Following pictures show watches I made for myself, relatives and friends. All pictures of watches are made by myself with a Sony α6300 camera and a Sony E 30mm f/3.5 macro lens under natural sunlight. Apart from cropping, there are no manipulations to the pictures made or photo studio techniques applied.
Cosmos, unique piece
My dream watch, equipped, designed and constructed following my wildest horological dreams. The name was chosen due to the black overall color of the watch with 24 diamonds turning on the rotating dial, looking like stars in the cosmos.
Asymmetrical carbon case, custom modified by hand to have a unique strap mounting system (patented) at the case. Black electroplated case back with sapphire crystal. Sapphire crystal front. NO buckle. Hand modified ETA 6497 movement, custom engraved by Jochen Benzinger (Germany), most parts in black PVD. Inverted Breguet ‘souscription’ type time reading. Unique hand made carbon rotating dial, mirrored roman number 40 (XL) integrated into the design. Hand applied, duodecimal numbering, coated by hand with white X-Grade SuperLuminova® phosphorescent pigments. Extremities of the rotating dial decorated with 24 diamonds (12 of 1.7mm, hour marks; 12 of 0.7mm, 30 min marks, total just over 0.5 ct.). Bright red and white X-Grade SuperLuminova® phosphorescent pigments applied internally to the sapphire crystal. Logo applied on movement and visible through the sceletonized rotating dial. Logo coated by hand with white X-Grade SuperLuminova® phosphorescent pigments. One piece (patented) black strap, custom hand made in Paris. Made of horned alligator leather, lined with round scales alligator leather. Being a single piece, the strap is reversible (patented).
Ford GT ‘Workhorse One’ prototype tribute
When seeing pictures of this car, the prototype of the 2005 re-issue of the GT40 race car, developed in 1964, to stop the domination of Ferrari at Le Mans, I was inspired to make a fitting watch. Back then, Ford succeeded in kicking Ferrari out of competition in Le Mans for several years and the GT40 race car was thus called ‘Ferrari – killer’ from then on.
Titanium case, sapphire crystal front, mineral crystal back, titanium buckle, hand made paint job for case and buckle. Hand made, 24mm, carbon – aramid strap, backed with black veal leather. Titanium crown decorated with hand made carbon – aramid insert. Hand-modified ETA 6498 movement. Hand made carbon – aramid dial with shiny, hand applied, silver duodecimal numbering. Hand modified brass hands, hour hand coated by hand with anthracite coloured SuperLuminova® phosphorescent pigments, minute hand coated with bright red SuperLuminova® phosphorescent pigments.
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