What is this finish called?

[toohuge]

Gents,

Here is the best example of what I am trying to find out.

The watch in question is sublime


The question i have is:
What is the finish called on the base of the watch, with the circles on? I am making a new dashboard for my westfield and I think it would look pretty cool...

Thanks

Edited by toohuge on Thursday 14th May 11:32

[Big Al.]

If it were a dash on a car it would be called engine turned.

Slightly overlapping abraded circles.

[lowdrag]

Trying to put the two brain cells together after a heavy night but isn't the term guilloché?

[toohuge]

Thanks for the input so far gents. Always appreciated.

[ShadownINja]

"turned" is the word I'd have used. Guilloche looks different.

[Spice_Weasel]

According to Wiki: Guilloché is an engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive pattern or design is mechanically etched into an underlying material with very fine detail. Specifically, it involves a technique of engine turning, called guilloché in French after the French engineer “Guillot”, who invented a machine “that could scratch fine patterns and designs on metallic surfaces. The machine improved upon the more time-consuming practice of making similar designs by hand, allowing for greater delicacy, precision, and closeness of the line, as well as greater speed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilloch%C3%A9

According to my Wristwatch Annual 2008: A surface decoration usually applied to the dial and the rotor using a grooving tool with a sharp tip such as a rose engine, to cut an even pattern onto a level surface. Real guillochis (the correct term used by a master of guilloche) are very intricate and expensive to produce, which is why most dials decorated in this fashion are produced by stamping machines. Breguet is one of the very few companies to use real guilloche on every one of its dials.

Edited by Spice_Weasel on Thursday 14th May 16:12

[Pesty]

I have seen that machined finish described as 'jeweled' on wathces and other customised bits of metal

Take a look here at some custom 'jeweling'
http://www.customjewelshop.com/page2.html

Edited by Pesty on Thursday 14th May 18:11

[Balmoral Green]

toohuge said:

I am making a new dashboard for my westfield

Just Google images 'Turned dash'.

[Justayellowbadge]

Perlage.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Thursday 14th May 18:33

[Spice_Weasel]

Meaning "Circular graining of parts of the movement, e.g. plates. The pattern results of partially overlapping dots applied with a quickly rotating plastic or wooden peg"

[Justayellowbadge]

BTW, that 'Reverso' is a fake.

[toohuge]

Thank you Gents, it's hard to work out! I apologize if the watch is a fake, I just needed an example to use.

Thanks for the input so far.

[Lil' Joe]

Looking very cool on those knives...

[R.P.M]

A la 1999 Continental T.

[GC8]

Balmoral Green said:

toohuge said:

I am making a new dashboard for my westfield

Just Google images 'Turned dash'.

On aluminium sheet on a car dashboard itd be referred to as 'machine finish'.

[toohuge]

Thank you very much gents for all your input! I hadn't realised that this would have caused so much discussion. I will post photographs when it is finished. Now back to watches...

[Gompo]

Are you going for big or little 'turns'. Have to say when I've seen a turned dash (cant remember what on, Rover BRM?) I thought it looked a bit tacky..

[toohuge]

Gompo said:

Are you going for big or little 'turns'. Have to say when I've seen a turned dash (cant remember what on, Rover BRM?) I thought it looked a bit tacky..

i was thinking small turns, like the spyker or the bentley pictured above. What other suggestions do you have? Any input is greatly appreciated from the watch forum (you guys have better taste )

[mel]

Commonly known as cheap cafe table tops or Kebab shop counter.

[Gompo]

toohuge said:

Gompo said:

Are you going for big or little 'turns'. Have to say when I've seen a turned dash (cant remember what on, Rover BRM?) I thought it looked a bit tacky..

i was thinking small turns, like the spyker or the bentley pictured above. What other suggestions do you have? Any input is greatly appreciated from the watch forum (you guys have better taste )

..Well, I think the smaller turns look a lot better than the big ones - however, I might not be classed as a man of taste.

What colour is your Westfield? To be honest, I'd probably colour the dash in either black or the predominant body colour.. Not in vinyl though, as that is a bit overdone. Either painted or possible flocked.