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Craig LA
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Question re: movement finishing

When addressing the finish quality of a watch movement, emphasis is often placed on decorative features, such as guilloche, Cotes de Geneve, perllage, and other engraving.  On the other hand, I have also often heard people include Roger Smith as among the best finished movements.  However, when I look at Roger Smith's movements, most appear undecorated and rather banal.  For example:

Yesterday, I was discussing watch movement finishing with a very knowledgeable collector and he stated that the undecorated finishing employed by Roger Smith and certain others is actually much more difficult and time consuming, and in his opinion, of a higher caliber. 

I would be greatful for more information regarding the nature, difficulty and quality of undecorated finishing techniques such as that used by Roger Smith.

Thanks,

Craig