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Patek machines the chamfers. Then they finish the chamfers by hand to remove any machining marks and give a final polish. However, sometimes, the machining marks aren’t completely removed. In the case of JLC (on most of their watches), they simply machine the chamfers but don’t finish them by hand at all.
That’s why makers like JLC can’t just “machine” chamfers to look like Patek’s. It’s really two stages of work. The expensive and laborious hand finishing stage is what is left out.
Machine Finished Bevels: Patek vs Others
One of the most obvious ways to distinguish a hand finished bevel from a machine finished one is its profile: if rounded, the anglage is most likely hand done. But with Patek it's different, their anglage is rounded off but still machine finished, so it m...
If you're referring to Patek's hobnail bezel...
The machine they're made on was hand made over 200 years ago.
The other way around...
meaning? No, I'm not being anything other than willing to learn.
"The expensive and laborious hand finishing stage is what is left out." <---also true of Patek!!! 😹😹😹
At least for low and midrange models.
This post isn't accurate...
The anglage on Patek Philippe movement parts (such as plates and bridges) are hand done with the assist of various tools (machines) that have a spinning effect. The spinning effect either cuts or polishes said part. Nearly all high anglage finishing from ...