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PlainVanilla
·Wow, beautiful watch! Every time you post a watch I start saving pictures. Some of you guys really know how to find them.
Believe me, you don't want to check his Instagram. 😁
New Arrival: Black "Half Waffle" Arrowhead 50s Seamaster
Believe me, you don't want to check his Instagram. 😁
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gmmy775
·One of the more interesting dials ever
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tapaptpat
·@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?
I was just going to reply the same - I tend to say "honeycomb", which does at least sound a bit better than "waffle", but somehow for those partially structured examples I've only ever read "partial waffle" or "half waffle". Anyway, I'm all open for more eloquent suggestions, especially as a non-native speaker of English, but I've always connected "Cloud De Paris" to a different structure, too.
@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?
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MtV
·@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.
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JimInOz
··Melbourne Australia@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?
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.
That’s two very distinct styles in my book… guilloche is interwoven, hobnail isn’t.
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tapaptpat
·That’s two very distinct styles in my book… guilloche is interwoven, hobnail isn’t.
Learning as I go along - I used "pattern" just as a descriptive of the final product.
Just came back to post my finding ...Summery
Clous de Paris is a special type of dial guilloche or embossing, resulting in small square knobs. It is also called Paris hobnail or simply hobnail and is found, for example, with the watch model Audemars Piguet Royal Oak.
One of the most famous watches to use Clous de Paris as its signature design element is the Patek Philippe Calatrava.
https://www.watch-wiki.net/doku.php?id=clous_de_paris
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Clelow
·Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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Hijak
·What a beautiful and unique watch! Congratulations Matt.😎
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MtV
·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:
Here’s another example I managed to pick up in the meantime, different configuration though:
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Kraal90
·Your collection is out of this world Matt! Happy you share stuff like this with us mere mortals. 😉
