The Platinum Watch is now well on the way to being made, I was able to obtain two discs of .900 Platinum cut slightly larger than required. Good progress is being made. As I work using traditional methods and no CNC I have the plates screwed together to maintain alignment of the various pivot holes, […]
Category Archives: Snippets
David Walter in the creation of his timepieces.
Explore small pieces of what David may be currently working on or what he has worked on.
17th May 2016 The Platinum Watch (Read More)
Before creating complex clocks in line with Janvier and Breguet, I first received my training and worked with complicated watches. I have always wanted to hand make my own watch and after many years of research, development and aesthetic refinement, I’ve already started bringing it to life. With .925 platinum plates, unique in the business, […]
1st February 2016 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
I have the Wandering moon finished and fitted, I drove to LA on Friday to personally pick up the finished sunburst and the moon. The Sunburst is 22K gold and the moon disc is .925 Platinum, the moon disc is slightly convex, the Sunburst is made in two levels to give greater depth to the […]
31st January 2016 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
This group is the making of the Mean/Solar minute hand in steel. The hand will be the Breguet moon hand style, the material used is 0.80mm thick high carbon steel. The hand is 48mm long and the center boss is 9mm diameter. Description; Making hand 1; After scribing a center line the hour and minute […]
20th December 2015 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
It works ! The clock attained it’s first “Tic” today, 20th December, at 2.35pm. I have attached a link where you can see it working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6gFtHsEkTM&feature=youtu.be There are a lot of photos today some taken just prior to the movement support plates being fitted to the case a few weeks ago. I have included photos […]
4th December 2015 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
The last 2 weeks have been a bit of several things done, the main portion was fitting the large brass movement support plates to the case. The case is only a few weeks away from completion, then it is away for polishing, once the brass plates were installed to the backboard the ebony inlays lines […]
12th November 2015 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
This has seen the culmination of several weeks planning and making, the Sidereal Conversion train is now fully in place. I have shaped and finished all 7 of the cocks, jewels and endstones have been fitted and set to height and I have shaped the lower plate to reflect the profiles of the two larger […]
6th November 2015 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
As you know I prefer the ability to remove the calendar plate, or in this case the Wandering Moon plate and its mechanism, without interfering with the running of the clock. The escape wheel which is independent and Co-Axial with the seconds arbor and rotating at different rates on the Sidereal movement must be all […]
3rd November 2015 / Double Pendulum Clock with Wandering Moon & Planisphere (Read More)
I have completed much these last few weeks. The Planisphere train is now made and fitted to the lower front plate, the Lapis Lazuli disc has been cut, inlaid and fitted to its cup, along with a few clever ideas for the components working together which came to mind when I was making the various […]