursed date window. 😁

I can tell you that the Sympathie S34 is probably 30 years old, and the Caprice is pushing 25, and neither shows any signs of patination.

Not that these lacquered ones aren't spectacular. This is my only grand feu ..... This describes the process. lorologiese.com ...  

Each making a great case for first class lacquered dials. Best, Emmanuel

Geneva Quality HallMark or Poinçon de Geneve as they say in french.

I recently acquired a Bovet 19thirty and it has a guilloche lacquered dial and it is gorgeous! Another material i think is sort of underrated but not as underrrated as lacquer is porecelain or ceramic dials, they are so nice!! ...  

Porcelain can be gorgeous, and possibly as hard as fired enamel to pull off technically.

The quality applied to the Roger dubuis and luc dials are so sharp and glossy. I would have thought enamel unless told otherwise! I have a Girard Perregaux 4930, but I don't find the black lacquer of the dial to be finished as smoothly as the examples you...  

On the other hand, I have seen some Japanese lacquer pens that get the job done, so who knows.