SJX
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You are right
Heat bluing is a chemical reaction, and different temperatures and different periods over the flame result in different colours, but my knowledge of heat treatment ends there. Then of course there are some makers (especially producers of fake watches in China), that paint the hands a bright blue. :-)
As for rust resistance I have no idea. Gun makers say that bluing of the steel parts on firearms does indeed increase rust resistance so I assume the same holds true for watches?
- SJX
Many pictures of a beautiful pair of blue steel hands
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to examine the Grand Seiko 10th Anniversary limited edition SBGR037. It's a steel GS wristwatch with a guilloche dial and blue steel hands. According to the owner, the movement has a new hairspring which is more shock- and...
De Bethune
May I know the model s name and year of production of this stunning DB,,,,Fantastic!!!!!!!!!Cheers.
WOW!! ...
Great shotsJX!! Very, very nice! Apparently the innovations took Seiko 5 years to develop and I am told that this model: SBGR 037 has approximately 13 differences from its standard (and equally beautiful) stable mate - the SBGR 025. And of course, as with...
Censorship
Folks, some of you wrote to me to ask what it was that was so offensive that it was deleted from the content above - 6 minutes are my posting), leaving the comment: " [ Content unsuitable for minors removed due to reader complaints] " For purposes of clar...
If the photo shown was removed as indicated the caption may have been...
tongue-in-cheek! But only the one who removed it knows for sure.
I am ...
... of course, highly entertained, and as you can observe, blue in the face - beside myself, falling off my chair and rolling on the ground with laughter.
Apologies to Mycroft
I wrote that line in jest but clearly it was a poor joke. I also wrote Mycroft a PM explaining it but it somehow was not delivered, I have emailed him to explain it. - SJX
An addendum in reply to Mycroft's post further above
"Of course, if you wait another 6 minutes, this too may be gone! If this level of abuse of flippant policing and censorship is acceptable and tolerated by Forummers, so be it then!" I disagree with the above statement vehemently. As I have explained in my...
Attempted Humour ...
... can sometimes be a very dangerous thing, even amongst long standing friends and family, I have seen it fall flat and parties have walked away bruised and some relationships are never quite the same again. Many will come to regret that it ever happened...
Thanks SJX for the pics.
I must confess it is not my fav GS due to... the blue hands. In this context, I find them a bit too much because the contrast with the dial is maybe a bit too high. anyway, it's still a great watch. To participate to this interesting topic, here are a few...
These are beauties....
Quite a nice post--there are many lovely blued hands around the world of horology. tempusfugit This message has been edited by tempusfugit on 2009-01-01 05:35:22...
As pplater noted...
These are 2 of the watches that I produce. The two in my post are ETA 6498 based, and the one pplater is wearing is 6497 based. The hands are heat blued and hands like this are one of my favourite watch features. Cheers, Al
GS guilloche dial
SJX thanks for the nice pics. I am a big fan of Seiko watches. I have noticed this piece for some time but I still think that the "GSGSGS" dial is overly done and is enpowering the whole watch. It is also very ironic that the normally low profile, almost-...
I'm guessing it's stamped
...I know nothing of the production of this particular watch, but Seiko is (I think rightly) very proud of its stamping designs and execution. As an example, this dial below is stamped with a cylindrical die (accompanied at one time by a documentary video...
Heated blue hands?
Thanks Steve and SJX. I guess the blue hands tempered? Or plated? Steve your Credor photo is so awesome. They even put a blue cap over the shaft. If I may reproduce your photo here......
Hot vs cold blueing
Seiko uses "hot" bluing for its hands, i.e. the hands are blued over heat. By chemical bluing I was referring to "cold" bluing where a solution is applied to the steel without the for heat. From what I recall, cold bluing results in steel that looks the s...
As you may ....
...imagine, I was joking, of course. Not sure if I'm mistaken, but I guess the traditional process of heat blueing steel is a chemical reaction - oxidation. So, one could say they're "chemically treated"? I know there are multiple ways to achieve the blue...
SJX - what about the secret lion at 2:00?
You didn't mention it and the hands of the watch are hiding that spot in most of your photos. There's supposed to be a missing GS filled with the Seiko rampant lion - a trace of it is here. Is it visible to the naked eye? Thanks Mike...
Strange Indeed ....
This is very interesting, as I went back to check the SBGR 025 the standard production item with the cream embossed dial - expecting to find the same thing there as a signature of Grand Seiko's embossed dials. But it is NOT there! There is no lion insigni...
Here it is more clearly
the photo is from Molle's post about a month ago on this site...
