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great report, thanks
Dec 07, 2014,12:34 PM
I visited a dial manufacture too and it was a great experience
but I wonder..... are some dials still painted by hand or are it always prints?
I know the cheapest are even stickers
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PoT 2014: Visit at dial-maker Fehr & Cie S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds (iii)
By: Ornatus-Mundi : December 7th, 2014-09:35
Ahhh! We already know you were impatiently awaiting this kind of stuff! Those of you that gave us the honour of reading the first and second parts of our report ( click here! ), certainly have discovered a great number of fascinating and surprising detail...
PoT 2014: Visit at dial-maker Fehr & Cie S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds (iv)
By: Ornatus-Mundi : December 2nd, 2014-04:17
We already noted that Fehr & Cie is a fully integrated dial-maker. This implies that they dispose of all necessary capabilities, in terms of expertise and technical equipment, needed to accomplish all steps involved. No wonder they have reserved a ded...
Great series of posts, Magnus! :)
By: blomman Mr Blue : December 7th, 2014-11:19
Very interesting. Thank you for bringing us along into the Manufacture! :) Best Blomman
It's a pleasure, Blomman!
By: heartbreaker : December 9th, 2014-10:25
When we've taken those pictures, it was indeed not only for our personal pleasure, but also to share with you our experience. Glad to read you've appreciated our posts! Ciao, Elio
Wonderful article
By: Ophiuchus : December 7th, 2014-12:44
I have always wondered what place makes the smallest details such as these indices. I am in awe of the sheer multitude of details this company must handle in such small pieces. As a watchmaker and machinist too, I appreciate them allowing even a blueprint...
Well...
By: Ophiuchus : December 7th, 2014-17:10
if you're that interested in something that would bore anyone but me... It's clear that the indices are friction fit to the dials very precisely- their tolerance on the 2 small pins that locate them to the dial are marked (0, -0.02), meaning the shafts mu...
Thank for your eyeopening words, Ophiuchus!
By: heartbreaker : December 9th, 2014-10:42
I love those kind of technical drawings and I've immediately taken pictures of them, when I've had this opportunity in Fehr, as well as in Hublot and in Zenith. And I've particularly appreciated your comments, because they reveal so much of the many diffi...
Oh my
By: Ophiuchus : December 9th, 2014-17:41
I am no one special, just a man trained as a watchmaker and a machinist. Surely there are many other PuristS, such as Mr. Corson, also so, and much more skilled than I that could have given an even deeper view on the subject than I ever could. But thank y...
great report, thanks
By: Bruno.M1 : December 7th, 2014-12:34
I visited a dial manufacture too and it was a great experience but I wonder..... are some dials still painted by hand or are it always prints? I know the cheapest are even stickers
About the application of luminous material...
By: heartbreaker : December 9th, 2014-10:53
I've recently had to study a bit how luminous materials may be applied on dials and I've found this explanation on the RC Tritec's website (the Company that produces the famous "Swiss Super-LumiNova®"): Application Tooling Luminous pigments are mixed with...
Thanks for the flowers, just want to note this a collaborative effort...
By: Ornatus-Mundi : December 7th, 2014-14:20
between Elio Pascucci (heartbreaker) and myself. Elio together with me drafted the text, images are marked according author. It was (and further on will be with the Zenith factory reports) a great experience to draft this together - in a true PuristS mann...
- A true Purist manner - WOW!!!
By: heartbreaker : December 9th, 2014-10:57
Thank you Magnus: now my room is full of flowers ;-) I'm looking for the next PoT: my [new] camera and my pen are ready to start ;-) Ciao, Elio