The watch WIP i promised you guys :)

papi

papi

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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.
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fitting the dial material to a fixture - here, the fixture is centered with the spindle of my mini mill
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and the dial material superglued to the fixture, with the counter holes measured and drilled
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now i transfer the holes to a lower layer (this will be a sandwich dial), which will be a piece of 0.015" titanium
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glue those two plates together, and glue them onto the fixture and secure them with a screw and a piece of G10. That helps to distribute pressure, so the glue doesn't let go when i'm turning this from that crazy shape into a nice round circle.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
 
Don't think you're going to get me trying one of those, Papi. Still you do such nice work I just have to see this happen. My regards. Frank
 
This is going to be cool.the Mods may move it to the toturial sectoin.
Like Frank,I will be on top of this,but I don't
think you'll have to worry about me,as being any competition.
Thanks for doing this.

God bless,Keith
 
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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
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but right now, it resides in my shop - much more convenient :)
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and we're turning
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the dial is turned to fit the case
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taken off the fixture, cleaned-up with some nail polish remover
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and the day&date window is roughed out
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to be continued :)
Ondrej
 
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
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something like this, only better :)
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here is the actual process of centering the damascus with the spindle
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tightened down with a screw and a piece of G10 again, i am milling the subdial holes
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here's the final step. I went through four different sizes of endmills getting here, to have the smallest possible amount of material removed, to keep everything lined up correctly.
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oh goodie, starting to look like a dial :)
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here are the two layers mocked up together
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i then adjusted the fixture by turning little bosses in the center, around which i put the damascus plate
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like so:
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and spot drilled my subdial markers with the fixture mounted on my turning/indexing table mounted on my milling machine
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drilled through
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and trial heat colored, at this point i just couldn't wait to see what it will look like :)
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thank you for looking, take care,
Ondrej
 
This is GREAT so far, and I see it getting even better! :)

Thank you for taking the time to document all this!
 
Thank you for the kind words and support guys :)

Here's more stuff - the dial with second markers added:
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rough piece of material for the rotor
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ready for machining
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attached to the fixture (you see that fixture a lot, don't you? :) )
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machined, compared with the original rotor
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the outline of the rotor marked out...
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cut out, finished, and soaking in alcohol to get any oils of it
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and heat colored with the bearing already pressed in
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aaaaand, mounted on the movement, works just so nicely
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Thank you for looking, take care,
Ondrej
 
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