![]() ![]() Hell, even an open-heart dial fits this bill in my opinion.Ĭheaper skeleton dial watches will just flash you the whole movement and make you think you’re seeing something special. Basically, if the dial of the skeleton watch is designed in such a way so as to accentuate the experience you get by seeing the movement, then that qualifies as a well designed Skeleton. ![]() A well designed skeleton watch can also rely on what I’m going to call a “partial dial” design. Please see the most common types of decoration below. These are generally the bridge plates, mainspring barrel, fasteners, and rotor (in the case of an automatic skeleton watch). Movement decoration on both a manual and automatic watch refers to the level of intricate detail that’s generally been applied to the movement’s most visible and largest surface area parts. Understanding Movement Decoration And What To Look For In A Skeleton Watch But honestly what actually attracted me to skeletonized dials back in the day? Are they actually cool or are they maybe misunderstood? It got me thinking, I know I’m not the only one who looked at a skeleton watch in the early days because I thought they were cool. Until I unearthed it 10 years later from my closet, which is why I’m talking with you all today. I ironically wore it once, felt ridiculous trying to wear a pocket watch with cargo shorts in public and interred the timepiece back in the flimsy box it arrived in never to be seen again. But I didn’t care about that – I just knew it looked cool. I honestly don’t even think it’s stainless steel – it’s probably just recycled soda can aluminum that they plated. Eventually I found that Avalon pocket watch and purchased it. Any sort of skeleton dial mechanical watch that showed me its inner workings was a timepiece worthy of my attention. I remember digging deeper into Amazon’s offerings. ![]()
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