Time on my Hands

[gawdelpus]

Had some excess bits of watches so tried again

An EB Australiana steam punk cheers ~ John

[Ironwood]

Wow John !! Good Stuff

I would have liked to watch you make that one

[Penpal]

This movement taken up by you lets face it an opportunity to learn to balance the mainspring of life measuring analog also digital means alarming us every second then hourly to band together our direct drives in case an aperture appears in our calendar,this could cause us to flyback, gather up gear train and all quartz making crystal clear future directions I have to hand it to you jewels as your pen is one of keep bracelets on our wrists, display in front exposed as a skeleton is wound up with tension, timing is important, barrel vision enables, flyback can restrain us numerals distract us, plating as in all pens of good quality, no trail of gears to bind you, supposing your motive is to stop,watch,escapement from boredom, analog aperture digitally enhanced direct drive the way to get off the escarpment to the outer markers,screws are for confinement and restraint,motion works, one more bridge to cross an actual operating watch,factory driven capability can cause overwinding or winding back,stay water resistant sealing with CA on the ends,applique correctly applied promotes awareness of the rotor.

Ah wheels within wheels.

Regards Peter.

[dai sensei]

Soooo Coooool

[Picko]

Nice pen John.

[wm460]

Great pen John very well made.

[dj_pnevans]

Looking good John I started one a while back and still doing it. There was a guy on IAP that sells this style of pens for a lot of money, he posted it like we all do and had a go at some one because they made one to.
David

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Very nicely done John. These are poping up quite often these days and some are taking to a new level by adding the parts onto carbon fiber blanks. What di you do to color the tube??? Did you have any casting problems?? How are you bending the gears without breaking them??? And the most important question of all, what is the stick doing in one of the photos??? Does it have a purpose that I am not seeing fully???

[Les in Red Deer]

Looks great from here John!
Well done as usual.

Les

[ciscokid]

Looks great! I love that style. See them now at every show. Guy on the IAP should be happy someone liked his work enough to copy it. Doubt he originated it anyway - I started seeing these three years ago. Yours is a particularly fine example.

Gotta admit that I'm kind of curious about the stick as well.

[KevM]

Love It! Fantastic!

You've piqued my curiosity too, I'll third the question on the purpose of the twig?

How did you colour the tube? Any chance of a WIP?

[gawdelpus]

Hehe ! Firstly the "twig" because I took the pictures on my balcony and it was a bit windy I was using the twig to try and stop the pen rolling lol, didn't help. because of the angle of the picture I couldn't crop it out . I also have seen this style and admired them on IAP ,I make no claims to originality hehe. I will say this though I think my methods are original ,no paint , no glue . I simply roll my tube up in a thin layer of polymer clay which gives me a foundation to push the small pieces of watches into ,without having to deal with glue makes this a breeze to do ,and parts can be repositioned easily if needed . I just put them on basically at random and fill up as many spaces as seems appropriately . I do not bake the polymer as it is quite firm and I have found it can shrink slightly when baked .
Usual casting in a resin saver in clear ,when set usual turning and polishing . The same methods I use to do my Paua shell pens and perfumes . (watch parts can often be found on E-Bay ) cheers ~ John

[timberbits]

Hi John

That's a great looking pen you have there.

Now you can carry time in your pocket.

Thanks for sharing.

Timberbits.

[munruben]

Must be time consuming to make something like that.
Well done John, excellent work as usual.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

That is a unique way of doing it. Have not seen that technique used before. Thanks for explaining and keep up the great work.