chronograph

ZENITH Chronograph – watch dial restoration

Dial refinish is rather expensive part of restoration work. In most cases we can’t just “clean” the dial and need to reproduce all paint layers from metal plate up to fixing varnish. This dial arrived from customer in rough condition. Stain, wearing – the damage is permanent, corrosion inside the paint layer can’t be cleaned and must be fully re-painted.

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Le Phare Moonphase Calendar Quarter Repeater, 49 mm, circa 1890’s

This project, for a complicated “jumbo” custom built watch case, based on a repeating pocket watch movement from the 1890’s, aimed to rehouse the original vintage pocket watch movement into a new machine-built wristwatch case. Originally, 120 or more years ago, this watch was a rather large and rather heavy gold pocket watch, with a

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Eugene LeCoultre Geneve rare chronograph pocket watch movement, 1870’s

Note: This movement is for custom watch project only. Please communicate via e-mail horological.underground@gmail.com for preview and order. Details historical mand-made timepiece by lead inventor from LeCoultre family very rare experimental co-axial chronograph activation clutch feature signed enamel dial, original hands

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