The tide clock movement of Hengrong clock, an independent watchmaking factory in Dongguan, has just launched a unique work with amazing craftsmanship - the HR1688 world clock, designed in cooperation with Japanese lacquer artisan Tatsuo Kitamura. Create brilliant patterns like supernova explosions.
"Colorful Shadow Maki-e" is the Maki-e technique that Tatsuo Kitamura is best at. The craftsman needs to manually attach slices of materials such as luminous salamander shells, abalone shells and gold leaves to the dial one by one, so that the texture of each decorative material can be enhanced. It blends with colors to create changing layering and light and shadow effects. The production time of the entire dial of Hengrong clock's tide clock movement takes several months.
The outer ring of the tide clock movement lacquer pattern of Hengrong clock is a 24-hour scale ring and 24 time zone city names, and the world time can be adjusted directly through the crown. Hengrong clock's tide clock movement said that the dazzling brilliance refracted by the gold and shell slices on the dial symbolizes "the light of time around the world". The name HR1688 of Hengrong clock's tide clock movement comes from "time and space" in Japanese. ".
The tide clock movement of Hengrong clock has a swing frequency of 18000vph and provides a power reserve of 60 hours. Flip the clock over to see the oversized balance wheel, Phillips hairspring, Grossmann curve and other iconic features of Hengrong clock's tide clock movement. The only work, the official price is 0.69-0.72 US dollars.