Below you can see some of the parts from the keyless work. All the parts have had their flanks & top surfaces straight grained and edges bevelled. The screw heads have been polished.
------------------------------Part of the cannon pinion & centre pinion will be seen through the minute hand hub. These have been polished too.
------------------------------The movement screws have had their heads & ends polished. The ends will be visible from the dial side. The flanks of the screw heads have been straight grained.
------------------------------Here are the dial markers. The heads have been domed & mirror polished. The flanks of the heads are straight grained.
The ends have been polished as well.
------------------------------The winding wheel has been skeletonised, bevelled & straight grained. The click & transmission wheel have straight grain finish on the top surfaces. I think the wheels will look interesting when the watch is wound since a straight grain finish changes with the light.
------------------------------The end of the barrel arbour.
------------------------------The balance spring stud holder (I have left the regulator alone since finishing the top surface will disturb the curb pins).
------------------------------The crown, castle & intermediate wheels from the keyless work.
------------------------------and finally, the barrel & motion works.
I hope all this effort pays off :-)
Aditya
wow! the finish is absolutely unbelievable! i really cant believe you do all this manually with your hands! awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words :-)
ReplyDeleteI did a test assembly and I can assure you 02 looks much better than 01!
Aditya