Oh the humanity...

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Nepomuceño

·Mar 16, 2021

I don't think I could recreate this sober or drunk. I respect the dedication of whoever did this to some extent.

 

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Professor

·Mar 16, 2021

Reminds me of the test for temporal lobe epilepsy.

 

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Vercingetorix

·Mar 16, 2021·Spam Risk

Dali Tissot.

 

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JimInOz

·Mar 16, 2021·Melbourne Australia

I think this a perfect example of the rule often (and wisely) espoused by @Archer.

"Only attempt to clean a dial if you are prepared to destroy it."

(or words to that effect)

 

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Professor

·Mar 16, 2021

Looks like the crystal is warped by heat, perhaps a fire or other exposure to a heat source caused this.
Possibly someone trying to dry out a drenched watch under a heat lamp?

 

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gbesq

·Mar 16, 2021

I think I'd get motion sickness if I had to use this to tell the time.

 

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p4ul

·Mar 16, 2021

Nepomuceño

I don't think I could recreate this sober or drunk. I respect the dedication of whoever did this to some extent.

Thanks mate, I really think I nearly got there with this one. Just disappointed I couldn’t polish up the minute hand.

Onwards and upwards.

 

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Dan S

·Mar 16, 2021

That's a conversation piece for sure.

 

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Larry S

·Mar 16, 2021·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Shhhhhh... you could patent and make a pile....

 

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arturo7

·Mar 17, 2021

Maybe it belonged to Frank Gehry?

 

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Professor

·Mar 17, 2021

Vercingetorix

Dali Tissot.

For parts or repair.

 

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arturo7

·Mar 17, 2021

Professor

For parts or repair.

Can anyone guess the movement from the pieces that are flying away?

 

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Caliber561

·Mar 17, 2021

Professor

Looks like the crystal is warped by heat, perhaps a fire or other exposure to a heat source caused this.
Possibly someone trying to dry out a drenched watch under a heat lamp?

That's what I thought at first glance as well, but I think the glare in the top left is probably just a standard reflection from a high dome crystal. If the crystal were badly warped I think we would expect to see some abnormal bending of the indices and/or hands.