Materials & Finishes
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Material, measurement and hardness – the foundation of every restoration
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Anyone who thinks the real challenge in watchmaking lies in patiently dismantling and reassembling small parts fundamentally underestimates the craft. The true complexity begins where raw material becomes working components: in knowing materials, in measuring to hundredths of a millimetre and in changing the hardness of steel under control. These three disciplines form the indispensable…
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Steel, brass, silver steel: the watchmaker’s choice of materials
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The quality of a mechanical watch is decided in the materials store, long before assembly. This article explains why watchmakers use a specific brass for main plates and silver steel for arbors, why brass sheet has to be stress-relieved and why different materials are paired in a bearing.
