Prototypes and Developmental
Pieces
Stainless prototype - P-004
This watch was an exercise in pushing myself to expand my capabilities, and features a number of firsts for me as a watchmaker. This represents the first time I've made a "round" watch in stainless steel, the first time I've done gold tone tempered black polished hands and indices, the first time I've done a frosted silver tone dial, the first time I've made an exhibition caseback, and the first time I've used a manual wind movement in one of my pieces. This piece was also a venture into how an independent watchmaker can create sustainably; the round bar of 316L stainless that was used to machine the case from was reclaimed from a decomissioned machine in the food production industry.
in-house components include: 316L stainless steel case/bezel, 316l stainless exhibition caseback, guilloche dial, hands, indices, movement ring, stainless buckle, buckle pin, and even the delrin crystal gasket on the dial side.
movement: Hand wound eta 2801
bronze prototype - p-003
an experiment in more traditional case design and material exploration, this piece features a case manually machined from 954 aluminum bronze. 954 is a unique alloy that patinas to a dark reddish purple hue, and the aluminum in the alloy creates an oxide layer that doesn’t react with skin and prevents any green/white oxide that is common with bronze watches.
the bronze case is complimented by a 24 wave “lightning bolt” guilloche german silver dial and straight grained flame blued hands and indices.
in-house components include: 954 bronze case body, 316l stainless caseback, bronze crown, dial, hands, indices, movement ring, bronze buckle, and bronze buckle tang.
movement: eta 2892 modified to delete calendar wheel and corresponding crown position
