"About all-rounder" dial engraving machine technology flowers

Traditional dial production process, there are two kinds of technology on behalf of the highest level, one is enamel, the other is the machine engraving flowers. Breguet watch, one of the finest watch brands, can see these two craftsmanship, and machine engraving is one of the landmark elements shoulder to shoulder with the Breguet pointer, coin pit pattern and so on. Barley ornamentation (main dial), staggered blue weave (inner circle in hours), solar radiation pattern (small seconds) Smooth ring pattern (hour circle), blue weave pattern (moon phase plate), jumping shovel pattern (digital ring outer edge) What is "machine engraving carved flowers"? Decorative Engraving Engraving is a form of art that originated in ancient Greece. The origin of the engraving technique was disagreeable. Some people think that Guillot, a French engineer, invented a lathe for carving motifs on metal. Others think the German Hans Schwanhardt made that contribution. Regardless of who the inventor was, the craft was later commonly used by London carpenters on decorative wooden furniture. By chance, Abraham-Louis Breguet discovered the carving in London and introduced the craft to the watchmaking industry more than two centuries ago, becoming the first carpenter Watchmaker with flower dial. Although it is called "machine engraving flowers", but the control of the machine more than two hundred years of history or by hand, is a non-automated control mode, its severity, speed, and the resulting pattern and aesthetics The effect is entirely due to the watchmaker's wealth of experience and watchmaking skills, this is not what ordinary watchmakers can manage. [page] Paris studs (main dial), solar radiation pattern (leap year display small dial, week disk), sun decoration (date display small dial, each emitted light corresponds to a date) "All-around" type watchmaking skills Those who do not have a thorough study of the historical data will consider the original intention of Breguet's creation primarily for aesthetic reasons, however, as long as anyone who understands Breguet's masters will know the fact is not the case. Abraham-Louis Breguet Since its entry into the watchmaking world, he has been tirelessly pursuing the practicality of every piece of timepieces, so he does not introduce an aesthetic, but not aesthetic Practical value of the process. In his opinion, the machine engraving and carving this craft is beautiful and practical in one, is a rare "about all-genius" watchmaking skills. Breguet was inspired, back in Paris, he began to attempt to carve the dial. It no doubt has realized that this exquisite carving pattern has very important practical value. First of all, under the help of a delicate machine engraving, the pointer becomes clearer and clearer, which can significantly improve the "readability" of the timepiece and facilitate reading time. Although the magnificent Baroque pointers, popular at the time, were very eye-catching and easy to read in any context, the engraved flower opened the way for the development of small and elegant hands and brought a new pointer design style. Not long after Breguet successfully launched "Crescent" tip blue steel pointer, engraved under the engraving machine sparkling glittering. Today, this pointer has become one of the classic Breguet logo, and in the "Breguet Pointer" is included in the watchmaking terminology. Breguet also discovered the second use of organ-engraved flowers, and in the early stages of his exploration he realized that it was possible to create and highlight different areas of the dial by changing lines to set up a variety of relatively independent complex functions and events display. This is almost from the beginning of the use of carved engraved flowers, Breguet in the dial on each functional area are carved out of a completely different pattern decoration, these intricate, but well-organized changes in the pattern has become the Breguet table on the other not Or missing classic elements. [page] Nassau carved (main dial) Major innovations of successors Two hundred years ago, Abraham Louis Breguet created a watchmaking workshop at 39 Quai de l'Horloge. Since then, he invented or introduced a number of machine engraving flowers and other decorative and practical extraordinary watchmaking skills, so Breguet brand more than 200 years later still respected, in keeping with the tradition, the master's succession Do not forget to bold innovation. In the past two centuries, they have mainly carried out two major reforms. First of all, Mr. Abraham? Louis? Breguet himself has never been decorated with organic engraved dial dial silver. It usually uses two materials, gold and silver, to make the dial, so how much the dial will change color over time. Today, Breguet dial is still made of solid gold, in some women's watches, but also decorated with natural mothers, the only difference is that the gold dial are plated with a thin layer of silver, play a protective At the same time, but also another dial in the visual depth. Second, Breguet watchmakers, as always, use rose engine carving tools that are entirely driven and manipulated by hand. But at the same time, they also create a large number of new patterns, which greatly enriched the carved style, as Breguet table icing on the cake, make it even more beautiful. [page] Nouveau carved (hour circle inside), moire (main dial), jumping shovel embossed (digital ring rim) The dial of the watch is a window that transmits the delicate beauty of the watch. The watch dial is just like the canvas artist. It is the carrier of the masters who sway their creativity. And through the carved carved decorative dial beautiful gorgeous, refined and elegant, is undoubtedly one of the most perfect interpretation of watchmaking art.