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Wow!!
Beautiful work.
Thanks for sharing

 

+1. Beautiful painting, remarkable work.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks.

 

Well, I've had paintings restored similar to what was shown there, and I've had some discussions with the people who did the work regarding the restoration of dials. I never followed up to have one done, since the discussions raised more questions that it answered...

 

Bravo!!!

 

WOW, quite amazing, thanks for sharing.

 

Mesmerizing. A craftsman at work. High stakes too.

 

Having dropped off two books today with a restorer I've used before and spending an hour with him going through the work that will be done, I am in no doubt of the incredible skill some of these people have and the near miracles they can perform. Most of the time I wouldn't restore to the extent in the video, though. It's a quandary that you have to take on a case by case basis. Often cleaning is all I will have done.

 

In awe of that work. Incredible and beautiful. Craftsman!

 

Am I the only one that noticed his watch, some sort of Panda? I thought we were all watch lovers. Geez! LOL

McK

 

Nobody has said anything about his watch yet. This must have had everyone totally captivated on the pictures.

 

Must have been typing at the same time!

 

Looks like a Victorinox panda?

I do like how the cracks were repaired and the absolutely amazing courage of this guy to do such work (I was really surprised when he first started putting paint on the surface). But while I am not a painting expert whatsoever, I recall that the Louvre restored Da Vinci's Saint Anne painting and it triggered some people because the painting changed. I'm not sure if that applies here, so I can't be sure.

 

Amazing!

 

So cool ! What's his watch??

 

Fantastic video!

For the dial i heard there is the "God of Parma" (or at least my friend call him in this way) whom is a master in restoring dials.

 

It looked that he put some clear paint or substance over the parts he painted. So it was as if he was painted on the applied surface. So if needed he can just remove the painted on layers he did and under it will be the original.

I may be wrong. Just my perception. Like it can be reverted, if it was noticeably changed.

 

You're absolutely right. Restorers are trained to make their alterations reversible whenever possible, as well as clearly detectable. Those restored patches are hard to spot in normal light, but will be glaringly obvious in UV light.

 

Very cool video. It was interesting to see how low tech everything was. Even the cleaning was done with knives and brushes, no compressed air or vacuums. The before-and-after overlay at 8:11 is fun to see.