Comments on: Pi Day http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/03/14/pi-day/ A mechanical watchmaker in a digital world Fri, 18 May 2012 18:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: J.Peter http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/03/14/pi-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5241 J.Peter Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:20:51 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=864#comment-5241 I have thought about this topic a lot and I still don't have a strong opinion either way. My training has always taught me to leave no traces in the watch, but even at Rolex they scribe the inside of the case back with repair details. I don't see any harm in marking a case with a permanent marker (which isn't really permanent) but I also don't see much value in it. I have been waiting with baited breath for a year and a half for the AWCI Case Marking Committee to publish its conclusions on the subject. Certainly there should never be any marks left on a movement and if a case is marked it should be done professionally and as small as possible. I have thought about this topic a lot and I still don’t have a strong opinion either way. My training has always taught me to leave no traces in the watch, but even at Rolex they scribe the inside of the case back with repair details.

I don’t see any harm in marking a case with a permanent marker (which isn’t really permanent) but I also don’t see much value in it.

I have been waiting with baited breath for a year and a half for the AWCI Case Marking Committee to publish its conclusions on the subject.

Certainly there should never be any marks left on a movement and if a case is marked it should be done professionally and as small as possible.

]]> By: Vince http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/03/14/pi-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5239 Vince Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:40:38 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=864#comment-5239 That makes sense. I should have figured as much. As a professional watchmaker, what is your opinion of leaving a mark or "signature" inside a watch? That makes sense. I should have figured as much. As a professional watchmaker, what is your opinion of leaving a mark or “signature” inside a watch?

]]> By: J.Peter http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/03/14/pi-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5232 J.Peter Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:03:29 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=864#comment-5232 Vince, I found the story about President Lincoln's watch very interesting but was unable to get any new information to add. As I had already read about it on a half dozen watch blogs I assumed most of my readers already heard the story. Vince, I found the story about President Lincoln’s watch very interesting but was unable to get any new information to add. As I had already read about it on a half dozen watch blogs I assumed most of my readers already heard the story.

]]> By: Vince http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/03/14/pi-day/comment-page-1/#comment-5231 Vince Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:32:18 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=864#comment-5231 Pi Day is interesting -- but I was kind of surprised you didn't blog about Abraham Lincoln's watch. On Thursday, the Smithsonian discovered a hidden message under the dial of Abraham Lincoln's watch, left by a watchmaker nearly 150 years ago. Did you read about that? Pi Day is interesting — but I was kind of surprised you didn’t blog about Abraham Lincoln’s watch. On Thursday, the Smithsonian discovered a hidden message under the dial of Abraham Lincoln’s watch, left by a watchmaker nearly 150 years ago. Did you read about that?

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