Clickspring vid: Cutting Guilloché on a Straight-Line Engine

Trev · Jul 20, 2026

This new Clickspring video is well worth taking a look at. Guilloché dial cuts on a straight-line engine, filmed with Chris's usual obsessive attention to detail. I love some of that golden hour camera work too, super satisfying.

Probably one of my fav youtube channels.

JimInOz · Jul 21, 2026

Trev
Probably one of my fav youtube channels.

I agree 😉.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/not-quite-watchmaking.133411/

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But very close.

One of the people I follow on the inter webs is Clickspring Chris, an Aussie artisan (can't think of another word that captures his talents).

I first noticed him when he built a...

JimInOz · Jun 25, 2021

pdxleaf · Jul 21, 2026

Mind-boggling.

Thanks for sharing.

JimInOz · Jul 21, 2026

The first time I saw it I watched all the way through with sound on.
Then I just turned the sound off, and watched it full screen as the cutter shaved off those slivers of silver.
It was a mind relaxing experience. Not quite ASMR, but close to it.