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Title: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: boatdetective on August 28, 2015, 10:29:54 PM
Not all craftsmanship is dead. scroll down and watch the video

http://www.rgmwatches.com/guilloche/
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh62/boatdetective/G_01_zpsrodl9nwc.png) (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/boatdetective/media/G_01_zpsrodl9nwc.png.html)


Title: Re: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: injundave on August 29, 2015, 12:37:56 AM
Stunning!!!
Title: Re: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: Zoom Zoom on August 29, 2015, 05:15:00 AM
Quote from: injundave on August 29, 2015, 12:37:56 AM
Stunning!!!

 :1: What more is there to say. Simply amazing!

John Henry
Title: Re: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on August 29, 2015, 05:50:41 AM
Nice.  :thumb: The closest to anything like that I've personally done is an optic lathe back in the day. Much heavier cuts, but the same basic techniques.
The cello is nice, too.. :smiley:
Title: Re: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: Crusty on August 29, 2015, 07:21:08 AM
Thank you for putting that up.  :thumb:  I'm going to share that with everyone in my mailing circle. Fascinating!
Title: Re: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: twhitaker on August 29, 2015, 08:00:56 AM
Looking at the watch above I'm wondering what the dial that goes to 42 is all about? Unless a country has 6 weeks in a month I'm at a loss. ???
Title: Re: Now for something completely different...NGC
Post by: boatdetective on August 29, 2015, 09:53:16 AM
Quote from: twhitaker on August 29, 2015, 08:00:56 AM
Looking at the watch above I'm wondering what the dial that goes to 42 is all about? Unless a country has 6 weeks in a month I'm at a loss. ???

The technical name is  "Reserve de Marche". Basically, a fuel gauge. It measures the hours of reserve left in the main spring until the watch unwinds to a halt.  Some watches will have "twin barrels". The barrel is the cylinder that holds the coiled mainspring. With two barrels, you can have either a watch that runs twice as long (some up to 100 hours without winding), or you can run a second complication, like a mechanical alarm.