tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35970088406041734352024-03-18T19:46:33.524+11:00Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker<a href="http://www.clockmaker.com.au">www.clockmaker.com.au</a> | <a href="http://www.rebelde.com.au">www.rebelde.com.au</a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.comBlogger951125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-18440314093976182402024-03-11T14:42:00.001+11:002024-03-11T14:42:07.176+11:00 I don't pay for love<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/6352a062-4ebb-bc19-9f5e-6008741a59b9.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 676px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">As a subscriber to my newsletter, you know I don't beat around the bush. I tell it how it is. Many of you appreciate straightforwardness and are mature and smart enough to tell the difference between marketing fluff and a genuine opinion.<br /><br />Let me get straight to it: I have a problem. A big problem which does not even have a solution. <br />You see, I have no problem talking about watches. Even less, pulling them apart to their last components, undertaking complex repairs and adjusting them to perfection. I can also tell you why you should invest in a certain watch, why a certain design is timeless while sharing my excitement of their internal and external beauty. <br /><br />However when it comes to one particular brand and maker, I struggle. I feel extremely uncomfortable to talk about the brand. I am not exaggerating: even the thought of writing, causes me physical discomfort and real physical pain. That brand is Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker.<br />It's simple: it is not my job to talk about myself. That is rude. Inappropriate. Obnoxious.<br />On the other hand, finding anyone else capable of telling you the NH story is impossible. There is absolutely no one out there willing and able to share the NH excitement in an objective, unbiased, professional way. To tell you the truth: how difficult the journey of independence really is; how difficult it is to build a complex mechanism expected to perform flawlessly for decades to come; the sacrifice, tears, sleepless nights, countless hours behind the bench- and ultimate rejoice seeing a watch assembled and ticking. Literally the miracle of new life.<br /><br />Let's not be unkind and generalise: not all influencers, bloggers, journalists and even sales people out there are purely motivated by money.<br />On the other hand, none of them will talk about me- or any other brand- for free. They talk nicely about watches because they are paid to talk nicely about watches. I don't pay for love.<br /><br />And even if I would, the love I would get from them and service they would render in exchange would be rather humiliating: no kissing. <br /><br />The only other option, apart from self promotion would be withdrawal to complete anonymity. To make watches for a handful of true watch enthusiasts, to take my name off the dial, shut down all communication and like a monk, devote my life to horology. As pure and purist that might sound, it would be nothing more than an admission of self defeat and a betrayal to those who are yet to discover the NH brand.<br /><br />I choose self promotion. I choose pain rather than humiliation of telling my story to those, who like Chinese whisperers would then retell it distorted, blinded by their ignorance and jealousy. <br /><br />No one can tell a watchmakers story other than a watchmaker himself.<br /><br />Allow me to highlight just a couple of reasons why you should invest in a MK2.<br /><br />Last year, during the Geneva watch manufacturing exhibition, EPHJ, I took the opportunity to show our titanium guilloche dial for the MK2 to Kari Voutilainen. He was impressed. If a Nicholas Hacko watch is good enough for Kari Voutilainen, it's good enough for you too.<br /><br />Josh and his small team make complex engineering components that not just go into space, but are "crucial-to-mission". If NH can be trusted by space engineers, it can be trusted by you.<br /><br />For the past few months, I have had five MK2 watches sitting on my desk, on public display. Without exception, every person who is into watches and appreciates the beauty was visibly impressed by the perfection of the colourful dials and the feathered hands. There, I said it: perfection. Not perfection that comes from Switzerland, or Japan, or Germany, but perfection attained in a country with no horological manufacturing tradition. <br /><br />If it is perfect for me, it's surely perfect for you.<br /><br />This is the the story you need to know. For an Australian watch enthusiast, wearing an Australian watch made by a real watchmaker is a privilege. I invite you to join us on an exciting journey which has just begun. <br /><br />Thank you for being my ambassador, I am proud of you. </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/ef1fac96-54a1-b97a-492f-f3d905cbd503.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/a8f96256-f024-424c-4071-ad2e123480ab.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; 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color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/2e2ad8a4-9c4c-a078-8641-e2354787acb3.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 900px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/ffbfb63d-8d77-9cb0-1c15-e9d228ce05e0.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1090px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/95f89200-fa90-8979-08e5-1f618e7c2f45.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/42c9ffb0-5f2a-b93a-6381-43294b01892d.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 700px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><em>Photograph by Vaughan Pearce.</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong>MK2</strong><br />- 40mm case size 316L steel<br />- Anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass<br />- Titanium Guilloché dial, with Grade 5 Titanium hands and applied numerals<br />- Soprod M100 automatic movement<br />- Water resistant to 10atm<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $7,900</strong></span><br /><br />A small quantity of MK2 watches have been assembled and are in stock, ready for immediate delivery. </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-83613309082324819552024-03-11T14:40:00.004+11:002024-03-11T14:40:47.290+11:00Off to space! Update from the workshop<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Yesterday was very exciting- we are in space!</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">A local Australian company launched a metaphorical "bus" to space. On the bus were payloads from many other tangential Australian space companies, including Spiral Blue, who we mentioned a few weeks ago. Another company that we do some critical hardware manufacture for is called Valiant Space. Valiant is a young company in Brisbane, manufacturing in-space non toxic space propulsion systems. In short, ultra small rocket engines. These rocket motors are responsible for steering the bus in space. Without them, It's safe to say that the mission would be very... directionless...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">NH Micro has been working with Valiant for over 3 years, </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">producing valve components for their rocket motors</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">. The valves control the flow of liquid into the combustion zone. They are tight tolerance, highly critical components- parts that we are leveraging our experience in watch manufacturing to help parallel precision industries attain their precision goals. We love making space parts, especially when they are actually deployed in space.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">If you'd like to have a look at the launch, here is a short video.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foP7bSjtffM" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foP7bSjtffM</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Manufactured in Australia, by your very own watchmaker. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Josh</em>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-47989361111177583732024-02-12T13:14:00.002+11:002024-02-12T13:14:30.025+11:00Update from the workshop:<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/535dcbb2-69a2-db60-52d6-c0b82b6ea7b1.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1080px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">Last week we delivered a project to ANSTO, Australia's Nuclear, Science and Technology Organisation. Specifically to the Synchrotron in Melbourne. The Synchrotron is Australia's most advanced platform for performing scientific experiments with X-rays and high energy particles. For a small company like ours to be approached by a very large, prestigious government organisation is an honour, and I can tell you for free that working with these engineers often makes watchmaking look like Lego Duplo!</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/b8e47105-49e2-85f2-9ce7-8c1138ae08fb.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 791px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/81a1f89c-de2a-8553-04ab-a7488378f90c.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 785px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">The project we helped with was for the manufacture of some ferrite shields. Ferrite is ceramic material primarily composed of Fe2O3. It's very abrasive to cut, and also very hard, being much harder than steel, closer to other ceramics, like aluminium oxide (think dinner plates). Because of these factors, as well as the difficulty in managing the abrasive dust that gets generated through the process, Ferrite is very challenging to machine.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/f1510022-e1b7-12be-3329-7af9905b768a.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">Our approach was to grind the parts in our Kern Micro HD. We used electroplated diamond tools, which allowed us to create all the necessary shapes in the material.<br /><br />One of my favorite things about working with ANSTO is seeing where the parts actually end up. These ferrite shields are going inside a massive instrument currently being assembled in Japan. Jonathan, from the engineering team at ANSTO kindly provided these photos. 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Brookvale workshop. Our Kern Micro HD had it's first field-service
upgrade. It's difficult to describe how complex and engineered this
milling machine is, but I'll give it a shot. The Micro HD has at least 7
discrete, but interconnected systems. The control/software, kinematic
structure, pneumatics, hydraulics, tool changer, cooling circuit and
measurement systems. Each of these systems operate in harmony with each
other. They talk to each other, give feedback to each other, influence
how and when they need to be switched on, off or change. The easiest
analogy is the human body. Just like a person, the Micro HD has a
skeleton, nerves, a brain, muscles, a digestive system and so on.<br />
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This week, we did some major work on updating most of these systems, and
introducing new features. This happens very rarely for machines in the
field. The higher the complexity of these systems, the greater the risk
that an update or upgrade could degrade the stability of the system. So,
for most machines in the world, they never receive "upgrades". They
leave the factory in a stable condition, and you hope that nothing
changes in the life of the machine.<br />
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Because of this risk, we had to get the top guy at Kern to come and
install these options. Enter Alex Stauder, the Head of Applications at
Kern. With 23 years of experience (Kern is his first and only job!), he
has worked in nearly every department. From actually building the
machines, to building the software, to tweaking processes for customers.
