Did someone say macro?

 

No, it isn't a modern painting or a mural. It is the guilloche of our Curl Curl dial as seen under a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) under 100x magnification. The image is taken by Tim Murphy, who works for NewSpec, a microscope specialist. Note how clean and burr-free our individual cuts are! We are shaving that titanium like cheese. This is testament not just to the shaping of the diamond cutter (which we actually do in-house, remember the slurry?) but also to Kern's hydrostatic guides and the rigidity of the machine itself. I reckon we should turn this image into a wall poster! The tiny area which looks like the moon's surface is actually a micro-particle-blasted dial surface. Still not impressed? The 100 times magnification of the SEM is actually set to 'low'.

It won't be long now - as I type this, 45 Curl Curl dials are now completed, and we are assembling MK2. If you are on the list, but haven't received your invoice yet: check your email on Wednesday.