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Now, this one is rather unusually I know, but again, I haven't seen something like this before, so I though it could be interesting. The idea behind this was to display time without hands.
Some of my watch/movement designs.
Hi everyone,
If you guys are interested here are a couple of my movement/watch designs. 
Some of them are a bit extreme I know, but I tried to come up with ideas that I haven't seen before. I designed them mainly for learning and for fun.
With each design I try to improve my CAD designing and rendering skills. The quality of the renders aren't that good, but you can see more or less how each concept looks.
Let me know what you think of them.
CONCEPT 1.
I think this one is rather cool. So basically this movement has a 3d moon display, like a Christiaan van der Klaauw,
an hour and minute display, a separate seconds display on the left and a power reserve indicator at 6 clock position. Apart from the barrel which comes from the ETA 6498 all other components I designed from scratch.
CONCEPT 2.
This is a dual balance and dual timezone concept movement. Essentially it has two gear train system that are connected to a single barrel. In theory the power
reserve would be quite bad, nontheless I think it looks pretty cool. The time on each time zone can be set independently, left crown for left zone, right for right zone and winding.
The time on each time zone can be set independently, left crown for left zone, right for right zone and winding.CONCEPT 3.
This is a 3 axis tourbillon movement with a rotating 3d planet. I chose Jupiter since it looks cool and it has a very fast rotation period. (turns once in roughly 10 hours)
I designed the gear train to represent each rotation accurately. (I know it's completely useless complication, but it's not much worst than a moon phase display) Also, I haven't seen something
Also, I haven't seen somethinglike this before. Anyway, the 3 axis tourbillon is based on Bexei's Primus watch. I wanted to see if I can design something similar based on his fantastic watch. (I'm still working on improving it)
The idea for the shape of the case came from the MB&F Frog watch. The crown is in a weird position, but I had no space to put it elsewhere.
CONCEPT 4.
I though instead using traditional hands I use the "fire" from the dragon to display the hours, minutes and at the bottom the power reserve.
The base movement here is the ETA 6498. I added a power reserve indicator to it and a sliding retrograde module to display the hours and minutes.
CONCEPT 5.
This is a 30 degree four minute double tourbillon based on Greubel Forsey's 30 degree double tourbillion. With this project I just wanted to understand how it works,
With this project I just wanted to understand how it works,and design something similar, again to improve my skills and knowledge.
Love the Dragon concept and the 3d moon!
If only i could commission one of those 😀
Better win the lottery !
Better win the lottery !
Wow
Compliments for such skills !
These are really fantastic concept..... in particularly I love the Jupiter.... but I would put it in a different case shape more extreme.....as we already are familiar with the frog .
Also the concept 4 it’s really interesting.... they way you show the time it’s quite impressive.... really well done and hope to find the final product one day !!
Bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 and keep pushing...
have a nice day
Best
Giancarlo
These are really fantastic concept..... in particularly I love the Jupiter.... but I would put it in a different case shape more extreme.....as we already are familiar with the frog .
Also the concept 4 it’s really interesting.... they way you show the time it’s quite impressive.... really well done and hope to find the final product one day !!
Bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 and keep pushing...
have a nice day
Best
Giancarlo
Thanks.
Yeah, I think the dragon could be interesting. I made an animation of it, to show how the motion would work.
I'll upload upload the video to youtube later and share there link here if your are interested.
I'll upload upload the video to youtube later and share there link here if your are interested.
Yessss
Of course please share the link.... we will be more then happy to have a look at it !!
Have a nice day
Best
Giancarlo
Have a nice day
Best
Giancarlo
Hi Giancarlo.
Here is the link if you are interested. youtu.be
It's a very basic animation, but you can see the motion.
Amazing concepts 👌🏻
Would love to see it in person one day ( on the wrist 😉) thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Amazing. Concept 3 Saturn globe is very impressive.
Like the finishes too. Best of luck. Cheers S
Thanks. I'm rendering a new short video of its motion. I'll post it as soon as it finish rendering it. :) [nt]
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Here is the animation I mentioned.
Sorry, I don't know how to insert it here. Perhaps you can check out the link below.
Super cool!
Congrats for your initiative, enthusiasm and mainly for your ideas.
Best regards.
Best regards.
Nice to see your posts here too I follow you on Instagram already 👍🏽 [nt]
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Thanks David for more on your interesting work! :-)
Number 1 is really cool, my favorite judging from the pictures...
I'm starting to sense from the responses that, sticking to your initial plan of making 4 watches a year, just the friends on this forum might already commission you work for 50+ years...)
)Thanks Fab5119R!
Well, I could produce more pieces each year, but only if I abandon hand production. By hand, it's simply not possible! Especially since I do everything by myself.
By hand, it's simply not possible! Especially since I do everything by myself. Totally agree --- it might get harder in the long run, but I think committing to hand production is a big plus in making these new creations attractive and exclusive!
Plus, I'm sure you too will love your own babies more this way, it's always a big satisfaction to create something beautiful with no outside help!
Thanks again for sharing your work
Thanks again for sharing your work
Wow, amazing.
Thanks a lot for sharing your work with us, those ideas look impressive.
Congratulations.
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