Alex flew in from Germany to install and upgrade our machine, and there
was no better person to handle the task!
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Our upgrade wasn't mechanical, in fact not
one screw on the machine had to change. Our upgrade was deeply rooted in
the software of the machine. It's really difficult to describe what the
upgrade was in words- the best way is to show you: Here is a video of
what our milling machine can now do.<br />
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<a href="https://clockmaker.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896&id=504410fc8b&e=2d4f3023d8" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/C2gQ7soPz6g/</a><br />
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Our 5 axis machine became a 6 axis machine. The rotating tool you see in
the video, with the yellow tape attached to it, usually spins at 42
thousand revolutions a minute. This is amazing for using tools that are
meant to rotate, but it's binary. Either the spindle is spinning, or
it's not. With this upgrade, we now have complete control of the
direction that the spindle is facing at all times. So, instead of
rotating super super fast while moving, we can now rotate incredibly
precisely while moving!
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The big benefit for us is yet to come. A lot
of testing and trials are coming soon, but if you let your imagination
roam, I'm sure you can see in which direction we are heading!<br />
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<em>Josh</em>
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The other day we were delighted to receive a
very special watch. This customer bought a Rebelde K-Pilot in October
2014. He bought the watch for his grandson’s 18th birthday. The only
catch, the grandson was still in primary school, a mere 8 years of age.
So the watch - still in its original plastic, still with an unopened
envelope containing the receipt and warranty details - was put away
safely, in preparation for the birthday. Talk about prepared!<br />
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The customer gave us a call about a week before coming in; ‘This is my
story, should I have the watch overhauled before I give it to him?’ To
which we answered, yes, absolutely.<br />
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I know some of you may be asking, why would you have a watch serviced
that has literally never been worn? The answer is actually quite simple.
Evaporation. Pretty much any oil may be subject to evaporation, and
this certainly includes watch lubrication. There is actually a test to
determine exactly how much oil is being lost to evaporation called the
Noack volatility test. However the amount of lubrication inside a watch
on the best of days is of miniscule quantity. An easier way, is to wait
for a customer to bring in a watch that has not been worn for 10 years
or thereabouts. Then, you can take these photos.
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Above, we can see what the third wheel upper
pivot-in-jewel looked like upon receiving the watch. Note the length of
the steel pivot protruding from the ruby bearing.<br />
Below we can see what it looks like now and, more importantly, what it
would have looked like when it was first assembled and sold. No, it
hasn't sunk into the jewel, the lubricant coincidentally is red. But you
can clearly see how much lubricant is present. Around half way up the
'dish' of the jewel and almost at the rounded tip of the pivot.
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Of course, the watch would have worked
perfectly fine if he just gave it to his grandson. Likely for a year or
two. But the frictional wear within the movement is exponential once the
lubricant disappears. Every 5-6 years for a service is a good guess
based on different kinds of wear and conditions the watch may be subject
to. But that number is really from the last service. Not from when you
got sick and tired of your MoonSwatch and decided to put back on your
real-deal birth year 90s Tritium dial Moonwatch after it’s been sitting
in the sock drawer for a few years. Lack of wear certainly extends the
timer, but not by much. After 7 years you’re hurting your watch. Come in
before it hurts you back (financially that is…). </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-73249673361166370322024-01-17T13:14:00.005+11:002024-01-17T13:14:37.486+11:00Update from the workshop<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/f552dc38-4a0b-22a0-a23e-18cdc7ef3d5e.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 879px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">If you thought temperature was a problem in our Brookvale workshop…<br /><br />As many of you know, our workshop in Brookvale has been manufacturing parts for what we call “parallel precision industries”. The medical, scientific, semi conductor, quantum computing, optics/photonics and space sectors. This year we plan on opening the doors on even more projects that we’ve been working on.<br /><br />Last week we talked about how temperature is a leading influence in precision, and how controlling and measuring it’s effects is critical. Today we pivot and talk about outer space, and it’s complex relationship with temperature. In space applications, temperature has an entirely different way of working than what we are used to. Here on earth, temperature moves from hot to cold mainly through means of convection. In very simple terms, the air around hot things sucks heat away, the air molecules heat up, move around, and dump their heat into cooler things. The air molecules around us are actually doing the hard work in transferring energy from hot places to cold places. Energy (or heat) can also be transmitted in other ways. Radiation/emission is another way that heat moves. Instead of air molecules moving the heat around, Infrared radiation is emitted from hot things outwards. A good example of that is how even on a cold windy day, you can still “feel” the heat off of a glowing furnace when you open the door. Or even how stage lighting can make performers sweat on stage!<br /><br />In space there is no air. Space is a near-vacuum, there is no atmosphere like there is down here, and for our temperature problem, this causes issues. Bizarrely, because space is so empty, it’s also (generally) really really cold. In “outer space” beyond our solar system and in the middle of nowhere, temperatures can plummet down to -270degrees, that’s just a few degrees above “absolute zero”. In more practical scenarios, like in low earth orbit, temperatures can fluctuate a lot. On one hand you have the intense vacuum of space pulling temperatures down to -150 degrees, and in direct sunlight, facing the sun, temperatures can soar above 150 degrees!<br /><br />The reason behind these extremes is tied to what we mentioned earlier about convection, and air molecules transferring heat. Because energy doesn’t have any medium to move through in outer space, the only way available for heat to transfer from one place to another is through radiation, or emission. The sun is constantly radiating it’s energy outwards, and objects in it’s direct line of sight feel the full force of this emission. However, objects that are in the “shadow” cast by planets, or clouds of gas, or meteor belts are exposed to… Nothing.<br /><br />This makes heat an incredibly challenging thing to manage in space. Imagine you have a heat source, something like a computer chip on a satellite. You can’t just put a PC fan next to it, like you would with a normal computer, there is nothing for the fan to push! Instead, to manage the heat generated by the chip, you have to construct very elaborate heat sinks that draw the heat away from one area, and “emit” it outwards to another area. Emission from a source is a complex thing to figure out, the material properties, the surface finish, the surface area, all contribute to an efficiency number - but generally you can expect that less than 5% of the heat is transferred via emission compared to convection in atmosphere. Suddenly, your computer chip that you can pump 100’s of watts of power into, and extract all the waste heat with a PC cooling fan, burns up in a fraction of a second in space, where the heat has nearly nowhere to go.<br /><br />But why is any of this relevant?