David Walter
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Encouraging post
Hi Aditya,
You fortunate to have received such widespread encouragement to your new watch, the work is tidy and regular but as Vianney says,it has an academic look which will evolve to your personal style as you produce more watches.
As you have troubles with finding a good plating service I suggest you try to create a frost finish to the plates which can still be bevelled and look great.
Have you tried the jewelery district in Mumbai for a source of rhodium plating ?
I will be in India, possibly in March and perhaps also in Pune if you PM me I will try to visit when I am there.
David
Another skeleton wristwatch
Some of you might remember seeing the skeleton wristwatch I posted some time back, here- ahci.watchprosite.com Well, I have made another one. This one is based on the Swiss ETA-6498. What do you think? Kind regards Aditya...
Love this one
over all work is more neat than the first one love the current hands more than the previous one, a blued screws would add a charm to the watch.... Keep up the good work . Faisal
Good job!
I think you've made a beautiful watch! I somehow prefer the dual tone on the first one though, but like the newer movement and hands. Looking forward to see more!
Catchy point of view
while looking to it i was saying hummm... something should be added to it for additional charm beside the blue screws.... and yes the two tone is the answer... two tone within the movement it self would be seductive to see different finishing on the insid...
Thank you!
I too prefer the two tone look. However, I have been unable to identify a good source for rhodium plating locally. Kind regards Aditya
Thank you for the compliments :-)
I could have blued the screws but I have reserved blue for the hands and dial markers. Kind regards Aditya
To know what that means...
...when you write it, gavla, it is necessary first to know why you would hold such a strong view, and perhaps what you would find 'not ugly'. What are your particular tastes? Cheers, pplater.
...not my cup of tea
..if is not possible give critics in here, maybe is better chance this site nocriticspurists....Is the only comments what you can put here is WOW WOW...? In my eye, that movement is ugly! ( like UN machine made maxi-skelet ) Thanks, gavla from Jura
Wow! If I said it is a moronic comment.......
It would have the same effect. But not knowing you, I would never say a thing like that. J.
Well, as you know, gavla...
Well, as you know, gavla... ..."WOW WOW" is perfectly acceptable if that is how you choose to express your appreciation for a particular watch; perhaps a Blancpain (http://Home.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-17/pi-5026473/ti-758563/s--3/) or perhaps a...
Your answer gave me a lot of ppleasure, pplater. ;)
Perfectly written, and how true. Admirative, Nicolas, the wicked French.
Merci, mon ami méchant!...
You don't miss much, do you, Nicolas? ;-) Cheers, pplater.
Well first of all there seems to be a lot of progress on the level of quality.
A much cleaner design and the level of workman ship seems to have improved. All the parts seem to be much better finished, polished. The first watch seemed a little to be an assemblage of used parts, whereas this watch seems like new. A very nice result e...
love the way you put it
for the first one as "assemblage "... i share the same point of view on the second watch. Faisal
Thanks for the kind words :-)
The 'assemblage' nature of the first watch is due in some part to the patchy rhodium plating. In fact it has taken me the better part of two years to identify a good local source for gold plating (he does not do rhodium). Also, I have not the courage to s...
very nice
I am generally not that into skeletion watches but this one came out very well ... like the steampunk appeal of the gold movement juxtaposed with the blued screws. Keep it up! Best Andreas
well done
it looks good, I think. I think... and improvement from the first one, both on the shape of the blued hands and dots. Also the more homogenious gold plating is an improvement. not bad at all! I think its impressive that you have taught your self to make w...
Execution is fine, focus more on design
I agree will most of the above examples, two-tone would be nice as well as the blued screws. I have no skill in building watches, but since this site is about opinions I'll give what I have. Personally, I would like to see a more pleasing aesthetic with r...
Great effort!
Perhaps a bit less skeletonization would work better. But substantially better finishing on this one. Did you make the case too? I like what I can see. Perhaps you can post a few pics of the case? J.
