Creme Linen
Solid brass, satin creme over linen texture
The most restrained of the three. A warm, chalky creme that reads quietly against a dress shirt or a field jacket alike.
- Diameter
- 28.5mm
- Feet
- Drilled to order
- Finish
- Satin creme
Delali linen dials
My first real contribution.
Most of the watch components I've built to date have been entirely sourced. These linen dials will be the first components I actually make and hand-finish myself.
They start with raw material, specifically blank brass, and end as a beautiful, lacquered linen dial. Each one unique, a fingerprint of its own. Modern watchmaking has gotten very good at perfect: enamel, lacquer, sunray brushing. I'm focusing first on the different register, a dial that still carries the grain of the hands that made it. My hands.
Champagne Linen
Brass with a pale champagne wash
The softest of the three. A pale wash over the texture keeps it quiet on the wrist while the weave still catches raking light.
- Diameter
- 28.5mm
- Feet
- Drilled to order
- Finish
- Satin champagne
Charcoal Linen
Deep charcoal over a heavy linen texture
The coarsest weave of the set. It holds a near-black that never goes flat, and gives applied indices something to sit against.
- Diameter
- 28.5mm
- Feet
- Drilled to order
- Finish
- Matte charcoal
Progress
The first experiment, so far.
First
A blank
A brass dial blank, before any texture is worked into it.
Next
The first weave
A close look at the first hint of a woven grain, worked in by hand.
Then
Out to cure
A pair of dials from that first experiment, set out to cure.