Off Hours (Chris Manning & Jon Edwards)

Chris just returned home from the Santa Fe Symposium where he delivered a talk on modern niello. He and Jon talk about this year's talks and some of the things Chris got up to while in New Mexico.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep

• Bricolage Podcast Official Twitter account of the Bricolage Podcast

• Santa Fe Symposium An annual gathering of leading experts in the jewelry industry

• An Introduction to Niello Chris' first paper on niello, presented at the Santa Fe Symposium

• Niello for the Modern Jeweler The paper that Chris presented at this year's Santa Fe Symposium

• Substitutes for Lead Indium, gallium, bismuth, & tin—the four elements that Chris has been experimenting with, to eliminate lead from niello

• 2018 Santa Fe Papers All of the papers presented at this year's Santa Fe Symposium

• Fused Bracelet A two-tone, gold bracelet that was 3D printed as a single object, presented by David Fletcher, of Cooksongold, at the 2018 Santa Fe Symposium

• Matt Anderson Official site of artist & maker Matt Anderson

• Los Poblanos Inn The inn where Chris & other presenters at this year's Santa Fe Symposium stayed

• Meow Wolf An immersive art experience

• Sandia Peak Part of a mountain range east of Albuquerque in New Mexico

• Eddie Bell Eddie Bell discusses the value of the Sante Fe Symposium

• Armbruster SN 1 Eddie's Armbruster SN 1 ornamental lathe

• The Toolbox Initiative An initiative to bring tools to jewelers in West Africa

• French Elephant Award Chris was awarded the French Elephant at this year's Santa Fe Symposium

• Steel Bender Brewery The source of the secret word for the speakers at this year's Santa Fe Symposium

Jon and Chris chat a little more about the Santa Fe speakers' trip, the closure of OSU's watchmaking program, and the potential upsides of augmenting reality.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep19

• ABQ Jewellery Exhibit Chris got a sneak preview of the new jewellery exhibit at ABQ

• Closure of OSU Oklahoma State University's Watchmaking Program is slated to close

• Wit Jarochowski Wit Jarochowski’s 1991 patent for a mechanically driven electromagnetic escapement

• WOSTEP The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program

• SAWTA The Swiss American Watchmakers Training Alliance

• X1T Wireless Earbuds The Bluetooth earbuds Jon started using recently

• S530 Wireless Earbud The Bluetooth earbuds Jon mentioned back in Episode 6

• Apple AirPods Apple's wireless earbuds

• BeatsX A longer lasting, harder to lose take on the W1 chip powering Apple’s AirPods

• Apple Watch The Apple Watch has built in controls for wirelessly controlling audio & will support background audio playback in WatchOS 5

• Garmin Fenix Smartwatches like the Garmin Fenix also support audio control over Bluetooth

• Overcast An excellent podcast player for iOS, by Marco Arment

• ATP The Accidental Tech Podcast, co-hosted by Marco Arment who develops Overcast

• Apple HomePod Apple’s HomePod was just released in Canada at the time this episode was published

• IKEA Place An app that leverages Apple’s ARKit to see what various pieces of IKEA furniture would look like in your space

• Yelp Easter egg One of the first AR experiences to pop up on the iPhone

• Starmap Turns your phone into a viewfinder to identify the constellations overhead

• Head Mounted Display Jon attempted to use a Teleglass T3-F from Japanese firm, Scalar, as a digital loupe several years ago

It was Canada Day this past weekend. This may get a little patriotic. Sorry.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep20

• Helvetica A documentary detailing the origin & ubiquity of the typeface Helvetica

• Design Canada A documentary on Canadian design

• Canadian Flag A visual history of the Canadian flag, courtesy of Wikipedia

• Canada Wordmark Official guidelines for the Canada wordmark

• Massimo Vignelli "If you can design one thing, you can design everything."

