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David L.
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Prototype timepiece.

 Hi guys,

It’s been quite a while since my last post, unfortunately I’m not very active here. 

I would like to share with you my latest creation. I’m interested to hear what you think of it.

What you see on the picture is my new prototype piece that I'm making for myself. (I had this idea for a long time) Apart from a couple of ETA components I designed and hand crafted everything in-house. (Without CNC) All together I manufactured over 50 components from scratch for this timepiece. As you can see the case is a very simple but rather unusual rectangular lugless design with a rectangular movement that I developed exclusively for this watch.  

It’s a time only piece with a regulator layout, hours are displayed on the dial located at 12 position and minutes at 6 position. The case measures 45.00 x 26.00 x 9.0 mm (strap 18.00 mm wide), I wouldn’t call it small by any means but it’s not huge either + the 9.0 mm height IMO helps to balance everything out. The installation of the crystal is pretty unusual as well (it covers the entire length of the case) and honestly not very practical, but I like how to looks and since I’m making this watch for myself I don’t really mind. (I have the same case design with an enclosed front crystal which is a lot more user friendly) Also, please ignore how the crystal’s looks (it’s just a temporary plexi glass at the moment, and it is a bit oversized). The strap is temporary as well.

The pictures is not the best, but the mainplate has a hand hammered finish (only took about 30.000 blow with the hummer) while the rest of the components are either straight grained or polished. The movement has a three dimensional construction and the different finishes help to create contrast between components that are located at different levels. The dials are located on the top of the bridges which creates the illusion that they float over the movement. (I think it looks pretty cool) The engraving of the dials are far from being perfect and uniform, but again no CNC is used so I guess they are ok for now.

There are a number of things that I still need to address, and further improvements will be made, but for this prototype piece I think everything is decent enough, especially considering that this is a fully handmade timepiece.

I’ll try to take a couple of better quality pictures of the front and back and share those later on.

Let me know what you guys think of it.

Regards,

David

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