andrewluff
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Some exciting progress from Holland to share...
Just received some pictures of my new piece taking shape which I thought I would share. The really show the amount of work the boys put into getting the perfect finish on their watches and the amount of skill involved in creating one of their dials...
Can't wait for it to arrive...
Cheers
Andrew
Grinding the Bevels
Grinding the Bevels with Hacksaw
Prepolishing of the Bevels
Polishing Bevels
Masking the Dial
Cutting out for Microblasting
Microblasting
Securing the dial on the tool
The dial in the lathe
Circular Graining on the dial
Checking the grain
Final Check
Beveling the outer edge
Checking... again
Microblasting Hours and Minutes
Final result
The 2 dials assembled
Final results
Some exciting progress from Holland to share...
Just received some pictures of my new piece taking shape which I thought I would share. The really show the amount of work the boys put into getting the perfect finish on their watches and the amount of skill involved in creating one of their dials... Can...
I already have 2 half dutch babies...
As my wife was born in Amsterdam... But this will be a full dutch baby from 2 men!! Only in Holland :-) Cheers Andrew
Pffft...I could do that...
Just kidding ! Looks awesome Andrew...don't see any orange bits yet though. Great to be able to have the pics of the build. Delivery at Basel ? Cheers, Rob
Orange...? Don't know what you mean...
In time for Saturday night schnitzel in Basl... Sounds good to me! See you there! Andrew
Where do you find all this time to post?
Shouldn't you be scuba diving? Great progress on a very special piece... I am envious , Hold the schnitzels till Monday if you can. Mo
When scuba diving its another independent...
and there is always the down time between dives and letting your body recover whilst enjoying some cold beers! This is my scuba travel companion this week... Enjoy the sunshine too Mo and see you in a few weeks! Cheers Andrew ...
i think its great when independents send pics of the work in progress
that is something you dont get with the larger brands. i think i'm right in saying that Big Daddy got either a cd or memory stick with all the work in progress pics on it when he had pieces made by Sarpenava and Roland Murphy. it helps us to appreciate th...
Thanks Graham!
Its great to see things moving along and growing, I had the same from Stepan and a few others too. How did you know...maybe a small touch of orange!! ;-) Cheers Andrew
I know a lot of...
I know a lot of things :) On 11 Apr 2013 12:57, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* andrewluff (registered) on April 11th, 2013 - 04:57 > > *Title: Thanks Graham! > * > > *
I hope so Frank....
And as a certain Dutch watchmaker told me today when I mentioned delivery... One Hertz, One schnitzel and lots of beers! Good cause to celebrate with good friends in my eyes. See you in a few weeks, Andrew
Excellent....
Looking forward to see where the orange details will be..!! Great to see these little details put together :) Yours my friend, Andy.
They are truly great watchmakers
Thanks also for the great pictures. It really shows how much love they put in all details.
A WEEK TO GO...!
With only a week until Basel, here are the latest update pictures.... note the lack of orange... ;-) Cheers Andrew ...