My Watch Projects

[RCDesign]

I’m a total noob when it comes to making cases but I have been able to put together these two watches so far!

 

The fist one is made from Dural aluminum using my small CNC-machine and the second one is stainless steel made using an old Deckel mill from the 40’s.

 

Dial and inserts are made of anodized aluminum which has been engraved and then filled with a mixture of paint and lume.

 

First try:

 

The raw material a milled piece of Dural

 

 

Ready to go in the small CNC-mill

 

 

Stage one - done!

 

 

The back "milled out" and now it looks more like a case

 

 

Ready to lapp angles etc

 

 

Making the dial 

 

 

Dial with lume dots

 

 

The result

 

 

 

 

 

[RCDesign]

Second try:

 

The raw piece of stainless steel

 

 

Milled and ready for the Deckel

 

 

The machine

 

 

The form of the case in scale 3:1 

 

 

After MANY runs, the depth is correct!

 

 

Starting to look the part!

 

 

Drilled lugs 

 

 

Lugs getting "plugged"

 

 

.....getting there

 

 

The sides lapped to 3 degrees and the holes are "gone"

 

 

Routing a bezel 

 

 

Getting painted/lumed

 

 

Making the caseback (press fit)

 

 

 

......and the result

 

 

 

 

[Geo]

Truly excellent work RCD, the first one is great, but I just love your second one. Very handy tool the pantograph mill.

You're getting excellent results making the dials. What engraving machine are you using for the dial? I'm also curious to know what movements you are using?

[RCDesign]

I'm using a Roland PNC-2300A

 

 

I'm limited to 0.1mm wide traces using rotating endmills but have plans to try dragengraving using diamond bits.

 

Building a small pad printer is next on my list! :)

 

Miyota quartz movement in the fist one and a Tissot 782 in the stainless version!

[Geo]

That's a fine piece of kit you have. A friend of mine used to do engraving as a home based business many years ago, I can't remember the make though.

Keep up the good work, and don't forget to keep us posted, we like seeing this kind of thing. :)

[SSTEEL]

Jaw hits the floor here!  Truly impressive work my friend.!

[clockboy]

Great work nice watches

[Delroyb]

Excellent skills, well done that man. I particularly like the SS one.

[jnash]

really impressive, just another level of skill. keep up the work, along with some more pics

[Michael]

Brilliant work RCD. Again, I am amazed at the skills and detail in your watches.

[64americandeluxe]

Very inspirational! I hope to work towards building my own case in the future. Keep up the nice work.

Cheers!

Roger

[autowind]

Very impressive and not something many could do.

[Blacklab]

AAA ***** excellent.

[Edmund]

Thank you Roger for showing your superb work and wish you success with your growing business.