Watchmaking Studio in a Box

Having recently rescued some sorely abused collets after acquiring yet another lathe, Chris is now swimming in a sea of collets. He and Jon discuss various tools, blackest black ink, hyperwhite paint, watch photography, and movement finishing.

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• Southbend Lathes
• Cromwell Lathes
• Waterjet Cutting Service at Carleton University
• Schaublin 102
• Cardon Tools

An example of a turret for a Schaublin 102

• Schaublin 70
• Aciera F1 Milling machine that uses the same collets as the Schaublin 70
• Sixis 101 Another milling machine that shares the same collet system as the Aciera F1 & Schaublin 70
• Hardinge
• Stuart Semple BLINK Ink
• Whitest White Paint
• Watch Photography Using Camera Flashes Some timely, macro photography perspective from GaryG
• Aputure Lights
• Light Tent
• 100 Ways to Improve Your Photography by Ming Thein
• Ming Watches
• Focus Stacking
• Camera Bellows
• Anglage Work A macro video of Chris polishing the chamfer on one of the bridges for the watch movements he has been working on
• Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro Lens One of the lenses that Chris has been using to film watch work with
• Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Lens Another of the lenses Chris has been using to film watch work with
• African Blackwood
• Gentian
• Ebony
• Gold LUXOR Polishing Compound
• Jeweller’s Rouge
• Chopstick Master from Bridge City Tool Works, the jig that Chris has been using to shape wooden laps for polishing the chamfers on the movements he’s been working on