Thanks!
I do intend to reduce the skeletonization on the next one so that the bevels/ anglage can be larger. I buy the cases. What I like about this case is that it is just a shade over 41mm and so the movement really fills it up. There is no movement ring requir...
Nice job, indeed !
Hello aditya, I have considered the pictures of your skeleton watch and found the job well done and deserving a word. I understand from the post that you have learnt watchmaking on your own and I guess you use the technics, material and tools that are ava...
Bravo Vianney!...
That is wonderful support for one of our enthusiasts. Hopefully aditya will be able to take up your invitation so that we might see a 'back to the future' piece from India one day! Kudos to you both. Cheers, pplater.
That's so cool. I literally started to write "Wow"!
What a kind gesture -- the nicest thing I have read all week. Best, CaliforniaJed
Thank you, Vianney!
This was a most enlightening post, and very constructive not just for the original poster, but for all the watch lovers here on the site. Thank you so much for taking the time to offer us your learned perspective. Your post made my day. Cheers, Daos
At first ........
At first I thought this is an elaborate prank. "He has only made 11 posts, is it really him?" I said to myself On a serious note, Mr. Halter, I would have been happy enough if all you had said was that it is ugly. The fact that you have taken the trouble ...
der you go again Vianney . . . .
"1/ Your design is neat and classical, perhaps a little too much academic. However, nothing surprising as it is your first jobs" Your comment presupposes dat dis isn't da exact æsthetic dat Aditya is desirous of. Considering A.S.'s complete body of w...
Gracious indeed.
To echo others' sentiments, thank you Vianney for responding so helpfully and graciously! In tribute, as it were, I just put my Classic out to be tomorrow's watch!
Not much that I can add!
Once Vianney has opined, I don't believe that anyone will care too much what Gary thinks But here goes anyway I like it. As context, I am a sucker for both skeletons and asymmetric dials, so this one is a natural for me. I also like the way that one of th...
Thank you for the comments!
... and the offer to engrave. Now if someone can do rhodium plating we are in business Kind regards Aditya
Encouraging post
Hi Aditya , You fortunate to have received such widespread encouragement to your new watch, the work is tidy and regular but as Vianney says,it has an academic look which will evolve to your personal style as you produce more watches. As you have troubles...
This is becoming more & more unreal!
Mr. Walter, I cannot thank you enough for your comments & generous offer. PM sent Kind regards Aditya
You are having a great week!
First, encouragement from one of the greatest watchmakers of all time, and now an offer to visit from one of our very few greatest clockmakers! I hope that you know who David Walter is, because it is a remarkable thing that he has responded to you. In my ...
And importantly, both AHCI members...
Where else, really, would you have ever seen two rock stars (sorry David - two folk heroes???) of the craft so freely offering up their time to a neophyte? Grab these offers with both hands, Aditya! Cheers, pplater.
I do not need to be told twice!
I need to buy a red carpet.............. This message has been edited by aditya on 2012-01-07 21:10:33
I have not stopped pinching myself!
I am aware of who Mr. Walter is. My wife complains that when I am not fooling around with watches I can be found surfing the internet for information on horology Kind regards Aditya
My wife has the same complaint...
...but I do not have your talent! Best wishes, Gary
Hi
Hi Aditya, Its really fantastic to see your work, specially coming from India, and it deserves all the positive responses you are receiving, including that from David Walter, who's clock work I feel is unrivaled today. I've been on and off the Purists for...
Thanks for the comments Rishad!
It was great speaking on the phone. Looking forward to meeting up. Kind regards Aditya
Not bad at all.
I like the way it looks, it looks like a "toy" to me. It reminds me, in some way, the finishing A.Silberstein gave to the Progress tourbillon movements for his watches. Nice watch. Thanks. Vte
Nice improvements
I really liked your first model and this one shows much improvements. I really like it. Would not mind buying one )