Hi Clavi, i hope you don't get bored by reading this, but you've got some beautiful watches, and lapis is one of my favourite E855 dials by design. The only irritating part about the lapislazuli mystery is that i mostly see them surfacing from two sources (in Paris or near Hamburg) of rather questio
and sorry for the N/C mix up. The Boron Carbon bond is less polar than the BN, thus the matrix resembles more an metalloorganic phase than an ionic, so it probably doesn't need any surfactants for the gold.
Dear Mister Biver, what a beautiful innovation! please be so kind as to allow me to ask some things that hit me while reading, why was the gold infused, instead of a powder-metallurgic approach (e.g. like the Böker Cera Titan, ZrO+TiC+Ag or the 254SMO steels)? Why was casting preferred to Digital La
Hi Clavi, it is always a pleasure to read your detailed answers! And you are absolutely right. Most of the watches are fantastic, especiallly in such a compilation. I also like the amount of watches presented, which makes the auction quite buyer-friendly. The high estimate ranges are a bold bet by t
the auction is probably a display of JLC watches and clocks we may never get to see again. And besides the things Nicolas already mentioned, there are 7 diver's alarms, a Reutter Atmos collection (incl. a P01), the Geophysics and Geomatics, an almost complete set of 70s Memovox References ... There
and the K920 evolutions (VC 1120/1/2, AP 2120/1/2 and PP 28-255C) are from my uninformed point of view my favorite ultra-thin automatic mouvements, what a finissage! The homogenic perlage on top and bottom plate, the anglage of every edge, the striped or polished bridges, the polished screws, a disp
if it really is original, congratulations. Put it up for auction and you'll get a car's worth for it. Or have a look in auction archives/past lots at christies, sothebys or antiquorum. Prices are higher for less polished specimen, so i would only have the movement overhauled for 840€ at JLC, a