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14
Mar

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Multilayered dial    Multilayered dial    Multilayered dial

February 21st 2009 - They thought they had seen everything with the multi-layered skeletized Gravity dial… our dial workshop is pushing the limits one step further! Here are the first trials of one sandblasted part from a dial that does not look like a dial.

Hint:      Sputnik

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13
Mar

Category | construction




February 19th 2009 - The Titanium insert of the bezel must be machined within extremely tight tolerances because it is then sent to a rubber processing company for overmolding.

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12
Mar

What is it?

Category | construction



February 17th 2009

What is it?

a - A view of the Mir space station
b - The access ramp to the latest Guggenheim museum
c - The baseplate of the really weird movement
machined in aluminum

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11
Mar

The machining begins

Category | construction





February 17th 2009 - First pieces of the caseback in Titanium out of the CNC machine.

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04
Mar

Welcome

Category | construction

Welcome to the “making of” the Concord C1 QuantumGravity.
In the next weeks, we will be showing you “behind the scene” images of the creation of this crazy timepiece, which will be revealed at Baselworld (March 26th till April 2nd 2009).

This is not a typical blog where comments can be posted, but an informative site. Should you wish to send us comments or questions, please send us an email at clabseries@concord.ch
Enjoy!

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