The Recipe of a MasterPiece...

First, take an existing very fine watch, as the Master 8 Days in RG or Platinum...





With a very fine and reliable movement:







Nice caliber, isn't it? ( Cal 876, launched in 2004, development of the 877, created one year before ).

Then, first, work on its movement, during 2 hard and intense months...

Inspire yourself from the past, and re think of the planishere which was used on the Geophysic...
Take this idea for the mainplate...And sculpt it this way:



Now, integrate the movement, after the polissages, anglages, perlages and all the treatments required for a perfect and beautiful finish...



Ok, here you are...Now install it very carefully in the mainplate, in an as original than artistic presentation, with the idea to incorporate the escapment at the source of the planisphere...

Like this:







Now that you worked on the movement, let's work on the dial.

The main idea, or more precisely, the main difficulty and defy is to find the perfect alchimy between the transparency and the mandatory work of the skeleton, and the legibility of the Perpetual Calendar indications, which has to be furthermore complete, if possible...

Wowow, it will be hard...So how can we proceed???

So, first of all, choose the same theme than for the case back, the planisphere...

Then, insert the discs of the Day, The Date, the Months, the Power Reserve, the Moonphase,and the Years, transparent discs, of course.





To make it easier to read, enhance the indications with a white zone, as shown on the pic...

After, do the same work than you did for the case back, a fine, precise, and harassing work, but hey, this is the price to pay to generate such a Masterpiece...

Be Careful, the important thing is to respect the concept, you have to work on each piece of the movement, as required for a Skeleton, and the finish has to be impeccable...

Ok, after 2 months of work, let's see the outcome...





hummmmmm, how many seconds does it take to read the indications of the Perpetual Calendar, honestly?
Quite quick, isn't it?
Finally...

To respect the transparency, even the minute and the hour hands are skeleted...

Now, let's choose the wine...Rose or White?





Well, this association is not bad at all, warmth, strenght, nice contrasts with these little touches of red, in the grey ruthenium movement...

But for me, a nice White wine is maybe more subtle, less spectacular, more elegant...

It ( the White ) requires much more efforts to appreciate it, to fall in love with, to understand it...
But after a while, this is pure candy for the eyes, and maybe to the mouth too! LOL

Have a look on this " Ballet " of forms, levels, play of lights....and materials..All the ingredients are here!



Play with the light, and you'll appreciate the changing aspects of this time keeper, a bit like a Sculpture...



Here again:







Let's check is the cooking is ok, with the case back now...





Looks like it's more than OK...Simply gorgeous!
You have a nice coherence between the Case Back and the Dial, the Geometry is very fine, there is no weak part, the whole watch is very tasty!

Final taste, hermmm, Test...The degustation...

With Rose Wine:



Hey, it works well! ...

But I'm definitely a Withe Wine Guy...



wow, simply perfect!
A pleasure to test, as the dimension is very easy to fit on any wrist ( 41,5mm) , not too thick,
and the show is quite impressive...And you won't see it often, as it's a LE of 100 pieces in Platinum, and 175 in Rose Gold

The Recipe was good, the Masterpiece is here!

Good degustation, good appetite!
Best.
Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2008-04-25 03:00:24 This message has been edited by amanico on 2008-05-01 00:06:33