All Nighters 2!

[BFDesigns]

For those of you that are into the Steampunk aesthetic and saw the first watch that I got finished making (Steam Age Watch #1) and posted up in this section, Here's another one for your viewing pleasure! Made this one out of copper tube couplers, nickel silver sheet, stainless steel screws, brass nuts, brass sheet, and copper sheet. The Chrome chain was off of a pocket watch that bit the dust a few years back.

The front/top view:

A detailed view of the watch face:

Back shot:

Stand up shot:

Got finished with this after 2 straight days of working including pulling an all nighter. This was a Christmas gift for my sister who loved it. And funny story behind it is that I took it to Home Depot with me so that I could remember to get stuff for it if I needed to pick anything up for it while I was picking up rivets to finish making the massive wall hanging that I was doing for my parents. On the way out the security guy (what a wonderful slums that North Philly is...) thought that it was a detonator because the movement was already set in place and running and got a bit freaked out (6:00 am, too early in the morning to be dealin' with that sh!t) about the whole thing. Gotta love Home Depot.

Anyway, I liked this design so much that I'm gonna be making more and you can pick one up of you're interested. Details are on my metalworkers.org page.

 

[godsarmor]

For those of you that are into the Steampunk aesthetic and saw the first watch that I got finished making (Steam Age Watch #1) and posted up in this section, Here's another one for your viewing pleasure! Made this one out of copper tube couplers, nickel silver sheet, stainless steel screws, brass nuts, brass sheet, and copper sheet. The Chrome chain was off of a pocket watch that bit the dust a few years back.

The front/top view:

A detailed view of the watch face:

Back shot:

Stand up shot:

Got finished with this after 2 straight days of working including pulling an all nighter. This was a Christmas gift for my sister who loved it. And funny story behind it is that I took it to Home Depot with me so that I could remember to get stuff for it if I needed to pick anything up for it while I was picking up rivets to finish making the massive wall hanging that I was doing for my parents. On the way out the security guy (what a wonderful slums that North Philly is...) thought that it was a detonator because the movement was already set in place and running and got a bit freaked out (6:00 am, too early in the morning to be dealin' with that sh!t) about the whole thing. Gotta love Home Depot.

Anyway, I liked this design so much that I'm gonna be making more and you can pick one up of you're interested. Details are on my metalworkers.org page.

looks cool but what is it a clock ?

 

[BFDesigns]

looks cool but what is it a clock ?

Technically I guess you can call it a pocket watch. The movement itself is only a bit bigger than a quarter, and the whole thing is about 2-1/2 inches long.

 

[MandoMan531]

how do you cut out the gears and bezel and such?

 

[BFDesigns]

how do you cut out the gears and bezel and such?

The hands, movement (part that keeps time), and crown (the brass knob with a black stone) were all bought prefabricated as well as the stainless screws and the brass nuts (the nuts I ground into circles on a bench grinder). The bezel, watch face, and flanges were cut with a jeweler's saw. The back gear was cut with a jewelers saw and the gear teeth were cut with a triangular file.

 

[Odessa 086]

That is some nice piece of work. While we're at steampunk, check out this person's work - http://porkshanks.deviantart.com/

 

[rowan]

You never cease to amaze me! I love pretty much anything steampunk, and to see something of this quality is always great!

 

[BFDesigns]

That is some nice piece of work. While we're at steampunk, check out this person's work - http://porkshanks.deviantart.com/

Those are some sick goggles that porkshanks did! Kinda makes me wanna make a pair.

You never cease to amaze me! I love pretty much anything steampunk, and to see something of this quality is always great!

Thanks!

 

[Odessa 086]

She is actually selling some of her things, she has a shop on some website, I'm sure you can find a link to it in some of her journals on DA. I've been drooling over her stuff for ages.