Chris is planning to make a watch. He and Jon talk movements, makers, and the calibers others have built off of.
PTS Resources
An Asian manufacturer known for their tourbillon calibers
ptsresources.com
ETA
Switzerland’s most dominant supplier of mechanical watch movements
eta.ch
Sellita
A maker of ETA clone movements
sellita.ch
Soprod
A manufacturer of mechanical, as well as advanced quartz, movements
soprod.ch
Miyota
A Japanese manufacturer of quartz & mechanical watch movements
miyotamovement.com
Eterna
Chris is planning to use Eterna’s GMT caliber 3911 & their moonphase complication in the 3955
eterna-movement.com
Eterna Logo
Eterna’s logo is a stylized version of the ball bearing system that the company pioneered for self-winding watches
offhours.show
Eterna 39 Review
Aaron Berlow’s review of Eterna’s Caliber 39, for HODINKEE
hodinkee.com
Eterna 3030
Eterna’s caliber 3030 was released in 2006, to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary
eterna-movement.com
Struthers London
Struthers London began making timepieces from antique, English made calibers, before branching off into creating their in-house Project 248 caliber
struthers-london.co.uk
Struthers Feature
The Struthers article Chris referred to: Dr. Rebecca Struthers on Dutch watch forgers, 3D imaging, & why the Struthers London logo is a fox
thejewelleryeditor.com
Atelier de Chronometrie
Atelier de Chronometrie creates watches based on vintage Omega calibers 266 & 283
atelierdechronometrie.com
Vianney Halter
Vianney Halter built his early watches on the Peseux 7001, which is now produced by ETA under the same caliber number
vianney-halter.com
Nomos
Like Vianney Halter, Nomos started with the Peseux 7001
nomos-glashuette.com
Peter Speake-Marin
An early interview with Peter Speake-Marin, that takes a look at his hand made pocket watch, as well as his reasoning for using ETA movements as the basis for his first serially produced timepieces
people.timezone.com
Kari Voutilainen
Voutilainen’s decimal repeating timepieces were built on minute repeating ebauches that he customized & his Observatoire series were built on the Peseux 260
voutilainen.ch
Daniels’ Millennium Watch
Daniels recounts making his Millennium Watch series with the aid of Roger Smith, based on Omega’s caliber 2500, which itself was based on the ETA 2892
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Palladium
A video comparison of white metals used in the jewellery industry, Chris is considering using palladium 500 as the case material for his watch designs
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Bleaching Silver Dials
Roger W. Smith flame bleaching the dial of a Daniels pocket watch
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Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Constantin’s Metiers d’Art collection
vacheron-constantin.com
Chris Ploof
Jeweller who specializes in working with Damascus
chrisploof.com