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Seeing that chamfer begins and ends with varying width; suggests it is executed by hand? Not every mid casing has the same chamfer for each reference... Later serials, "K" and forward a few more, saw a very constant width indicative of "machine cut" chamfer... And then came the Supercased mid casings and chamfer was lost to wider pronounced lugs; only to be re-born in some of the Tudor offerings... Hmpf...
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22 February 2019, 01:09 PM | #32 |
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Modern watches are made on a cnc mill so the bevel can have a varying width. I expect it would require a 5 axis cnc mill. Usually a chamfer mill is used but can be done with other types of end mills as well.
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Original chamfers on my 168000
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Thanks for all the great photos! They come in really handy.
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Polish so silky smooth we can see our window vinyl in the reflection!
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We’re putting your photos to good use. Freshly cut chamfers on 1675 Pepsi GMT!
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