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    Mammoth molar folder

    Thank you guys, i really had fun making it, already got a couple more in the works :) Ondrej
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    Mammoth molar folder

    Hey everyone, turns out i kinda missed this, posting pictures, talking about knives. So, when i got these from my photographer, i went straight back here to post them. Hope you like it :) This knife is made from different patterns of Chad Nichols stainless damascus, mammoth molar scales and...
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    Horologist's automatic knife

    Thank you :) Ondrej
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    Horologist's automatic knife

    Thank you guys :) Trenton, i recall something like that, but it wouldn't be of much use to you - as enthusiastically as it was done, it was too soon for me to do a tutorial. I have much better production methods nowadays and i'll be happy to share them with you - send me an e-mail and i'll put...
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    Horologist's automatic knife

    A bit, yes :) Thank you all for the kind words. Ondrej
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    Horologist's automatic knife

    Hey everyone, i haven't been around for quite some time, but i thought this might be worth stopping by cause you might like to see this :) I made every part of this knife except the automatic coil spring that opens it. Otherwise, it's all me - the gears, pinions, bushings, even the tiny...
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    After a long time - #25 - 1/4 chronograph

    Thank you :)
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    After a long time - #25 - 1/4 chronograph

    Thank you so much guys :) Ondrej
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    After a long time - #25 - 1/4 chronograph

    Hey everyone, this thing was actually supposed to be finished on my b-day in August, but as always, deliveries on stuff work mysterious ways, and though the watch itself was finished, i waited two months for the strap to be finished, and after that came in, i found out the two months wait...
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    New watch - #18 The Apollo

    Thank you :)
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    The watch WIP i promised you guys :)

    Thank you for the kind words and support guys :) Here's more stuff - the dial with second markers added: rough piece of material for the rotor ready for machining attached to the fixture (you see that fixture a lot, don't you? :) ) machined, compared with the original...
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    The watch WIP i promised you guys :)

    Thank you guys :) here's more stuff :) enlarging the holes in the damascus, so that i can mount it on the fixture, and enlarge the subdials something like this, only better :) here is the actual process of centering the damascus with the spindle tightened down with a screw...
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    The watch WIP i promised you guys :)

    Thank you guys :) I'm posting whenever i find a minute, so i won't be able to do this in one big post, but rather in a few partials, building a suspense a bit :) Here's my lathe, at the time in my dad's garage but right now, it resides in my shop - much more convenient :) and...
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    The watch WIP i promised you guys :)

    Hey guys, i finally got around to do this, and hoping i'm in the right section, here's the first batch of pics. This is how it starts - just a bunch of stock - some titanium, damascus... there are some pieces still missing, but i will add them as i go along. fitting the dial material to a...
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    New watch - #18 The Apollo

    Thank you guys :) i will (i promise) put the WIP together over the weekend. Ondrej
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