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Evening Coffee with a Watchmaker
I had the pleasure to spend an hour with a friend who is an AP/JLC certified watchmaker, its always an amazing experience to meet him as he is a font of technical knowledge and totally dedicated to his craft, his fascination and passion for all things horology beyond all monetary concerns is refreshing.
He brought along a very interesting movement to show me, a movement made in gold:
The interesting thing is that it has no markings but is beautifully decorated
Apologies for the poor pictures but it was the best I could do in the poor lighting of the cafe. The mystery of this beauty has been haunting him for years, he has tried to find out who made it or where this movement came from. I was hoping the collective brain trust of the Purists could rally to the cause and come up with some ideas.
The beautiful blued hands that belong to the movement
Also present during the evening was his gorgeous Longines, the dial has aged to a nice ivory color:
I love the raised glass on this piece
Also present were the following pieces:
His Zenith Defy, given as a gift for his years of service, interesting thing I noted was the bezel and the crown reminded me of the Breitling Chronomat Red Arrows and Hong Kong Royal Airforce I used to own, they had the exact same design
My GS VFA also came out to play
and my trusty daily beater
Hope you enjoyed the pics 
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Evening Coffee with a Watchmaker
I had the pleasure to spend an hour with a friend who is an AP/JLC certified watchmaker, its always an amazing experience to meet him as he is a font of technical knowledge and totally dedicated to his craft, his fascination and passion for all things hor...
Nice pictures, and the skeleton movement is fascinating indeed ...
... apparently, it was made by a true master. The bridges have been reduced to the pure minimum of a fragile nothing of a rack, which is beautifully engraved as an addition. I also like your Orient. Does it have a bi-lingual weekday indication which you c...
Thank You Marcus :-)...
you're absolutely right about the beauty of the movement and the tremendous amount of work that went into it, if I may request over the years I've learnt a lot from you so I am sure if you research it more or ask your colleagues and friends who share our ...
That skeletonized movement is ...
... beautiful and petite. But I have no knowledge of its provenance. What did strike me though is how much of the personality and skill of the watchmaker is contained in it. It really is all there to see. And that has clearly communicated and connected wi...
That movement is just beautiful.
I love the very fine decorative engraving and detailing. ;)