The case
One piece of 316L bar becomes a 62 g case in six operations. Four of them are cutting. Two of them exist only to decide how the finished part will behave in light.
- Material
- 316L stainless steel
- Bar diameter
- 45 mm
- Finished weight
- 62 g, head only
- Batch
- Forty cases
- Bevel, by hand
- About forty minutes each
Six operations
Sawn
-
1
Sawn
A 45 mm bar of 316L is cut into blanks a little over the finished height. Nothing about it looks like a watch yet.
-
2
Turned
The blank is held in a collet and cut to diameter. The band, the bezel seat and the caseback thread are all cut in one setting so they share an axis.
-
3
Milled
Lugs, crown hole and the six caseback screw holes. This is where 62 g stops being a block and starts being a case.
-
4
Blasted
Fine glass bead at low pressure knocks the machining marks off and leaves a matte surface with no grain direction.
-
5
Grained
The band is drawn under an abrasive belt in one direction. Every scratch runs the same way, which is what makes the band throw a single hard line of light.
-
6
Bevelled
The edge between band and lug is cut back at 45° and polished by hand against a wheel. It takes about forty minutes and it is the only part of the case that acts like a mirror.
Three dials
Sunburst, bead-blast or engine-turned. Same case, same movement, same price.
Dials and straps€3,180
Buy