Gold Watch Case Design and Manufacturing Our initial plan for this watch was just to rehouse the movement into a newly made gold case. However, not only did we want to give it a new case, we also wanted to make this watch as beautiful as possible, to make it an absolute pleasure to behold. …
Audemars Freres Petite Sonnerie Carillon Gold Case Creation Read More »
‘St. Andrews’ Piece Unique Custom Made Repeater & Jumping Second, Golf Scene Enamel Dial This big gold ‘St. Andrews’ bespoke watch was made upon the customer’s request as a tribute to his favourite UK golf course ‘The Old Course St. Andrews Links’. The hand painted hot enamel dial was made according to classic technology and based …
‘St. Andrews’ Gold Bespoke Watch with Repeater and Dead-Beat Seconds Read More »
True rare and collectible pocket PATEK PHILIPPE watch with the rarest ‘A-Tact’ feature and a title ‘Count N.N.Wittgenstein’, comes with an original golden chain and the official certificate from the Patek Philippe museum.
PRICE (€): 33000
A charming story for true pocket watch collectors. This watch is special and unique because of its age and quality. The watch was made in 1903 by Patek Phillipe Geneve manufacture and is in an excellent condition for its 114-years age. Although the original watch box was old, with the cover cloth all rubbed and broken, has revealed …
This project demonstrates a rather simple case production in a classic ‘antique’ design, and shows how we reconstruct the traditional manual wristwatch case creation process of the early 1900’s. Old Swiss Movement A noble little movement is ready to be a new watch. This one was produced in the 1890’s by Ulysse Nardin manufacturing, based on …
Alternative Casing for a Complicated Audemars Piguet Timepiece Here we will take a look at a very complex Audemars Piguet watch – the minute repeater model. This watch is incredibly clever. But why, in particular, is this watch so special? It is because, by turning the oscillating system around its axis once a minute, the …
Audemars Piguet Minute Repeater Tourbillon – manufacturing a new watch case Read More »
Very rare pendant watch made in Switzerland circa 1850’s. As a sacred symbol in Ancient Egypt, ‘Scarab amulet’ artefacts became quite popular during the Victorian era, when expeditions to Egypt became particularly popular. These ‘Beetle’ watches were usually designed to be a spectacular ladies pendant that swung from a long gold chain. Solid gold hand-made …
‘Scarab Beetle’ Gold Pendant Watch Restoration, circa 1850’s Read More »
Custom-Made Gold Watch with Minute Repeater Function This project was completed back in 2012. We crafted a gold watch based on the minute repeater movement made by the famous Swiss Touchon & Co company. The case we created is 44 mm in diameter, a pretty comfortable size to wear. An unusual case with dog’s-head lugs, …
Touchon & Co, Rose Gold & Enamel Minute Repeater, ~1890’s Read More »