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Barrelhand Timepieces Project 1 Watch
For the past year, Barrelhand Timepieces has been documenting the entire process of its flagship piece, Project 1, from initial sketch all the way to prototyping and manufacturing. Project 1's mission was to develop unique time display complications in-house using the most modern advancements in 3D printing to significantly reduce traditional R&D costs. Barrelhand Project 1 features a 12-point Geneva jump hour and a linear cam path minute system, both of which are being developed by myself in San Francisco, California. Barrelhand Project 1 is currently on its 14th prototype iteration and is set to release 100 full-metal examples in summer 2017.My journey into watchmaking began at the age of 18 when I stumbled upon Urwerk’s incredible UR-202. The holy grail of watchmaking is to seamlessly mesh engineering and art, and in my opinion, Urwerk had executed this philosophy exceptionally well. Being a student of mechanical engineering, I thought there was no better way to learn from
Bovet Pininfarina Cambiano Watch Review
Say hello to the Cambiano. Doesn’t that sound Italian? I sure hope so. This watch represents one of the pieces that is a combo effort between Swiss Bovet and Italian Pininfarina. The two companies have been working together on watches for a while. The first model that resulted from the relationship was the Pininfarina Tourbillon Ottana that I covered here. Certainly a very cool super high-end piece. Still up there but more down to earth is the Cambiano, which I first discussed here. Pretty much each year the Cambiano gets a slightly different treatment. The most current model for 2012 I covered here.According to Bovet, Pininfarina has pretty much complete design freedom when it comes to these watches. Of course the timepieces need to have that Bovet DNA, and still be something that can be produced, but you get the idea. If this is true, then what you are looking at just might be a design from the same people who bring you the look of Ferrari cars. I further like the shared brandi