62mas - Hand Painted Great Wave of Kanagawa (1 of 1)
This was a special project of mine that I had in mind for sometime. This took many hours to complete. As you can see in the photos, I started by hand painting the dial. The scene is from the famous Japanese scene the "Great Wave of Kanagawa" and this was my take on it. Usually it is represented in a very traditional Japanese style, I however wanted to try something different, using Japanese blue indigo, and more emphasis on depth of colour and shading. For the Hour markers, I had to extract them from 2 donor dials that came from 1970's Seiko LM watches. Being over 50 years old, they were in rough shape, but I loved their contours, so I decided to sand, polish, gold plate them, and finally to mirror polish. This took a very long time. The indices were extremely sensitive, any wrong move would leave a hairline scratch onto the mirror finish. Positioning and attaching the markers also required unbelievable care, for both the sake of accuracy and preserving them. The custom dial was then placed in a 62mas Stainless case, with a gold bezel and crown. The bezel insert is glass and lumed, so is the Kanji chapter ring. I couldn't bring myself to use a 4R series Seiko movement, and I opted for a 6R15 with a swapped rotor engraved with the Seigaiha pattern.
Diameter: 40mm
Lug to Lug: 47mm
Thickness: 12.7mm
Crystal: Sapphire with Blue AR
Movement: 6r15c regulated to +/-5s
Dial: Hand painted with applied Gold Plated markers
Hands: Lumed Sea Master styled Gold hands.
Chapter Ring: Stainless Lumed Kanji
Bezel: Gold faceted 120 click
Bezel Insert: Dual color, Lumed Glass.
Crown: Gold engraved with Seiko “S”
Rotor: Gold engraved with Seigaiha Pattern
Strap: Navy Blue Nubuck Leather, Italian made with Gold hardware.
This is a 1 of 1 custom watch. I couldn’t make another one if I wanted to as many of the parts are no longer being made.
This was a special project of mine that I had in mind for sometime. This took many hours to complete. As you can see in the photos, I started by hand painting the dial. The scene is from the famous Japanese scene the "Great Wave of Kanagawa" and this was my take on it. Usually it is represented in a very traditional Japanese style, I however wanted to try something different, using Japanese blue indigo, and more emphasis on depth of colour and shading. For the Hour markers, I had to extract them from 2 donor dials that came from 1970's Seiko LM watches. Being over 50 years old, they were in rough shape, but I loved their contours, so I decided to sand, polish, gold plate them, and finally to mirror polish. This took a very long time. The indices were extremely sensitive, any wrong move would leave a hairline scratch onto the mirror finish. Positioning and attaching the markers also required unbelievable care, for both the sake of accuracy and preserving them. The custom dial was then placed in a 62mas Stainless case, with a gold bezel and crown. The bezel insert is glass and lumed, so is the Kanji chapter ring. I couldn't bring myself to use a 4R series Seiko movement, and I opted for a 6R15 with a swapped rotor engraved with the Seigaiha pattern.
Diameter: 40mm
Lug to Lug: 47mm
Thickness: 12.7mm
Crystal: Sapphire with Blue AR
Movement: 6r15c regulated to +/-5s
Dial: Hand painted with applied Gold Plated markers
Hands: Lumed Sea Master styled Gold hands.
Chapter Ring: Stainless Lumed Kanji
Bezel: Gold faceted 120 click
Bezel Insert: Dual color, Lumed Glass.
Crown: Gold engraved with Seiko “S”
Rotor: Gold engraved with Seigaiha Pattern
Strap: Navy Blue Nubuck Leather, Italian made with Gold hardware.
This is a 1 of 1 custom watch. I couldn’t make another one if I wanted to as many of the parts are no longer being made.
This was a special project of mine that I had in mind for sometime. This took many hours to complete. As you can see in the photos, I started by hand painting the dial. The scene is from the famous Japanese scene the "Great Wave of Kanagawa" and this was my take on it. Usually it is represented in a very traditional Japanese style, I however wanted to try something different, using Japanese blue indigo, and more emphasis on depth of colour and shading. For the Hour markers, I had to extract them from 2 donor dials that came from 1970's Seiko LM watches. Being over 50 years old, they were in rough shape, but I loved their contours, so I decided to sand, polish, gold plate them, and finally to mirror polish. This took a very long time. The indices were extremely sensitive, any wrong move would leave a hairline scratch onto the mirror finish. Positioning and attaching the markers also required unbelievable care, for both the sake of accuracy and preserving them. The custom dial was then placed in a 62mas Stainless case, with a gold bezel and crown. The bezel insert is glass and lumed, so is the Kanji chapter ring. I couldn't bring myself to use a 4R series Seiko movement, and I opted for a 6R15 with a swapped rotor engraved with the Seigaiha pattern.
Diameter: 40mm
Lug to Lug: 47mm
Thickness: 12.7mm
Crystal: Sapphire with Blue AR
Movement: 6r15c regulated to +/-5s
Dial: Hand painted with applied Gold Plated markers
Hands: Lumed Sea Master styled Gold hands.
Chapter Ring: Stainless Lumed Kanji
Bezel: Gold faceted 120 click
Bezel Insert: Dual color, Lumed Glass.
Crown: Gold engraved with Seiko “S”
Rotor: Gold engraved with Seigaiha Pattern
Strap: Navy Blue Nubuck Leather, Italian made with Gold hardware.
This is a 1 of 1 custom watch. I couldn’t make another one if I wanted to as many of the parts are no longer being made.