Iron Pocket Watch 2



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Iron Pocket Watch or "The Beauty of Iron surfaces"

For many years I have been fascinated by beautiful iron objects made by Japanese artisans during the past centuries. Differently to other cultures of the world, Japanese artisans have found their ideal method to prevent iron and steel from rusting while using the rust itself as a protecting surface. Doubtless that the creation of beautiful surfaces have met the aesthetic sense of the culture. This method has intensively been executed on sword furniture

Inspired by this method I have made a pocket watch with an iron case. "Tetsu" Iron pocket watch case, 55.00 mm diameter, rust sealed, sapphire crystal,The back for weight reduction made from Ebonite, finished with Kinsokumitateai Urushi lacquer mimiking rusted iron, historical hand-winding movement caliber FHF 96. The dial urushi lacquer imitating rusted iron