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Useful, though...
... as white slots are a pretty decent indicator that the manufacturer has been cutting costs and corners. If they cannot even bother to properly heat-blue their screws, other cheap materials and techniques are sure to hide under the plates...
For the record, though: Habring most certainly do not do this. Their screws and hands are blued in the proper manner, and right pretty they are, too...
Alex
Habring2 Tourbillon 3D... to blue or not to blue?
Happy New Year, fellow PuristS! I am really enjoying sharing the progress of my bespoke Habring2 Tourbillon 3D with you all. Please see blow for the story so far: ahci.watchprosite.com Maria and Richard have kindly sent another photograph and it's all sta...
Difficult decisions
Wish I could help, but all this seems very personal don't you think. Cannot waite to see the finished product. Best regards, George
Don't make it too easy for them -
Get flat polished, blued screws with "clear" polished bevels!
Useful, though...
... as white slots are a pretty decent indicator that the manufacturer has been cutting costs and corners. If they cannot even bother to properly heat-blue their screws, other cheap materials and techniques are sure to hide under the plates... For the rec...
I hate those chemichally blued ones, too...
...which is why I didn't suggest it. Frankly, I don't think they'd do that even if you asked them to. Also, as I hope was evident from the smiley, I was only joking. I wouldn't tie the screw finish to that of the hands, but it certainly needs to be in har...
I know what I would choose...
...but I'm more interested in seeing what you go with. Then I'll know if we ended up at the same place! Thanks for sharing the pictures! What an exciting project! Cheers, Daos
Flat blued
It'll look beautiful with the red jewels... That's what gives the beauty to the Breguet La Tradition too!...
Flat and polished.
Blued screws are logical in some specific contexts like Lange... if not, they look like gimmicks. I would prefer polished screws to give a more classy touch. Fr.Xavier
Tough question
Blued screws seem to be more trendy and a gut reaction that we so often may have (after all, they are hand blued, and isn't that great). I suspect, however,that non-blued may be more in keeping with the Habring2 aesthetic and simply work better here. Unle...
If I remember correctly from your previous post
You have a chronometer style dial with silver hands. Then I would personally choose polished screws. If your hands were blued, then I would choose blued screws also. Regards, Richard.
As a JLC devotee...
...I was "taught" that the blued screws (with properly blued slots, of course) are one hallmark of excellent craftmanship. As a result, I've long had a preference for blued screws. That said, to me the Habring design ethos is more consistent with the simp...
I've emailed Maria & Richard with my decision...
Flat polished screws! Blued screws were very tempting, and the Habrings do it beautifully (can't wait to see those big leaf hands once blued), however, my brief for this was: "I wanted something reminiscent of a marine chronometer, highly legible, ultra h...
