Off Hours

Watchmaking Studio in a Box

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Having recently rescued some sorely abused collets after acquiring yet another lathe, Chris is now swimming in a sea of collets. He and Jon discuss various tools, blackest black ink, hyperwhite paint, watch photography, and movement finishing.

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  • Southbend Lathes
  • Cromwell Lathes
  • Waterjet Cutting Service at Carleton University
  • Schaublin 102
  • Cardon Tools


    • An example of a turret for a Schaublin 102

  • Schaublin 70
  • Aciera F1 Milling machine that uses the same collets as the Schaublin 70
  • Sixis 101 Another milling machine that shares the same collet system as the Aciera F1 & Schaublin 70
  • Hardinge
  • Stuart Semple BLINK Ink
  • Whitest White Paint
  • Watch Photography Using Camera Flashes Some timely, macro photography perspective from GaryG
  • Aputure Lights
  • Light Tent
  • 100 Ways to Improve Your Photography by Ming Thein
  • Ming Watches
  • Focus Stacking
  • Camera Bellows
  • Anglage Work A macro video of Chris polishing the chamfer on one of the bridges for the watch movements he has been working on
  • Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro Lens One of the lenses that Chris has been using to film watch work with
  • Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Lens Another of the lenses Chris has been using to film watch work with
  • African Blackwood
  • Gentian
  • Ebony
  • Gold LUXOR Polishing Compound
  • Jeweller’s Rouge
  • Chopstick Master from Bridge City Tool Works, the jig that Chris has been using to shape wooden laps for polishing the chamfers on the movements he’s been working on
  • Daniela Dufour Interviewed alongside her father, Philippe Dufour, on The Watches TV
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    Off HoursBy Chris Manning & Jon Edwards
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