Rolex Hand Engraved

davidshe

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Just finished hand engraving this Rolex Milgauss. Lots of time in this one!




 

dlilazteca

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Love it, well done, clean cut! Need to pic your brain, one off these days

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speeedy6

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It's always a treat to see your watches David. Thanks for posting. Do you put a transfer on every panel when you do this kind of work ?
 

davidshe

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It's always a treat to see your watches David. Thanks for posting. Do you put a transfer on every panel when you do this kind of work ?

Thanks. Using transfers on watch parts can be pretty tricky. Sometimes I need to draw in some or all of design directly on the link or lug etc. I just go with the flow of what seems to be working :)
 

davidshe

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Hi David,
thank you for this post.
I am wondering about the material, if it is hard to cut?

Greetings

Seb

Hi Seb - the Rolex stainless steel seems to cut maybe a bit easier than other stainless steel watches I have tried. I will say that watch cases and bands can vary quite a bit in hardness. There are even significant variations of hardness within the same watch project such as the band, clasp, bezel and case. I have been engraving mostly stainless for quite awhile and getting used to it but sometimes it makes me crazy and long for softer metals!
 

Jerry K

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I love your work! Always have and I'm sure I always will. Not complex or overwhelming just excellent execution.
Jerry K.
 

iltisguy

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Amazing work! I’m really curious, approximately how many hours do you have invested in that watch?

Cheers,
Jon
 

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Well done, David! I had the experience of engraving a Rolex watch back, I didn't know which s/s grade they use, so searched some info on the web and found this article (on this forum, posted by DocMartin I believe): http://www.businessinsider.com/10-t...ould-know-2015-1?international=true&r=US&IR=T an interesting read! I believe the 904L steel they use is really tricky to engrave clean lines (even with a carbalt graver),
it felt more like plowing under the microscope (to me). I could only do my best to bring this to a good end, the customer was happy how it turned out, better than he expected. Afterwards he asked me to do a second one.
 

davidshe

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Well done, David! I had the experience of engraving a Rolex watch back, I didn't know which s/s grade they use, so searched some info on the web and found this article (on this forum, posted by DocMartin I believe): http://www.businessinsider.com/10-t...ould-know-2015-1?international=true&r=US&IR=T an interesting read! I believe the 904L steel they use is really tricky to engrave clean lines (even with a carbalt graver),
it felt more like plowing under the microscope (to me). I could only do my best to bring this to a good end, the customer was happy how it turned out, better than he expected. Afterwards he asked me to do a second one.

I saw that article and it is interesting indeed. In my opinion the Rolex watch back is a bit easier to make clean cuts in than the other parts such as the stainless links in the band and clasp. I think the metal forming process for the various parts must be a bit different and results in differences in hardness and the way it cuts. Just my opinion after cutting quite a few.
 

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