<br /><br />Well, in the last few years, we have been manufacturing countless parts for these systems in satellites that are currently orbiting over us! The parts are usually very tightly toleranced, need careful attention for surface finish (mirrors are the best!) and are made in tricky materials like copper. The example of a computer chip in space is an easy one to follow, but is also a legitimate use-case. Often satellites have to beam their data down to earth for it to be processed. Low earth orbit satellites only have a few hours per day where they can beam down their information, as they pass over their ground stations, which means that often they are sitting in orbit just waiting, rather than doing useful work. Local, Sydney-based company Spiral Blue, manufacture extremely specialised computers that manage this issue of heat so that these satellites can process their data, either images, or data from sensors while in orbit! This greatly increases the efficiency and reduces the cost of operating a satellite. Our small claim to fame is that we help Spiral Blue manufacture their heat-management system - a challenge, but nothing a small group of horologists on the Northern beaches couldn’t take on.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896/images/cb765c92-1104-c41d-add3-c068381e5d73.jpg" style="border: 0px; 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text-size-adjust: 100%;">https://www.spiralblue.space/</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-81267028206684328222024-01-17T13:13:00.005+11:002024-01-17T13:13:32.254+11:00All New Seiko 5 Field GMT<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; max-width: 600px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td id="templateHeader" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background: #FFFFFF none no-repeat center/cover; border-bottom: 0; border-top: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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The Seiko 5 Sports Field collection was
created with an ‘in the field’ military design – taking inspiration from
a style originally called ‘trench watch,’ created to be robust and
reliable in tough conditions.<br /><br />
This Seiko 5 Sports ‘Deception’ field watch takes the design to the next
level, featuring blacked out seconds, and GMT hand, as well as the
bezel and case. This model comes on a calf leather strap.<br />
Both watches feature a GMT function that allows you to track a second
time zone, and much like the Seiko 5 GMT, the GMT hand itself is
directly adjustable. The base design and size remain the same as the
original field watches, ensuring that the design style is timeless
whilst the calibre evolves.<br /><br />
39.4mm case size. Automatic movement - calibre 4R34. Hardlex glass. Water resistance to 10 bar. <br /><br />
Two models available today, one all steel with a comfortable metal
bracelet which retails for $675 and the other all black fitted on a
leather NATO strap, retail $630. Two of each in stock. Take your pick. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong>SSK023K</strong>
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It’s well known that things move. Buses move
people, you move the objects you interact with, and you move yourself
around. Being in control of what, when and how things move is a
superpower. Controlling the bus timetable allows you to improve, or
diminish the productivity of Sydney… controlling how quickly you raise
your coffee cup to your mouth can make the difference between a gentle
wakeup, or a miserable morning cleaning your shirt… The list goes on.<br />
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In manufacturing, the more you control, the better your results become.
The easiest way to visualise that is that manufacturing parts is like
having a chain. The more demanding the parts, the stronger the chain
needs to be, and the chain is only as strong as the weakest link.
Controlling each link in the chain is the first step to identifying the
weakest link and improving the strength of the chain. Practically, this
involves purchasing high quality equipment, software and measuring
tools. It also extends into monitoring your workshop environment, your
vibrations, your temperature and secondary things like humidity,
cleanliness/dust control.<br />
<br />
Temperature is one part of that chain that is a deep deep rabbit hole.
Just like a scheduler can move buses around, or how you can move your
coffee cup, temperature moves everything. Shifts in temperature cause
materials to grow or shrink. This is what engineers call the
“coefficient of thermal expansion”, or CTE. It’s measured in microns per
metre per degree. Most steels have a CTE of around 11 microns per metre
per degree. This means that if you had a 1 metre long rod at 20 degrees
Celsius, left it our in the sun so it was around 40 degrees Celsius, it
would expand and be 220 microns longer! That’s 0.2mm, or about the
thickness of two sheets of paper. For some more perspective the height
of the Sydney Harbour Bridge can move more than 100mm on a hot day, as
all the steel expands!<br />
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Every material has it’s own CTE. Teflon, for example moves 100 or so
microns per metre per degree, so if my rod was made from teflon, and I
left it out in the sun, it would end up being 2 whole millimetres longer
at 40 degrees C! This has always been a problem in horology. The moment
of inertia of an oscillator, such as the pendulum of a clock, is
strongly tied to the distance that the mass is from the pivot point. The
moment of inertia in a clock directly dictates the time keeping
accuracy. So, maintaining a stable moment of inertia, and therefore a
stable pendulum length is critical. Once horologists knew this, they
started the hunt to identify materials that had very low CTE’s.
Bizarrely, wood has a fantastic CTE if you measure it’s expansion along
it’s grain. About 3 microns per metre, per degree, or about 3x better
than steel. Unfortunately, humidity changes have disastrous effects for
wood’s expansion, so it was quickly ruled out for most applications.
Glass was then explored, with fantastic environmental stability, and
relatively good CTE (around 6um). Glass was improved on as a pendulum
rod material by using fused silica, or quartz, which has a CTE of just
0.55um! This technical exploration was then transferred to watchmaking,
where companies have been using very special materials, such as invar,
silicon, and even diamond to improve the chronometric accuracy of their
timepieces.<br />
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In the summer of 2023 and 2024, NHW has a different problem with temperature…<br />
<br />
As Sydney warms up, our workshop goes through very large temperature
shifts. We do a few things to combat this, insulation, air-conditioning,
and the most extreme, limiting machine usage. The machines in our
workshop all consume electricity, and generate heat. That heat is then
extracted either passively by our air-conditioning, or actively by
chilling units and refrigerators. Our Kern Pyramid Nano, the first
milling machine we purchased, has an active temperature management
system that cools the machine down to a stability of +-0.5 degrees. The
newly purchased Kern Micro HD also has a similar system, but it’s 10x as
powerful, cooling the machine down to a stability of +-0.05 degrees!
Both of these systems consume a very large amount of energy, and even
more energy when they have to fight against 35 degree days… It’s a
vicious cycle. As the outside temperature increases, the machines need
to use more energy to cool down, which generates more ambient heat,
which our air-conditioning systems need to fight against, which uses
more energy… The limit is our available current draw to our industrial
property. At one point, our distribution board taps out and we can no
longer effectively run the workshop. The only choice? To turn off the
machines and do other tasks. Cleaning, organisation, manual work,
decoration of components, etc.<br />
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But there is a clincher… and it’s a particularly nasty one. Our newest
milling machine, the aforementioned Kern Micro HD. The Micro HD is the
most accurate 5 axis milling machine in the world, and we have the only
one in all of Asia. It’s a fantastic achievement, but this machine was
designed to be run in a very specific, very controlled way. This is to a
drill press as what a chicken is to a velociraptor. One of main
differences between this machine and a machine in a lower price bracket
is it’s fundamental construction. The machine is made from a mixture of
aluminium, granite and iron. The moving components, such as the X,Y and Z
axes are made from aluminium, but those aluminium parts are actuated
with powerful magnets made from iron (linear motors). This effectively
creates a bimetallic strip. One side is iron, one side is aluminium.
