dial making
Grand Feu Enamel: The 800°C Art Hidden on Watch Dials
A grand feu enamel dial is one of the few things on a wristwatch that has not changed in 300 years. The kiln is the same. The temperatures are the same. The failure rate is, almost cruelly, also...
Guilloché Dials: The Lost Art Beneath the Crystal
On a quiet afternoon in a Swiss workshop, a craftsman leans into a machine that looks like something out of a steampunk novel. Cast-iron levers, brass cams, a hand crank. He turns it slowly — ha...