Making a watch by hand. In these days of “fast” and “convenient” I decided to commence a work of “painstaking” and “craftsmanship”, making my own wristwatch. I have had the idea for a certain arrangement of the watch dial, as on the image at the right, for a while now. My investigations into available movements showed that no production movement would give me this layout. After a long period of indecision and wondering what I was really getting myself into I decided to make my own movement, followed by the case and dial.
posted by caddis on Sep 3, 2006 - 21 comments

A Master Watchmaker's Notebook. Fascinating, all of it.
posted by five fresh fish on Feb 20, 2006 - 27 comments