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Fascinating!
Jul 23, 2008,23:17 PM
Thanks Kong for the intriguing read on a horological product that is under-appreciated! Great effort and excellent visuals on how the Atmos works. Good stuff and research on the artistry on the marqueterie. The thermal shock demo is super!
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Atmos Marqueterie
By: Kong : July 23rd, 2008-22:51
The Atmos Marqueterie is an interesting piece of work. The images were formed by a very skillful artisan and require extreme patience to carefully piece up more than 1200 pieces of wood-veneers (likely to be 0.60mm thick) from various types of woods like ...
Fascinating!
By: The Curious Observer : July 23rd, 2008-23:17
Thanks Kong for the intriguing read on a horological product that is under-appreciated! Great effort and excellent visuals on how the Atmos works. Good stuff and research on the artistry on the marqueterie. The thermal shock demo is super!
intersting post....
By: ChristianDK : July 24th, 2008-02:23
thanks. And to think you ruined your nice Atmos just to make this post for us.....LOL ;-) best regards COD
Very nice post, Kong!
By: amanico : July 24th, 2008-05:16
This is of course an exceptional piece... While we saw it, with Jerome, during the last SIHH, there were also some other Stunning atmos: The Astronomique The Mark Newson And if I remember well, a very classic Art Deco one , in the room where we interviewe...