2 new watches

[Marcus Hunt]

I've been busy and definitely getting the hang of Rolex steel. I've found that Glensteel and Chris' new HSS gravers seem to work best; they dull rather than break which is always a bonus, especially when working on high value items.

Along with my usual gun work, I've managed to cut 2 more watches and here are a couple of preview pics from the K&T website. I am particularly pleased with the English scroll watch. It's cut in the old victorian style which includes some single point cutting away of background. Although it takes longer to execute, in my view, it really punches the scrolls forward. I was also very pleased with the trout; in some ways it's a shame it's on the watch back but, on the other hand, it's nice to have some "secret art" where only the wearer knows what's on their wrist.

Next project is a Panerai........

 

[Gemsetterchris]

Love that Marcus :banana:

That english scroll really looks neat & the trout is really something!

Would love that scroll on my oysterdate but i`m not doing it

Whats with your book, have i missed something

 

[BrianPowley]

Nice Marcus!

 

[sam]

Absolute beauties, Marcus. I think the two-tone watches are doing especially well with engraving. I hope you're onto something here and can grow this market. :thumbs up:

 

[Marcus Hunt]

Sam, this is something very new for Paul Thorpe and myself. He's been involved with the watch business since 1975 so hopefully can see an opportunity in the market. As it's such a new venture though there's a little bit of "suck it and see" going on (do you use that expression in the US?) but I think there is huge potential for these watches if the right people come along. Of course there will always be the purists who hate what we do but for someone who doesn't want exactly the same watch as millions of other people it could be great.

Chris, I'm still in the dark as to what's happening with the book and dvd, but I'm hoping they'll be released very soon now.

 

[sam]

I know that Rolex is kind of fussy about unauthorized modifications and I've heard they won't work on watches that have had them. Of course there are plenty of watchmakers who will so that's not a big deal. The purists will probably shy from the engraving, but there's still a huge market for aftermarket Rolex mods like diamond bezels, diamond faces, custom bracelets, etc, etc. So I'd think there's potential here. I posted a link to your previous watch article (front page of this site) on the Rolex forum and the responses were far more against engraving than for it, although most admired the work. But that's a forum of Rolex aficionados who, for the most part, want their watches kept as original. Personally, I think they look fantastic with nice engraving and I'll venture a bet that there are customers out there for them. Keep us posted! / ~Sam

 

[bronc]

Well done Marcus. Really beautiful work.

Stewart

 

[Peter E]

BEAUTIFULLY done Marcus! I love the classic look of the scroll, and the gold really accentuates the beauty of it.

 

[dimovengraving]

Precision, beautiful, classy !!!

 

[Joe Mason]

Looks great.....

Joe

 

[jetta77]

O.K. tomorrow im taking my omega to work for disassemble, clean, prep then ready to engrave. Very cool Marcus, very inspiring...

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Looks really nice Marcus.

arnaud

 

[BES]

Hi Marcus!
This is a great job!
I liked the combination of two colors,
gold and steel look great!

Each subsequent watches are becoming more elaborate!
Excellent detail! Very fine work!

 

[mhgjewel]

wow that is beautiful

 

[Dulltool]

The best.....really nice.

 

[ChadB]

Those are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!