Believe me, you don't want to check his Instagram.

 

One of the more interesting dials ever

 

@MtV Congrats on the lovely watch.

@JimInOz @cristos71
Does this mean that Hobnail dials are classed as Guilloche or faux guilloche?
If they can be both how to you tell them apart?

 

That’s two very distinct styles in my book… guilloche is interwoven, hobnail isn’t.

 

A "faux guilloche" pattern is impressed or stamped on the dial, so it won't be as detailed as true guilloche, which is actually cut into the metal of the dial with a rose machine or a guilloche machine.

Guilloche is a machine process, not a pattern, although the term is often used for various patterns.

Edit: fixed last sentence

 

@JimInOz
Learning as I go along - I used "pattern" just as a descriptive of the final product.

Just came back to post my finding ...Summery

https://www.watch-wiki.net/doku.php?id=clous_de_paris

 

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

What a beautiful and unique watch! Congratulations Matt.

 

The duo with your watch @MtV
Unfortunately, it’s not mine.


Please note that these dials (also @MtV) were signed "Swiss".

 

Nice, thank you! That confirms the Alpha hands to me, although my doubts were very limited anyway.

Here’s another example I managed to pick up in the meantime, different configuration though:

 

Your collection is out of this world Matt! Happy you share stuff like this with us mere mortals.