Lange laser wielding technique.....
Can anyone tell me more about this technique from Lange? If I fall in love of a lange watch which has ding and scuffs (I have yet seen the watch but I'm preparing for the worse), Can Lange really restore the watchcase perfectly? Anyone has this experience...
CL, from what I have heard ...
they can - you should ask Peter Chong over at the TZ Lange forum! But iirc they use the laser welding machine to fill up big dents and scratches with gold or PT and after the laser welding process the case is polished. And I faintly remember a post on TZ ...
Thanks Edwin....
I did ask Uncle Peter and have got the information from him This process sounds really cool. Alkis does not have this machine and it takes a specialise and talented personel to do that. The person doing this in Lange incharege of vintage restoration How e...
Indeed it is amazing
what they can do with this kind of method. I met the guy doing this, when I visited the Lange factory and he and his machine is based in the room next to the "vintage" department. It is even more fascinating to see how they do "new" cases for old pocketwa...
the laser man in the factory
is about to retire...but he has a new apprentice! This man is learing from the master. I saw his casemaking work in Salzburg where he was showing off his work, and it is very good....
