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The Coronado
Watch by Thomas Gref
Coronado - silver roman dial |
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a larger picture |
Coronado - black roman
dial |
Coronado - silver arabic
dial |
Side Views |
Coronado - back view |
The Coronado has a
finely detailed case with a classic style. The bezel has a
satin brushed finish, which provides a nice contrast to the mirror
polished coin-edge detail around the side of the case. The
case measures 43 mm in diameter, 11.2 mm thick, and takes a 22 mm
strap. A sapphire crystal is used on top, while the screw-back
features a mineral crystal to view the movement. The Coronado
comes on a strap that is hand-made in Germany of fine Italian
alligator grained calfskin.
The Coronado has three dial options as shown. The two roman
dials have a guilloche textured background, with an applied ring
printed with roman numerals. The third option is an arabic
dial which is silver and is finished in a fine contrasting
texture.
The automatic movement is a Swiss-made ETA
2824-2, which features 25 jewels,
28,800 BPH (beats per hour), hacking, and a quickset date. This
particular movement is one of the highest grades of the ETA 2824-2 .
The movement has a durable rhodium finish and is highly decorated
with perlage on the main plates, and geneva stripes on the rotor.
The power reserve is 40 hours. To
learn more about this movement,
click here
to see the 'Movement' page.
These watches carry a one-year warranty. All Thomas Gref
watches come with a 5 day money back guarantee.
Price: $1150
To place an
order, please call 520-818-3382. PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard
accepted.
Add $15 for shipping via Insured Priority US Mail. |
Coronado - Mokume 'Woodgrain' |
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Coronado - Mokume
'Lava' |
| The
Coronado watch is
now available, in limited numbers, with a mokume-gane dial.
Mokume-gane is an ancient
technique developed by the Japanese that creates unique patterns in
metal. In Japanese, mokume-gane means "wood grain metal".
Alternating layers of metal are diffusion bonded into a single
billet. The billet is hammered and manipulated to expose the layers
in the metal. This technique is very similar to damascus steel,
commonly used in knives and swords.
There
are two varieties of mokume-gane available on the Coronado. One
version uses only copper and silver, which has a traditional
‘woodgrain’ appearance. The second version, called 'Lava', adds two
more alloys to the mix, and has a random pattern with slightly more
color variation.
These
dials are entirely hand made, and no two are exactly alike. The raw
material is hand formed, each dial is cut out by hand, and is hand
finished. A patina is hand-applied to each dial to bring out the
color variations. They are then lacquered to protect the fine
finish.
Each
one of these watches is individually numbered on the dial.
They
come on a genuine Alligator watchstrap.
Price: $1700
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| Because many
people are interested in how watches are designed and produced, I
wrote the following article which describes how I created the
Oceanic dive watch. Follow the link below to read this
article. |
Thomas Gref
- AWI Certified Master Watchmaker - BS Mechanical Engineering
PO Box 69151 -
Tucson, AZ 85737 - USA -
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520.818.3382
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