Iron has a CTE of around 11um, and Aluminium has a CTE of around 22um.
The baseline temp for the machine is 20deg- When the machine is “on” it
is being actively cooled down to 20 deg within 0.05deg. But when the
machine is off, it normalises to whatever the room temperature is. This
can cause some serious issues… If the ambient temperature rises to above
28 degrees while the machine is not being actively cooled (off) then
the iron-aluminium construction of the machine bends to a point where it
causes permanent damage to the machine frame. The ultra-technical
explanation is that as the machine is warming up, the frame bends in a
predictable way, but as it cools down, the friction forces between the
iron and aluminium mean that it deforms in an unpredictable way. The
bottom line? If the machine reaches 28degrees or higher, it needs to be
completely recalibrated by the manufacturer. A cool 30 thousand dollars
in airfares, travel time, and recalibration costs. To make a long story
even longer, the obvious solution: keep the machine on all the time,
doesn’t really work… It costs approximately 40 dollars in electricity
and consumables per hour to keep the Micro HD on in a “idle” state. We
work an average of about 50 hours per week, which leaves 118 hours per
week of idle time, which is 4720 hours per year, which is about 250k a
year running cost to keep the machine “idle”. Turning the machine off,
doing manual work and allowing our poor little factory to breathe
unburdened during a hot day is the lesser of two evils…<br />
<br />
In our precision chain, some things are easier to control than others.
As we continue down this path of manufacturing in Australia and go
deeper down the rabbit holes, we are slowly realising that the things
you thought were the least conspicuous (temperature!) cause the biggest
problems.<br />
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If you’ve made it this far, congratulations. I don’t expect all of you
to listen to technical rambles like this, but if you have, I hope you
appreciate another little peak behind the curtain of what it takes to
make watches in Australia. All this makes your decision easy… why would
you buy a watch made anywhere else?<br />
<br />
<em>Josh</em>
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Here is an important message I need to share
with you. Actually, it is probably the most important message of the
year: <u>there is a fairly high chance that this year one of your watches will stop keeping time</u>.
Or worse, it could be subject to severe shock or water damage, and so
it will stop altogether, refusing to kick back in action. At best, it
might become magnetised, get scratched, or simply end up being
inaccurate, all for no apparent reason, and at no fault of yours. At
worst, it might suffer severe damage to a delicate internal component,
or multiple components, or break into pieces.<br />
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To mechanical machines, things simply happen. High grade watches are no exception.<br />
<br />
If your watch stops ticking, for whatever reason, here is a short list
of things that can help you return your watch to good, working order.<br />
<br />
<strong>1. Watches need regular servicing.</strong> If there is no
obvious external damage, your watch has most likely failed because it
needs a regular overhaul. That may require replacement of some
components, but your watchmaker or authorised service centre should be
able to help you. Definitely not the end of the world!<br />
<br />
<strong>2. Severely damaged watches are still repairable. </strong>Yes the repair cost will be high, but so are the chances of full and successful restoration. It's only money (and time).<br />
<br />
<strong>3. It could be a simple matter. </strong>A battery replacement,
some fine tuning, a lose screw, or demagnetisation. These are all jobs
that your watchmaker can handle with ease. In some cases, even while you
wait!<br />
<br />
<strong>4. It's never your watchmakers fault. </strong>Let me state the
obvious: watchmakers fix watches, they are not in the business of
breaking watches. It could be tempting to blame a watchmaker for your
troubles, but blaming a watchmaker will get you nowhere. Watchmakers are
technically minded people, so keep all correspondence technical and
devoid of emotion. If you can't trust a watchmaker, take it elsewhere.
It's as simple as that.<br />
<br />
<strong>5. Ask for a repair estimate before committing to a repair.</strong>
A ballpark figure at least. If you leave a watch with the instruction
to “just fix it”, then you may be in for a surprise. Likewise, don't
insult your watchmaker with a nonchalant "do I owe you anything for
this?". Yes, you do.<br />
<br />
<strong>6. Allow your watchmaker to work at his own pace.</strong>
Watchmakers are not lazy. On the contrary, they are highly efficient
professionals who want to see the job completed properly and in timely
manner. However they depend on spare parts suppliers who are
unfortunately few and far between. Parts are hard to source, especially
for older and vintage watches. Please be patient. Numerous “is it ready
yet?” calls are unnecessary and highly annoying.<br />
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<strong>7. We are here to serve you. </strong>We are on your side. But life is short and at the end of the day, a watch is just a watch. </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-43087260666314333302023-12-21T16:16:00.003+11:002023-12-21T16:16:33.958+11:00Update from the workshop<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">2023 was a huge year for us in the workshop.<br />
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We hired three new machinists in the last 12 months, hired a mechanical
engineering intern in just the last month and grew our project list
massively. As many of you know, we have a sister business called NH
Micro that uses our capabilities to manufacture high precision parts for
parallel industries. We manufactured parts that are in satellites that
are currently in orbit, in medical devices that are currently in
people's bodies, parts for particle accelerators, components for
telescopes, assemblies for quantum computers... the list goes on.<br />
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2023 proved that Australia sees tremendous value in onshoring its
manufacturing, and that the AU manufacturing market has strong demands
in sourcing highly precise, highly demanding components. We saw that our
skills that are birthed from watchmaking are valued in nearly every
field outside of horology, yet in weird ways, it always seems to come
back to timekeeping.<br />
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On the NHW side, we manufactured more watches in more ranges this year
than any other year. Our yearly production still sits just under 100
watches per year, which for a small company like ours is a mammoth task.
We manufactured four new colours of MK2's, made an entry into a
world-wide watchmaking competition, and have made tremendous headway on
our NH55 watches (more information to come shortly!). We invested in
more equipment, focusing on polishing, metrology (measuring) and surface
finishing. And most importantly we were "chained to the bench". Every
after-sales query was handled and resolved by Andrew - promptly and
accurately.<br />
<br />
Growth is a strange concept sometimes, it can quickly vary from feeling
like your wheels are spinning in the mud, to moving at a significant
portion of the speed of light. But despite either feeling, there is a
constant. The people. Nothing would be possible without our team. So, to
the team; Gemma, Andrew, Emily, Nick, and Tanya in Castlereagh St, Josh
L., Declan, Fred, and Victor in the workshop, thank you.<br />
<br />
So it leaves a biting question... what's in store for 2024?<br />
<br />
Well, man makes plans, and God laughs. So who knows, but if you keep
reading along with this newsletter I'm sure you will find out...<br />
<br />
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.<br />
<br />
<em>Josh</em>
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<em>One of the smallest parts we've made in
2023. Each slot is 60 microns wide, the part is 180 microns thick, and
about 400 microns in diameter. Was not even quoted by Swiss, German or
American machine shops.</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-301718039226251222023-11-06T15:19:00.005+11:002023-11-06T15:19:58.781+11:00Back to 1968 - Seiko GMT<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 9px;" valign="top">
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A modern watch with an unmistakeable 1968 vintage feel.<br />
<br />
<strong>What is vintage?</strong><br />
<br />
The overall dial layout, the hands, the 1968 case shape, domed crystal, the caseback true to original design, SEIKO logo.<br />
<br />
<strong>What is modern?</strong><br />
<br />
Very comfortable well engineered bracelet, superb clasp, new 6R54 mechanism, sapphire crystal, rotary GMT bezel.<br />
<br />
<strong>And what remains unchanged?</strong><br />
<br />
Made in Japan. Value for money. Pride and pleasure of wearing a genuine SEIKO.<br />
<br />
If you are of the 68 vintage, then this watch is made for you.<br />
I’ve said this so many times, and I’ll say it again. Get yourself a
SEIKO – stop bashing those Omegas and Rolex like there is no tomorrow.
