It is relatively simple to do this, many have. While some other posts show him CNC machining what looks like custom shaped bridges for this watch, neither those nor this are handmade, and this is just a decorated bought watch movement he made a dial for and cased in a bought case. He has done a cool job applying a circular line finish to the watch bridges on a watch he bought- if you follow his posts, he shows this watch as bought, and then he shows applying the finish. It is a very common watch caliber, and can be bought for ~150$ for just the movement, the part inside the case. This particular watch is called an ETA 6497-1. I don’t mean to take anything away from the guy, but after looking at all his posts, I realized the watch he has cased in these pictures is not one that is “handmade”. Posted in clock hacks Tagged mechanical, timepiece, wristwatch Post navigationįull disclaimer, I am a watchmaking student. He laid out the plan in CAD, but ended up using some hacked together milling tools to get the job done. You’ll want to read through his movement design and manufacture posts. One of the biggest was having to come up with tools that would let him perform the precise milling work necessary to achieve success. was faced with a variety of challenges along the way. After looking at what goes into the mechanism it’s not hard to see why. We’ve love mechanical watches too but don’t see them as hobby projects very frequently. But we feature digital timepieces almost exclusively. It’s no secret that we have a thing for clocks. What he came up with is, to his knowledge, the first timepiece every made in Australia. He was told that no-one does it like that anymore, which only fed his curiosity. He worked on watches and came across a book that detailed how timepieces are made. A dozen years ago or so answered an ad for an apprentice watchmaker. This gentleman spent several years designing and machining his own mechanical wristwatch. Our mouth is still agape after digging through watchmaking blog.
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