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by defrost 908 days ago
Custom built wooden watch - all wood, gears, complications, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4tXbm-HN4

Insanely difficult to make well, barely two or three people in the world are capable, requires a high degree of understanding of various wood types to select for springs, regulation, temp and humidty correction, etc.

https://www.keepthetime.com/blog/valerii-danevych-wooden-wat...

What does it say?

Hard to tell - if I had one, for example, it wouldn't say much beyond I appreciate fine craftsmanship, woodwork, horology, and could afford to spend a quarter of a million on a unique piece of functional artisanship.

Personally I have no watches, chains, jewellry, etc - I'm a don't like things that can catch type of person - but I do like timekeeping and have a sapphire cclock for the precision.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/for-precision-the-sapphire-clock-o...