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My passion for handmade guilloche.
One of the crafts associated with dial decoration is the handmade guilloche on rose engines which I appreciate a lot.
Not sure if A&S does its guilloche work in-house : the result is however striking.
The one big name in the world of guilloche is of course Jochen Benzinger.
Not to be confused with stamped or laser engraved guilloche with is only decoration and no art.
The work is mostly done on century old machines by incredibly skilled people.
It takes many years to learn the art of creating guilloche and in today's world there are not too many of these artists still at work.
Add to this that it can take 1-2 days of intensive work to create just one complex dial and you get a good sense of the rarity of these dials.
Not to mention that one little mistake ...and the whole work is lost !
I have been lucky to accumulate a few of these watches in my collection.
There is of course Breguet being famous for its guilloche dials although latety (probably because of capacity limitation) some of their work has become a bit more simple.
Not sure if A&S does its guilloche work in-house : the result is however striking.
The one big name in the world of guilloche is of course Jochen Benzinger.
Here we see a couple of his watches.
From a pure artistic point of view,the work on the GAP 1 is probably the most sophisticatic that I have seen sofar.
Torsti Laine is relying on a Swiss manufacture to create the beautiful guilloche patterns.
And this superb moirée pattern on the GOS is again the work of Jochen Benzinger.
From a pure artistic point of view,the work on the GAP 1 is probably the most sophisticatic that I have seen sofar.
Torsti Laine is relying on a Swiss manufacture to create the beautiful guilloche patterns.
And this superb moirée pattern on the GOS is again the work of Jochen Benzinger.
Thanks for looking,
Gerard
So lovely
Here's my latest addition in that realm:
Question for you: have you closely considered the highly traditional guilloche that's now coming out of Los Angeles?
Or, how about the traditional guilloché from Pennsylvania?
RGM does great work and they are a joy to work with
Yes,RGM is a company that I seriously have on my radar.
The make really good looking watches!
This Breguet is beautiful !
The guys from LA do a top job ,...but I feel that their watches are too ambitiously priced.
I know
The very similar 5157 with just two hands, and a slimmer case is really nice, and felt like more of a purists choice, but I could not turn down the long seconds hand on this 5177
These are beautiful.
But I think many ppl don’t understand that even hand-made guilloche is made by a machine - with the master turning the wheel to make the dial. As opposed to being stamped.
Shapiro from LA is also doing amazing things.
I love the guilloche on my CS.
Shapiro from LA is also doing amazing things.
I love the guilloche on my CS.
It is not only turning a wheel.
You need to control speed,pressure and starting/ending simultaneously by hand.
Then it also becomes more difficult the finer the pattern is,especially with guilloche patterns getting smaller with every layer.
Jochen Benzinger once told me that it needed him 20 years of exercise and practice to really master his work with very little to none uniformity issues from one dial to another.
Then it also becomes more difficult the finer the pattern is,especially with guilloche patterns getting smaller with every layer.
Jochen Benzinger once told me that it needed him 20 years of exercise and practice to really master his work with very little to none uniformity issues from one dial to another.
I think people do understand when it comes to guilloche.
Now when talking about finishing parts, yes, I wholeheartedly agree. People don’t understand that just by virtue of holding something in one’s hand does not denote hand finishing !
Totally agree.
It’s really an art form. Interaction between man and machine. This is turning quite philosophical. 🧐
I'm not sure if you are aware but the dial on that watch is stamped and not made using a Rose Engine.
Clou de Paris might be the most sober
and not showy guilloche there is, like that pattern a lot
Mmmmmmmmmm... sooooo beautiful!
One of my fave photos below that showcases....
Photo below was done using an orange light from the left side and a white light from the right. Enjoy the fascinating 3D effect 