Especially so if you are planning an overseas trip. Why risk it? If the
SEIKO gets stolen, not a big deal.<br />
<br />
And I have no doubt, like most of my messages, this one will be ignored too. Such is life.
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<strong>Seiko Prospex Land Mechanical GMT SPB411J</strong><br />
<br />
38.5mm case size. Stainless steel (super hard coating) case and
bracelet. Sapphire crystal. Automatic movement. Water resistance 10
bar. <br />
<br />
Limited Edition of 4,000 pieces worldwide.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Our price: $2,500</strong></span></span>
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<strong>What a sweet little victory:</strong> based on your feedback, and consequently, the number of orders, the orange Curl Curl is on top of the 'wanted' list.<br />
<br />
I knew it. The moment the first guilloche orange dial was assembled, it
became obvious that it will be a hit. It is really hard to put a finger
on it, but the burnt orange dials are rarely seen in horology. And to
produce such a vibrant, warm colour in Titanium is really a peak in our
manufacturing capabilities. I am extremely proud to have my name on that
dial, an honour and a privilege indeed.<br />
<br />
Consequently, and looking entirely from a business perspective, we are
left with two options: to make as many orange Curl Curl watches as we
can - or, to make as little as possible.<br />
<br />
This morning, the decision has been made: to ‘lock it in time'. Choosing
between volume production (which generates revenue) and rarity, which
means exclusivity to our ambassadors, we are opting for the latter.<br />
<br />
<strong>The small batch of ten orange Curl Curl will be the first one to be completed.</strong>
Actually, as I type this, the assembly is already in progress: we want
our ambassadors to receive their watches before Christmas. We want them
to be special!
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Next year, mid-December, a small batch of
orange Curl Curl will be released again. This time, it will be only nine
watches on offer. And so on for years to come – eight in 2025, seven in
2026, etc. In 2032 there will be just one orange!<br />
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<strong>The total production for the next ten years will be 55 watches.</strong> And that will be it. Our message is simple: we are here to stay, and we are not in a hurry. Our time is yet to come.<br />
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With two orange to be delivered to the US, one to Europe, one kept on
display, and four already allocated to Australian collectors, what would
be the chance that you will ever meet in person another Curl Curl
ambassador wearing the same watch?<br />
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Today, we are closing the 2023 batch with only two Curl Curl orange still available for Christmas delivery. <br />
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Thank you for your support.
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<em>Curl Curl Orange: automatic movement, 40mm case diameter, titanium guilloche dial and hands, manufactured in Australia. <span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $7,900.</strong></span><br />
2023 production batch of 10 watches.</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-6134129985725978552023-11-06T15:17:00.004+11:002023-11-06T15:17:54.250+11:00Sydney Watch<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 9px;" valign="top">
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Today, I am pleased to share with you exciting news: an ‘Australian’ watch.<br />
<br />
Or, more precisely, a Sydney watch.<br />
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But before we go any further, let me make a disclosure: I am not paid to
advertise, endorse or promote Luminox. I am talking about Luminox
because I believe it is a watch worth talking about.<br />
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Quite frankly, Luminox does not need me to sell their watches. The core
Luminox customer base – the watch owners who actually wear their Luminox
daily – are loyal followers for a reason.<br />
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My reason to jump on the Luminox bandwagon is simple: I don’t want you to miss out on the limited release “Australian” watch.<br />
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For a Sydney watch dealer not to offer a watch with the Sydney skyline
would be simply unimaginable. Yes, I am here to serve you.<br />
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Here are the four reasons why you should join the excitement of a new release:<br />
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<strong> - This watch is literally made FOR YOU, the Sydneysider.</strong>
The skyline of the harbour city; Opera House, Bridge, Chifley Tower,
MLC Tower, Centre Point Tower, Queen Victoria Building and the rest.<br />
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<strong>- ‘James Bond’ blue wavy dial, Formula 1 case and bezel!</strong>
Yes, the Australian Pacific Diver 3120 does look like a crossover of
Omega and TAG. And I like that – a proven look which simply works.<br />
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<strong>- Every Second Counts, Always Visible engraved on the caseback is a reminder of what horology is all about.</strong> It is also a play on the H3 LX tritium radioactive material used to ‘glow’ the hands and numerals. <br />
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<strong>- Blue and red silicone strap in addition to bracelet! </strong>The red strap is actually a special deal for the first five buyers only. Enjoy it!<br />
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44mm case size. Stainless steel case and
bracelet. Blue dial. Sapphire crystal. Quartz movement. Water resistance
200 metres. Comes in a pelican case. <br />
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<strong>Price: $1,499.</strong><br /><br />
Limited edition of only 100 watches.
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<strong>SEIKO Limited Edition Australia and New Zealand ONLY</strong><br />
<strong> “Whitsundays Sumo”</strong><br />
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Seiko Prospex Australasian Exclusive Limited Edition Dive Watch SPB429J, inspired by the iconic beaches of the Whitsundays.<br />
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The SPB429J pays homage to the breathtaking beaches of the Whitsundays,
including the renowned Whitehaven Beach. This timepiece captures the
tranquillity of the region's calm and serene waters with a striking
gradation dial. Just as the turquoise waters come alive under a
cloudless sky, the dial bursts into vibrant life when present in
sunlight.<br />
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This is not just a big watch, perfect for a large wrist, but a
collectable SEIKO that should be added to your Noosa and Eucalyptus
collection.<br />
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Yes, two straps included – blue and white. Individually numbered, xxx/1000. <br />
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Boutique price $1,800.<br /></td>
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</table><br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-2771541010517020722023-10-20T12:32:00.002+11:002023-10-20T12:32:17.621+11:00Today is the day<p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; max-width: 600px !important; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td id="templateHeader" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background: #FFFFFF none no-repeat center/cover; border-bottom: 0; border-top: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 9px;" valign="top">
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After almost a year of development, today, I
am pleased to introduce a new Curl Curl watch. Actually, not one – but
four. What is the big deal? We have four new titanium guilloche dials in
four new colours. <br />
<br />
I am not going to bore you with the details: sleepless nights,
significant investments, the challenges titanium machining presents. And
certainly, I am not going to talk about high precision manufacturing in
a country where high precision manufacturing barely exists. You already
know all of that.<br />
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Instead, allow me to point out just two important details related to this project. <br />
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<strong>The first is obvious: we make watches to prove a point </strong>-
that we are serious about watchmaking. While our time is yet to come,
our watches are practical proof of our manufacturing capabilities. For
those who understand and appreciate precision, the Curl Curl is a
powerful statement. It is our business card: when customers from
medical, space and science knock on our door, looking for help turning
drawings into real, physical objects, they get the message fast - those
who can make a watch can make anything. <br />
<br />
<strong>Second reason: the Curl Curl is an object of art. </strong>That
is how we feel about it, and that is how we want you to feel about it.
