Some experimental renders

So there's an ongoing project I've been hesitant to share with others in the watch community because it's very important to me.  I've figured out what I want to do with my life.  The idea is to have a small shop, out of which I have the ability to make people's dream watches, whether that be though modifying existing luxury pieces with the guarantee of a warranty (I think back to that one guy's post a bit ago about wanting to change out the snowflake hands on his Pelagos) or more importantly building them from the ground up.  It's entirely possible, it's just not a get rich quick scheme like a typical drop shipping operation.  That's the only reason I can imagine why this niche remains unfilled in the market.  Of course, there are plenty of old world watchmakers that will happily allow you custom options on their dress watches, or even a multi-million dollar halo commission, but just imagine being able to sit down and design your perfect diver, or chronograph, or niche complication machine and have it tailor made to you... God I'd love to do that.

There's a few angles to the idea that round it all off and make it feasible, which I'll keep closer to my chest for the time being, but in this case I just wanted to futz around with some geometries I've never attempted in CAD for good reason.  Honestly, I'm biased out of my existing love for Omega, but I just adore lyre lugs.  Of course they've become a feature of several Omega professional models, but not to the extent of being a trademark or a necessary feature.  Take the SMP for example, somehow those lugs are supposed to evoque the same feeling that those on a Speedy do?  Seems like fair game to utilize the style to me.  After all, Rolex did it first...

Going with lyre lugs in this example was the most straightforward way I could think of to test whether my CAD ability has come far enough to take any idea a client could have and just run with it in an efficient timeframe.  Those of you that have worked with watches in CAD will know that there is definitely not one way to design a case.  A Tudor case can be done in just a few simple operations, whereas something like this is a bit more complicated, particularly if you start throwing weird compound curvatures into the side and underside.  I'm certainly not happy with the proportions of the hands and the indices, but those very much came as an afterthought so I'm not bothered to go back and remodel them (would've been five seconds if I hadn't been impatient with my sketches).  Hope its fun for you guys, and I look forward to sharing some real intimate details of this big life plan as I secure a few remaining legal ratchet straps.  ❤