Independents

Peter Speake-Marin recently presented his Thalassa with the new SM2 movement and I managed to capture some photos of it. The Thalassa looks far better in the metal than in photos. Especially notable is its slimness, at about 1.5 mm slimmer than the earlie...  

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A fantastic finished timepiece. I like it. Here we can see, once again, that Peter really loves what he does. Congrats. Thanks for sharing. Vte

Yes, the watch does look better in the flesh, and think are only 10 pieces left?

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actually..the blue and opened dial is a beauty to me.. thanks for the report

Thanks SJX, Absolutely wonderful photos of Peter's work. And while a picture may be worth a thousand words, your post is perfectly timed to accompany my interview with Peter during his visit to Melbourne . I hope Purists enjoy seeing these posts together.... 

more expose. I feel the metal plates at the back hide the beauty too much. cen@jkt

The inner bits of the movements are worth showing, like the keyless works I mention. - SJX

skeleton perhaps? Shall I order one? cen@jkt

From a question that Don Corson posed, I asked Peter about his design and decoration of the movement as it did not obviously draw on Swiss or English tradition and this was his response: "Twenty-five years as a watchmaker is really the answer. The style i... 

it shows Peter s efforts and dedication to his job. Hopefully i will be able to see it very soon.I can t wait ,as being a big fan of manual movements and PSM esthetics,to see further developments of the SM II. Mo

but I always loved the circular shapes in Andreas Strehler's Opus 7 and it's the first thing I thought of when I saw the case-back of the SM2 - beautiful natural curves and patterns eschewing a mechancial/functional presentation that most movements inevit...