It is a combination of our desire to offer you a unique piece of
mechanical art, and your appreciation for mechanical art. A partnership
between a passionate watchmaker and a passionate ambassador. A
relationship that will continue to flourish in years to come. <br />
<br />
Based on these two premises, the Curl Curl will be available as a <u>special order only</u>.
We have no intention to ‘flood the market’ nor to rush sales, nor spend
a great deal of time and money chasing buyers. Those who like what we
do, and what we offer will find us anyway.<br />
<br />
The new dials are impossible to present in photographs or words, so the
images below are purely reference points. We invite you to visit the
shop, inspect the watch in person, strap it on the wrist and only then,
to place your order.<br />
<br />
The range consists of the deep blue Curl Curl we already have in stock,
plus the four new colours: the ‘platinum’, ‘black’, ‘orange’ and ‘ice
blue’. Each dial and hand set is unique, made one at a time, a process
which takes a week. It takes a further two months before the watch is
assembled and ready for collection. Again, we will only produce as many
watches as you want us to make, there will be no ‘stock on hand’. If art
could be mass-produced, it wouldn’t be art.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $7,900. </strong></span><br />
<br />
Thank you for your support and your enthusiasm. To start a conversation about your Curl Curl, simply reply to this email.<br />
<br />
Nick Hacko,<br />
Master Watchmaker<br />
<br />
With the support of Josh and Andrew.
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</table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-832081390043082262023-10-17T10:36:00.004+11:002023-10-17T10:36:32.056+11:00One of 800 in the world<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 9px;" valign="top">
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You say: yes, whatever. And I do agree:
limited production run is cool, but not a main reason to invest in a
watch.<br />
<br />
The main reason to invest in this one: if you make and build things for
living – anything from wood, metal, concrete, steel – then you should
wear an Astron. This SEIKO is so well made that it will remain a
constant inspiration on how things should be done: to perfection.<br />
<br />
Actually, to be perfectly honest, comparing your own work – even if you
are a watchmaker – with the perfection of an Astron is simply painful
and extremely humbling. <br />
<br />
Perfection is almost impossible to obtain. Actually, even a ‘fairly
close’ is painfully hard. Try to cut a brick, or a piece of steel to a
millimetre. Or, try to drill 3 equally spaced holes in wood. Very
quickly, you will realise that the final result is always related to the
quality of machinery or tools used, as well as years of experience
invested in doing the same thing over and over again. What the heck –
even assembling an IKEA drawer would challenge most of us to the point
of frustration.<br />
<br />
Then look at the Seiko Astron. Crafted in Titanium. Perfectly.
Absolutely perfect hour markers and hands, winding crown and seemingly
invisible integrated pushers. All the edges polished (yes, to
perfection!). All surfaces sealed. The look at the stainless fold over
buckle. What a piece of engineering! How in the world could they do it?
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They can – because they’ve been doing it for
110 years. A million times over and over again, for generations, until
perfection is attained. Made in Japan, only one of 800 in the world.<br />
<br />
This time, I am not even going to talk about what makes Astron the most
exciting horological timepiece of modern watchmaking. I am sure you know
that already. Neither to try to convince you that the most striking
design is the one ‘you’ve seen before, but can’t exactly remember where
and when’. Nor to remind you that the taupe strap - a blend of grey and
brown - is a colour so rarely seen in watchmaking. Discover it for
yourself!<br />
<br />
Thanks to titanium, the total weight of 74 grams makes this Astron one
of the lightest watches in the entire Seiko range. 41.2mm case size.<br />
<br />
You’ll LOVE it.<br />
<br />
Price: Boutique price $2,850.<br /></td>
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<strong>Just released: SEIKO Speedtimer Emerald Green SSC933P 39mm</strong><br />
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No sales pitch here. Straight to the point:
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1. The bracelet is of (almost) Omega
quality. Actually, it is an amazingly well made bracelet for a watch in
this price range. I love it. The moment it’s strapped on, clasp locked,
the watch feels at home. Speedtimer feels like a Speedmaster.<br />
<br />
2. Stepped Tachymeter Bezel. Very unusual profile, and a clever way to
‘connect’ the crystal height with the main case body. Elegant.
Tachymeter gradation from 500 down means ‘instrument to measure the
speed of a racing car'. Sporty.<br />
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3. Minute counter subdial located at 6 o'clock with dual purpose. When
chrono is not activated the sub hand is actually a power reserve. F for
full, E for empty. Love it. Who else does this? No one. Original.<br />
<br />
4. Deep emerald green dial. This is very personal – I am already used
to a green dial Astron – so the green dial with Japanese Pigeon subdial
(!!!) is simply irresistible. So Japanese.<br />
<br />
5. The chrono sweep hand ‘feels’ like a mechanical chrono. Yes, with 5
steps per second, the Speedtimer is so close to Omega Cal 321 chrono
18,000 bph movement! So natural.<br />
<br />
6. Six months power reserve. Chuck it in a drawer – and 6 months later,
it will be still ticking, on time. Solar powered – no battery
replacement or servicing – ever. Actually, there is no battery to start
with; the energy is stored in a Manganese Titanium-Lithium rechargeable
capacitor.<br />
<br />
7. <span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $1,050</strong></span> for a watch that will last for 30 years or more. That is 67 cents per week – in today’s money.<br />
<br />
Negative: I only have 3 to sell, meaning not much money to be made on this little beauty.<br />
<br />
(I started writing this newsletter at 10am today – and I am still wearing the Speedtimer! So comfortable!)
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"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000
kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000
times."<br />
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It's here. Hit reply to order now. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $750</strong></span><br />
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Extremely limited supply.
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Back to 1969!<br />
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Without a doubt, the most important year for wrist watches was 1969.
Omega Speedmaster was worn on the moon, as a true tool watch. What a
legend.<br />
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In 1969, the other side of the world, Seiko was making equally legendary
stuff too: humble, mechanical, self winding sports watches simply named
'SEIKO 5'. Above all: affordable and eye-catching. <br />
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By the mid 1970s the world was sick and tired of the Vietnam war,
demonstrations, conscriptions, energy crisis - and hungry for
excitement, international travel, mass-produced affordable watches,
Olympic games, photography, and solid, undiluted Rock and Roll. We were
ready for Seiko 5.<br />
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And fifty five years later, SEIKO is still here, to excite and
entertain. The two latest anniversary models sum up nicely the sport of
the era: the bright 'orange and black sector inner bezel' and the
tricolori RGB. Special edition, as marked on the case back. <br />
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And still at the price no Swiss manufacturer could match: <span style="color: red;"><strong>only $495.</strong></span><br />
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Both colours in stock - call 02 9232 0500 to place your order now. If
you mention that you are a subscriber to this newsletter, will throw in a
free delivery.<br />
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Happy anniversary SEIKO, well done.
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Seiko 5 Sports SRPK11K</strong></span><br />
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42.5mm case size. Stainless steel case and bracelet. Orange dial with
day/date window at 3 o'clock. Hardlex glass. Automatic movement -
calibre 4R36. Water resistance 100M. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $495</strong></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Seiko 5 Sports SRPK13K</strong></span><br />
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42.5mm case size. Stainless steel case and bracelet. Black dial with
day/date window at 3 o'clock. Hardlex glass. Automatic movement -
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Price: $495 </strong></span></span>
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This last week we have been tackling a
fairly complex problem from a local medical company. Without breaking
any NDAs, the parts called for some extremely small grooves to be made
in PTFE, Teflon.
