Friday, March 27, 2009



Coming soon - Titanium Turbofan Skeleton - Black Series

This dial is nearly ready for lume application. It will be paired to a black PVD coated skeleton movement and a set of hands that I have yet to select. I am aiming to have the watch completed before the weekend is up, for now enjoy the photos of the dial. It is machine from 0.25mm aluminum sheet and painted with my "Black Series" surface finish.




Thursday, March 19, 2009

Q55 Full Lume Silver Texalium Prototype

Threw a quick vid together.. so difficult to give a real sense of the watch with stills, hopefully this is a little more entertaining as well. This watch is currently on eBay, starting at $1 with no reserve price and 24 high resolution photos - click here for the listing.



A Pair Of New Full Lume Silver Texalium Prototype Dials



I really enjoy working with silver texalium as it has a surface weave pattern that is probably nicer than any other composite material. The greatest drawback of this material is that it is basically translucent and requires multiple extra steps for a proper lume application. So instead of spending my time wrestling with the unique characteristic of this material I decided to take advantage of its translucency to make a full lume, or more appropriately a "Ghost Lume" dial. The process needs a bit of refinement and the larger dial is clearly the brighter of the pair. I also love the way the blue lume is ghosted around the indexes. These dials will find their way into a 45mm titanium case with handwind movement and a monster 55mm case with quartz movement very soon. Look for them in my upcoming weeks eBay listings!


















Monday, March 16, 2009

2 New PyroLume creations on eBay now




For this week I chose to break out some Gold Texalium fiber that I had laying around. It's been a while since I used this material and I have to say the results are quite nice. For more photos you can visit the ebay listings for these watches here:

eBay auction: 50mm Prototype Watch

eBay auction: 45mm Titanium Aviator