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It sounds like Blancpain's definition of hand finishing when it comes to anglage is what's practiced in the Le Brassus farmhouse, utilizing metal files and Gentian wood, time honored hand laid bevels. It also appears that this is only practiced on "high complication" models as well. This brings up t

I appreciate it. This was a complex post to put together, and is a complex topic in general like you mentioned. It took me some time to compile in a way where I was happy with the end result. To further clarify for the community, in my first paragraph for my first point, "finished mechanically" mean

In searching with multiple keyword combinations (even as basic as "1315"), I'm not finding that post, neither in WPS's search nor Google using quotes around the keywords for direct results. If you have a link to that handy, or some more info regarding the post, that would be really helpful.

I appreciate your further insights and information on this topic. I wasn't aware that there are some hand guided steps even if a final pass with a rotary tool isn't performed, that's helpful to know. Definitely, I think it can't be disputed that there's plenty that's automated in the process of crea

Thanks for showing everyone here your true nature lol, god forbid people are into things that you aren't.

This is an official work made by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the character designer and founding member of the studio Gainax, which produced the TV animation Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995. I like what I like outside of watches. Does that mean I can't express that, or that it makes me the odd one out? Also

One thing that stands out to me about Blancpain is their dedication to movement decoration and finishing. It’s not just about what you can see, but also what’s hidden underneath the bridges. In their price class against direct competitors, I believe they’re one of the leaders in this regard. However

If you have a source for this I'd love to see it, because I haven't stumbled across that yet.

My definition of "by hand" in this case is mentioned in what I initially wrote, and in my comment to ZSHSZ, the use of handheld rotary tools by craftspeople to polish the anglage after machining. This "by hand" isn't utilized across the board with high end brand's offerings like some might think. Au

If we pooled together all of our examples of the 1315 and related calibers, we'd likely spot plenty of little differences in the finishing between them. It's endearing in a way though, showing a bit of the human touch.