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Traditionally, working with plastics is
actually quite easy. The tool wear is low, and the material is quite
forgiving. But with Teflon, micro-milling is more analogous to trying to
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Making a groove that's just under half the width of a human hair becomes a very large challenge when dealing with Teflon!<br />
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Due to the quick turnaround needed on the job, we had to make the tool
that would create this geometry ourselves. We used some micro-grain
tungsten carbide, a very hard, homogenous material used for most cutting
tools, and used a series of diamond wheels to grind the desired cutting
geometry.
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The tool is then placed into our Kern
micro-milling machine, measured, adjusted and then introduced into the
Teflon - with the line "scribed" to the desired depth. <br />
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The first-principles mechanics behind the process are very simple. Using
an exacto knife to cut a profile in a piece of cardboard, or dragging
your foot in the sand to mark the lines of a beach volleyball court, or
making the guilloche pattern on the dial of a MK2 Curl Curl, all use the
same basic cutting action. <br />
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The execution... that's where the devil is in the details!
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Most interestingly of all... the only reason
why we were able to take this job on, and execute it in such a fast
time frame, was due to our stable, in-house processes behind the
guilloche of the MK2 Curl Curl. Our sister company, NH Micro, was able
to leverage the watchmaking experience that birthed it, and offer it to
local, Australian owned and operated, high tech businesses. After years
and years of setting up, and trying to build horological capability in
Australia, we are finally edging closer to the point where we can give
back. <br />
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Horology has always been intermixed with parallel precision industries,
whether it be time measurement enabling the exploration of the world and
the universe through celestial observation, or life saving medical
instruments leveraging manufacturing knowhow from the artisans that made
screws and pinions for watches in the 60s and 70s, or now, in Sydney,
where the "too old, too dumb, and unwilling to invest" are enabling the
broader Australian advanced manufacturing industry to thrive...<br />
<br />
<em>Josh</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-50068972360326908242023-09-18T14:58:00.004+10:002023-09-18T14:58:30.597+10:00It has never been a better time to be an ASTRON dealer!<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 9px;" valign="top">
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<strong>The long awaited new limited edition models are finally here.</strong><br />
<br />
Only 1200 pieces to be sold in the entire world! Obviously, most SEIKO
dealers would be lucky to get even a single watch. Yet we've got all
three!<br />
<br />
And we are grateful. To have the latest ASTRONs delivered at the same
time as they appear in SEIKO Boutiques is a sign that SEIKO respects our
newsletter subscribers. It is also a sign of respect for the fact that <u>we
are watchmakers who understand the complexity of ASTRON's mechanism;
the workmanship that goes in to it; the cutting edge technology behind
it.</u><br />
<br />
Just think of this simple line, literally hidden in the ASTRON product
description sheet: "Powered by any light source". Which other watch
manufacturer can make such claim? Or this one: "Accuracy: better than 1
second every 100,000 years". Yes, that accuracy is the result of daily
automatic time adjustments, but that adjustment happens without you even
noticing it. Super accurate, nothing to do, nothing to worry about.<br />
<br />
And the price is right on the money for a watch manufactured not in a
workshop, but in a laboratory. In Japan, assembled by real people,
probably the most skilled watchmakers on the planet. <br />
<br />
My favourite: the red SSH137J.
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Price: the full recommended retail price, plus $1. Happy to throw in free delivery.
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Silver/White/Blue SSH135J</strong><br />
Limited Edition<strong> </strong></span><br />
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42.7mm case size. Titanium case and bracelet. Additional silicon strap.
Sapphire crystal. GPS - dual time solar powered movement. 100 metres
water resistance. 1,200 pieces worldwide. <br />
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Boutique price: $4,050<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Your price: $4,051</strong></span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Your price: $4,201</strong></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Black/Red SSH137J</strong><br />
Limited Edition<strong> </strong></span><br />
<br />
42.7mm case size. Black titanium case and bracelet. Additional silicon
strap. Sapphire crystal. GPS - dual time solar powered movement. 100
metres water resistance. 1,200 pieces worldwide. <br />
<br />
Boutique price: $4,300<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Your price: $4,301</strong></span></span>
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</table><br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-40861782461003780232023-09-18T14:56:00.004+10:002023-09-18T14:56:58.469+10:00A small way of saying 'Thank you'<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 9px;" valign="top">
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The Curl Curl video is finally uploaded. Almost a year in the making!<br />
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We always say that Mark II is a love letter to Titanium - so we simply let the waves speak for themselves.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 22px;"><a href="https://clockmaker.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27872ef1eb15e92361d40e896&id=9b991527e6&e=2d4f3023d8" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/I4nb0iB4kDY?si=SMqogLuh0j44_Xn7</a></span><br />
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Enjoy.
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If there ever was a story of business
longevity in the ever changing niche of luxury goods, then it has to be
the story of the Wolf family. Founded on the motto that 'ones prized
possessions must be stored in a fine quality case' German silversmith
Philip Wolf I started a business with the goal to provide the retailers
with the finest jewellery and silverware cases possible.<br />
The year was 1834. Five generations later, Wolf is still a family business run with the same passion, focused on the same goal.<br />
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Like you, I have heard of WOLF watch winders, but until recently, for
some reason, I was under the impression that 'founded in 1834' was just
WOLF's marketing ploy. After all, wrist watches became popular only in
the 1920s, and the first watch winders hit the market almost 160 years
later! I've failed to put two and two together; that the WOLF people,
the case makers, and the watch winder makers, are actually the same
company!<br />
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Of course, the confusion ends the moment you lay your hand down on a
finely made WOLF winder realising that you are dealing with craftsman
who have been making fine products for generations.<br />
<br />
But before we go any further: as a long standing subscriber to this
newsletter, you are now puzzled why in the world I am even talking about
watch winders. Aren't winders nothing more than a cynical invention of
the devil himself, intended to ruin your finely crafted mechanical
watches, by virtue of over winding, causing excessive wear and tear,
rendering them useless? At least, wasn't that my mantra for at least a
decade, if not longer?<br />
<br />
You are right. While I was probably the first person to sell watch
winders in Sydney - if not in Australia - and while I've sold literally
truckloads of winders, about ten years ago I had enough of them. Watch
winders are bulky, fragile and heavy. Shipping them around Australia was
a challenge. Storing them in our city office was a nightmare. And quite
frankly, I got tired of explaining the obvious: don't let your watch
sit on a winder, for months on end; there is no real benefit in that,
and especially not in placing all of your watches on winders, purely for
the sake of creating some circus act to impress your visitors, in a
clownish act of fake sophistication.<br />
<br />
All these arguments stand. They are all valid. A watch winder is a
wonderful invention when consumed properly, in moderation. Here is a
practical example of a responsible use: you have two watches; you wear
one during the week, and other on weekends only. There is nothing wrong
with having one on the winder, while other is worn on the wrist. Or, you
have a dozen watches, place them on the winder, but don't spin them
around. It's simple as that.<br />
<br />
As you can see, I am back into watch winders. I am sick of people asking
"when are you going to stock winders?" I am equally unhappy about my
competition selling winders while I sit idle, guarding some moral
ground, which quite frankly, should not be my business. If I'm to stock
and sell the devil's toy, I may as well sell you probably the best one
on the market - the WOLF. Use it responsibly, have fun. If your heart
craves luxury - go WOLF.<br />
<br />
NOTE: the 16 winders listed below are just a snippet from the vast WOLF
range. If you need any other model / colour / size, email us for more
options.
