Andrew Biggs
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Attached are photos of a watch I engraved recently for a client.
The engraving tells the story of Whaitere, the enchanted stingray which has a special meaning for the client that ordered it. So the challenge was to take all the elements of the story and put them together. Tangaroa, Hinemoana and the Magrette logo are on the lugs
Whaitere is portrayed at different angles on the top of the watch, the buckle and the rotor. If you look closley on the rotor, the overall face of Whaitere has another four faces incorporated into the design making up five faces in total.
You will also note the shading lines on the outside of the designs of the rotor and buckle. This was to give Whaitere a sense of movement so that he is not just standing still.
You can read the full story of Whaitere at this link.
The Watch is a Magrette Lioncino which is a beautiful watch to engrave. You can view it here.
The Strap is by Pepa, owner of SPI Straps.
The Photos were taken by the client and he has kindly let me use them. He also wrote about the whole process and posted more photos on a watch forum at this link.
It was a fun and interesting project and the client was great to deal with. A real pleasure all round.
Cheers
Andrew
The engraving tells the story of Whaitere, the enchanted stingray which has a special meaning for the client that ordered it. So the challenge was to take all the elements of the story and put them together. Tangaroa, Hinemoana and the Magrette logo are on the lugs
Whaitere is portrayed at different angles on the top of the watch, the buckle and the rotor. If you look closley on the rotor, the overall face of Whaitere has another four faces incorporated into the design making up five faces in total.
You will also note the shading lines on the outside of the designs of the rotor and buckle. This was to give Whaitere a sense of movement so that he is not just standing still.
You can read the full story of Whaitere at this link.
The Watch is a Magrette Lioncino which is a beautiful watch to engrave. You can view it here.
The Strap is by Pepa, owner of SPI Straps.
The Photos were taken by the client and he has kindly let me use them. He also wrote about the whole process and posted more photos on a watch forum at this link.
It was a fun and interesting project and the client was great to deal with. A real pleasure all round.
Cheers
Andrew
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