http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150826-the-super-luxury-watches-that-take-years-to-make

Interesting article about a british small high end watch company RW Smith

 

If I ever hit the Powerball, I'm taking a flight to order mine in person.

 

If I ever ordered one, I will ask to stay for a week in their workshop, and involve a little bit in my watch building. Whether only polishing the screw or placing bushing.

 

There are a bunch of youtube videos showing him at work. Here's a link to the first of a "hands" series. It's mind-boggling. To blue the hands, he heats a block of brass with a torch, then lays the hand on it until it turns the exact shade of blue he's looking for. Kind of a perfectionist.

 

Pffft!

He could learn from some of the eBay "restorers".

A blue Sharpie is much easier, quicker, cheaper.............