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<strong>1. Green Cub Single Watch Winder With Cover<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Price: $635</span></strong>
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<strong>2. Orange Cub Single Watch Winder With Cover<br />
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<strong>3. Tutti Frutti Blue Cub Single Watch Winder With Cover<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $635</span></strong>
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<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<strong>4. Navy Cub Single Watch Winder With Cover<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $635</span></strong>
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</td>
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<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">
<strong>5. Black Cub Single Watch Winder With Cover<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $635</span></strong>
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</td>
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<strong>6. WM Brown Single Watch Winder</strong><br />
The wm brown single winder is hand crafted in a classic smooth brown leather with negroni tweed lining.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $715</strong></span>
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</td>
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</td>
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</tbody>
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<strong>7. Cortica Single Watch Winder</strong><br />
Hand made from sustainably grown Portuguese cork.<br />
<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Price: $815</span></strong>
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<strong>8. The Rocket: The world’s smallest travel watch winder</strong><br />
Small enough to cradle in the palm of your hand, operate seamlessly
inside any hotel safe, pop into your overnight hold-all or pack for an
extended holiday away.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $975</strong></span>
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</tbody></table>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<strong>9. Copper Axis Single Watch Winder<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $1,165</span></strong>
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</tbody></table>
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</tbody>
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</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</td>
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</tbody>
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<td style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<strong>10. Navy Cub Double Watch Winder With Cover</strong><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Price: $1,275</strong></span>
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</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<strong>11. Black Cub Double Watch Winder With Cover<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $1,275</span></strong>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">
<strong>12. Black British Racing Single Watch Winder<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $1,285</span></strong>
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</td>
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<td style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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<td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">
<strong>13. Green British Racing Single Watch Winder With Storage<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $1,335</span></strong>
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</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</td>
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</tbody>
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</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid #4CAAD8; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr>
<td style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter">
<tr>
<td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top">
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr>
<td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">
<strong>14. Copper Axis Double Watch Winder With Storage<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $2,295</span></strong>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; table-layout: fixed !important; width: 100%;">
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid #4CAAD8; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr>
<td style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr>
<td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">
<strong>15. Black British Racing Triple Watch Winder with Storage <br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $3,735</span></strong>
</td>
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</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</tbody></table>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid #4CAAD8; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;">
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<strong>16. Green British Racing 6 Piece Watch Winder<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Price: $6,125</span></strong>
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In June this year Dad and I went to the EPHJ fair in Switzerland.<br />
<br />
The fair is home to all the suppliers to the watch industry. Contract
manufacturers, service providers, machinery sellers, tool salespeople...
the list goes on.<br />
<br />
This was the first time Dad and I had gone to EPHJ since before COVID,
and in that time our in-house capabilities have grown a lot, we can now
make around 85% of the movement of the watch, as well as the dial,
hands, case and buckles!<br />
<br />
Nonetheless, fairs like these are crucial for finding partners who can
help manufacture/provide parts that are either too tricky for us to
handle, or provide services that we don't have in-house - PVD coating
for example. On our 2nd day at the fair I split off from Dad, we decided
to tackle the 700 strong exhibitors separately, hoping that we could
divide and conquer. Walking past the rows and rows of suppliers, one
specific stall caught my eye - they specialised in manufacturing screws.
Screws in watchmaking are surprisingly very challenging to make. They
require many different operations - starting from sourcing the correct
material, turning/machining the screw, heat treating the screw to get
the material hard, tempering to reduce it's brittleness, polishing the
screw to remove the heat treatment discoloration as well as for
decorative reasons, storing the screw in proper anti-rusting agents, and
finally handling it without damaging. Since introducing the NH1 in 2019
we have been making nearly all the screws in our NH series watches.
Very few, if any people manufacture screws in-house. And for good
reason! The steps mentioned above are extremely time consuming, and
frankly do not present a large aesthetic improvement to the watch,
unless you know the backstory of their manufacture...
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Walking past this particular
watch-screw-manufacturing specialist, I stopped and started chatting. I
showed them the watch that we make, and although they seemed interested,
they were keen to talk business. I told them that we manufacture some
of our screws, but there is one specific screw that is a big challenge
for us to make. It's time consuming and we have a high failure rate,
it's not impossible, but it would help alot if we could get the absolute
top-of-the-field experts to give us a hand. They seemed ready for the
challenge, and asked to see a technical drawing. I showed them the screw
in my hand, and the drawing next to it. The screw has a M0.6 thread,
and is about 1mm in total length, thread and head together. The pitch of
the thread is so fine that it almost gets lost in the space between the
lines of your fingerprints. In return, they showed me some screws of a
similar size, and said that they could comfortably manufacture. Great,
progress!<br />
<br />
The next, and most important question. Price, and lead time.<br />
"About 10-12 CHF per screw, and it will take us about 6 months to complete the order.... of 5000 pieces..."<br />
<br />
The 12CHF per screw wasn't a terrible price. It was actually easy to
swallow. But as they kept talking my heart kept dropping. For a small
team like ours, 6 months is a nonstarter, our projects can't function on
lead times that long... but the final nail in the coffin was the
minimum order. 5000 pieces. This M0.6 screw is used once per watch. It
holds down the click spring in the bridge of our NH2, NH3, and now soon
to come NH55. 5000 screws would be enough, not only for my generation,
but probably for 3 generations of Hacko watchmakers. Mission failed.
With my head hung low and feet dragging I kept moving through the rest
of the exhibitors at the fair. June 2023.<br />
<br />
Thankfully, the pain didn't last long. Today I'm holding 20 or so
finished M0.6 screws that are used in our soon to come NH55's. All made
in-house. September 2023.
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Sometimes you need a kick in the bum. It
might challenging, and you might cry along the way - but the journey for
us to make these screws in-house is a line in the sand. It's a stake in
the ground. It's a crucial, and non-negotiable chapter in our book
titled independent watchmaking in Australia.<br />
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<em>Josh</em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597008840604173435.post-27782653429155884132023-08-24T10:50:00.004+10:002023-08-24T10:50:21.319+10:00Beyond watchmaking<p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">You are only as good as your last job.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon, Josh started a new medical part project. A few
hours later, the part was designed, the mill was tooled, holding jig
made - and part machined.<br />
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Here is what it looks like:
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And here is the actual photo, of the part, in his hand.
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The thickness of the part is 40 microns,
about half of the thickness of a human hair. Diameter: less than half a
millimetre.<br />
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He posted the part on his LinkedIn page, and it went viral, with 46,000
views. Followers who comment on LinkedIn are actually people in
engineering and machining, CEOs in manufacturing, many of whom have
never seen such a small part.
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Testimony to Manufactured in Australia. The
size and complexity of this component takes us beyond watchmaking
because while some parts in the watchmaking industry are about this
size, they are not nearly as complex, nor challenging to make. </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360473945137414956noreply@blogger.com0