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Macro view of a régulateur watch dial with the hours, minutes, and seconds displayed on separate subdials
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The Régulateur Dial: Why Watchmakers Separate the Hours, Minutes, and Seconds

Most watch dials are a beautiful compromise. Three hands sweep across a single track, overlapping, crossing, occasionally hiding one another at the top of the hour. We are so used to this arrange...

dial makingGrand feu enamel watch dial being lifted from a small kiln, glowing molten white surface with cloisonne gold wire partitions

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...