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> rose engine The watch manufacture Breguet (part of Swatch Group) still uses rose engines to make guilloché dials by hand, the effect is visually stunning. S
by quickthrowman 3y ago
> rose engine
The watch manufacture Breguet (part of Swatch Group) still uses rose engines to make guilloché dials by hand, the effect is visually stunning.
Strangely enough, you can get a precious metal Breguet watch with a guilloché dial for less than the secondary market price of some steel Rolex sports watches.
Article: https://revolutionwatch.com/the-breguet-guilloche/ https://revolutionwatch.com/the-breguet-guilloche/
Video: https://youtu.be/aTo3ff9fzdU https://youtu.be/aTo3ff9fzdU
- adolph 3y agoThank you for those links. Once upon a time I'd look at those watches and think "ok, fancy scratches" and now I think of them as an apex of math, machine and human touch. Reading about Breguet's work is amazing--all the things he invented and working through and escaping the French Revolution. https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/knowledge/inventors_03/ https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/knowledge/inventors_03/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham-Louis_Breguet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham-Louis_Breguet