Independents

Mostly finished

 

Hello all!

Just wanted to share some pics of the watch I made at WOSTEP. I just finished the school in May and now am just chilling back at home in Canada. Unfortunately I didn't have the best photography set up here to take some good photos, but these will have to do for now. Let me know what you think.

If you don't know anything about me or my project, you can go to nowyouknowiknowthatyouknow to see how I got to this point.

But a little bit of brief info:

The watch is based on the gear train of a ETA 6498, so that I could use some of the same parts like the wheels and winding parts. I decided to add a few complications, power reserve, moon phase and a stop for the balance. I designed the bridges myself along with the balance bridge which I am most proud of. The bridge was hand engraved by Hanne at Gravalance Engraving. I made the stud holder and swan neck adjustment as well as the regulator and regulating pins. The watch has a new click design and new pallet fork bridge. All the bridges except the pallet fork are made from untreated german silver. Every screw (about 35) in the watch were made by myself and blued individually. The gear train wheels are circular grained and plated with rose gold. I made the dial by hand from a single piece of brass which was sandblasted and coated with a black rhodium finish. All the hands were designed and made by me as well. The case body was from another watch I had, but had to be modified, and I had to make the caseback myself. The strap is made from hand stitched alligator. Hope you like it!