AlexTheWatchmaker

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Watches and wonders impressions part 3

3rd batch of pictures from W&W
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Watches and Wonders impressions part 2

Some more impressions from my trip to geneva yesterday.
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Watches and Wonders impressions part 1

Working in the watch industry sometimes nets you little things like visiting watches and wonders before the rest of the public. Here are some cool thi...
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commented on Is the Jubilee Better? ·

The stock bracelet is nice and it's very well made. You can feel the quality in the tight tolerances and its comfortable wear.

Unfortunately it lacks microadjustment and my wrist size is right between what can be adjusted via the links.

No matter how I adjust the bracelet it's either just a bit too tight or just a bit too lose.

I bought an uncle seiko jubelee bracelet. The tudor clasp fits that bracelet and The jubelee links are just that bit shorter than the standard links making it fit perfectly.

And with the original tudor clasp it looks like it's an original bracelet

commented on Watches and Wonders impressions part 1 ·

I didn't pay too much attention to that to be honest😅

We talked to the watchmaker there and towards the end he also showed us the giant watch. He had a remote control to start, stop and reset the chrono.

The watch also always displayed the correct time and date. I don't specifically recall the minute counter jumping. I wanna say it did, but I'm not sure.

The crono seconds hand did reset relatively quickly; faster than when it's running its chrono function but not super fast, obviously. It's like 1.5m long.

The hands are of course driven by electric motors. The watch movement on the back is an accurate, high quality replica but it's not operational at all.

And the whole thing glows in the dark.

commented on Watch suggestions for a special 14 year old girl! Help! ·

Maybe a Dugena or Bulova?

I think small rectangular watches are really nice for women.

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commented on Imagine you're given the choice to get any watch in the world (no matter the cost), but you have to wear it for the rest of your life. Which one would you pick? Drop your answers in the comments! ·
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commented on Watches and Wonders impressions part 2 ·

It's really heavy but you get used to it quickly.

It wears amazingly well; I was lucky, the bracelet was just the right size for me.

I also got to wear the "dreamliner": rose gold, vantablack with rainbow bezel.

But the bracelet was too long..

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I normaly don't like gem-set watches but there's something magical about the contrast between the black dial and the rainbow saphires

commented on A Touch of Gold: The Allure of A. Lange & Söhne's Screwed Gold Chatons ·

I'll add a bit of detail:

Back in the day jewel bearings were set into bridges and mainplate like gemstones. Meaning they were in a fixed, unmovable postion and the vertical play of the wheels was adjusted by producing the shafts at a certain length and shortening individually them to fit under the bridge.

Screwed chatons brought some distinct technical advantages:

  1. Setting a gem in gold is easier than in brass because it is softer.

  2. Replacing broken or otherwise damaged stones is easier because you can just replace the entire chaton rather than having to "unset" the stone and set a new one which is always messy.

  3. Vertical play can be adjusted by either manually milling down the step in the bridge on which the chaton rests or grinding down the chaton itself, depending on how it's constructed. Making the adjustment much easier to do.

NNowadays screwed chatons bring really no advantage other than looks since jewels are not set but, due to much higher precision in manufacturing, pressed into the bridges and they can be moved up or down without adding or removing material to adjust vertical play

commented on Watches and Wonders impressions part 1 ·

I think right now it's just a "talking piece" kinda watch like the cheese watch from moser.

But they told me they're thinking about making a series of these but they'll have to make adjustments to make it meet production standards.

Appearantly the case is basically an early prototype and would likely not survive everyday wear.

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