Benzinger – THE DRAGON

THE DRAGON is a project with Benzinger for a client who asked for a watch with a dragon on the dial. He allowed it to be shown here.

Two designs were made, one with the dragon’s head at 6 o’clock and one with the head at 12 o’clock. The client chose the second, shown in the drawing above. The dial consists of two parts:

• The main dial, with the dragon prominently in the centre, hand-engraved and skeletonised. It is surrounded by the hour and minute indexes and the small seconds at 6 o’clock, and the Breguet threads are hand-guilloché. It is made of sterling silver.
• The dial beneath is fully finished with a hand-made sun guilloché and black PVD coated, to contrast with the dragon. It too is made of sterling silver.

The colour scheme of the dragon is still to be chosen.

The movement will be finished with a floral pattern, all engraved and skeletonised by hand. The main plate will have hand guilloché and a black PVD coating. The colours of the movement can be decided later, as they are applied once all the craftsmanship is done.

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