r/bronzewatch

Have this cortebert 592R movement that I’d like to get a case for. Anyone point suggestions?

I started 3D printing cases the other day and it's so very cool. I can paint them bronze when I am done, but the real reason I want to do it is that I want to have something original made.

I asked my AI to come up with 3 wild printable designs for bronze cases. One solidly looks like a watch. The other two are really crazy but I'm going to try them all out.

Do you like any of them?

Somebody is selling this on FB.

For my first post here

Still in the process of building.

My first bronze build is completed. I really wanted to get a bronze watch but everything I was looking at was really oversized for my wrist so I decided to build one.

I definitely had to search for a dial that I wanted to go with. I came across this bronze dial with a Lord of the Rings theme and I had to go with it.

I learned how to force patina on this one. I also learned that every build can have its own little difficulty. For this one for some reason, which I have no idea why, the minute hand gave me issues. The hour hand almost did but it worked out pretty quickly. I think it had something to do with the dial thickness. I also had to use watchmakers tape to adhere the dial on this one.

But I think all in all it turned out great. This hobby definitely teaches you patience.

Last week I shared a group of watches that shared a similar dial material. https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchChapters/s/Dk0T1Bo2no This week, I’ll turn my focus outside of the crystal and look at watches with a similar case/bezel material: Bronze. I really like the look of bronze and hopefully I still like it when they achieve more of the patina look as they age.

What’s neat about these 3 is that they all display the bronze differently. The Glycine and Aquacy have solid bronze cases but the Glycine is more subtle with the blue bezel insert. The Aquacy draws more attention to the bronze look with the engraved bezel contrasting with the dark dial. Then there’s the Spinnaker that has an even greater contrast between the bronze bezel and the turquoise dial, but opted to set the bezel on a matte stainless case.

Do you enjoy Bronze? Let me know what you think and share any themes in your own collections!

Totally custom, took me 2 years to get it just right between hands, dials, and chapter rings. A gift to myself for my 50th so we can patina together. Hands are each from a different hand set, and I painted the red tip on the seconds hand. Bezel insert had to be manually opened up on the inner diameter to clear the crystal, and also had to make a ring to go under it to mount it in the right place. It's a Tandorio case, size is in between a Turtle and a Willard. And an NH34 inside, of course.

I built this watch (my first) and shared it on FB. Someone liked it so much that they bought it! The buyer is taking a European trip and is sending me pics from his trip with the watch.

It’s gratifying to know someone liked my effort so much they had to have it.

It’s beautiful but seems like a lot of watch on the wrist.