Heat-coloured hands

[swanbourne]

I thought this would be of interest.



Eddie

[walkerwek1958]

I think this comes under the heading of 'stuff I once knew but have now forgotten'..........original blued hands look great on an old watch, nowadays the faux vintage stuff is usually painted to get the same look. Still a nice look on the right watch, though.

[magirus]

The hands on my Archimede are either painted or done chemically, I'm not sure which. They changed to heat bluing after I bought my watch from SC so I thought I'd ask about changing. Would have had to send the watch to them and pay €150. I declined.




Here's how Mr. Smith does his, one of the 30+ skills he learned from Mr. Daniels . . .

[Mark020]

Cool. Thanks for posting. Blued hands are off the scale cool imho

[rfrazier]

I've blued hands, Eddie. Or at least tried. I never got a really even finish. More down to lack of practice than anything, I guess.

Best wishes,
Bob

[swanbourne]

I've blued hands, Eddie. Or at least tried. I never got a really even finish. More down to lack of practice than anything, I guess.

Best wishes,
Bob

Try the Rainer Nienaber method.

Rainer Nienaber blues his own hands in small batches. His technique is interesting, he places the steel hands on top of a metal trough of brass filings over a burner. The brass gives an equal heat over the entire surface so that the hands blue evenly. Depending on the length of exposure, different colours can be produced, even a rich burgundy colour.

Eddie

[mrwozza70]

Interesting... is there similar reference to how chemical coloration works?

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