• CN Logo A look back through the identity design of Canadian National Railway

• Ontario Logo The former logo of the Ontario Government

• Olympic Logo Official logo for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal

• 1972 team Canada hockey jersey Looking back on the design of the Team Canada hockey jersey, created for the 1972 Summit Series, by John Lloyd

• Heather Cooper Designer of the Roots logo, alongside other iconic Canadian logos & illustrations

• Rams A forthcoming documentary exploring the life & work of the legendary, German designer, Dieter Rams

• Jon Klassen Canadian author & illustrator who helped fund Design Canada, his book I Want My Hat Back is a favourite in the Edwards' household

• Julie Kraulis Another Canadian children's book author & illustrator who has recently made a splash on the watch scene with her incredible, large scale pencil drawings of iconic timepieces

• Concepts 5.0 iPad A sketching app that Chris has been using on his iPad Pro

• Patek Desk Clock An example of one of the many ornate desk clocks produced by Patek Philippe

Turns out there’s more than one way to thread a screw. Chris talks to Jon about the upsides and challenges of crafting multi lead threads for his pens, and why you should use metric—not imperial—measures.

• Jessica Edwards The Producer of the documentary film, Design Canada & founder of Film First Co.

• Timely Tees Jon recently released a co-axial version of the Escape Tee

• Multi Lead Threading One of Chris’ most popular blog posts

• The Machinery's Handbook A quintessential reference in any machine shop

• The Sheaffer Snorkel A stupendously over-engineered fountain pen design

• Fischer Space Pen A pen engineered for use in zero gravity

• David Oscarson Pens

• Dykem Layout Fluid A surface masking solution that makes it easier to see where the tool you're using has come into contact with the material you are working on

• Taig Lathe One of the first lathes in Chris’ n+1 collection of lathes

• The Perfectionists A book, by Simon Winchester, that details the history of precision manufacturing

• Archimedes Screw

• Logan Lathe The lathe Chris upgraded to from the Taig

• Higbee Thread

• Breech Thread

• Follower Thread Cutting A video demonstrating how threads are cut using a follow rest

• Hello internet A podcast hosted by CGP Grey & Brady Haran

• Demise of the Kilogram A video produced by Hello Internet co-star, Brady Haran, that explores how the way we define various units of measurement is changing

• Veritasium Derek Muller goes hands-on with the world's roundest object, a sphere of silicon used as the definitive standard of a kilogram

• Veritasium Redux A follow up to the previous video, Derek Muller ventures deep into the National Institute of Standards & Technology to discover how science is redefining the kilogram & rendering that perfect sphere of silicon effectively obsolete

Jon and Chris talk about buying art, stone carving, and managing notifications without a wearable.

• Adam Young A Canadian artist that Jon & his wife recently acquired a painting from

• Steven Strang Local artist & friend of the show whose work Chris has been a longstanding patron of

• 'The Memory Thief' Chris' most recent acquisition from Steven Strang

• Printrbot Ceases Operations We spoke a little about Printrbot back in Episode 15, they recently & suddenly shut down

• Monoprice Select Mini The 3D printer Jon picked up to replace his Printrbot Play

• Dufour's Watch Cases Philippe Dufour fits the movements for the cases of his timepieces to within 0.01mm of precision

• Canadian Stone Carving Festival An annual festival held on Sparks Street in Canada's Capital

• Phil White The Dominion Sculptor of Canada

• Stone Carving Course A stone carving course offered by Smith & Barber in Ottawa

• Cortex Myke recently switched out his Apple Watch for a Nomos

• Metro Date Power Reserve The Nomos that Myke picked up

• BBC Panorama BBC's Hilary Andersson investigates the 'dark side' of smartphones—including the physiological effects that notification alerts have on us

• Custom Vibration Alerts How to create & customize vibration alerts on your iPhone

Precision, accuracy, and a smattering of etymology. Chris and Jon discuss Simon Winchester's latest book, The Perfectionists.

• The Perfectionists A new book that traces the impact that ever increasing levels of accuracy have had on our world, from the industrial revolution, through to the digital age

• Ned Ludd An English weaver, from whom the term "luddite" was derived

• Bokeh The blur that occurs when an object within a photograph does not fall inside the bounds of the lens's depth of field

• Leica The camera division of Germany’s Leica Microsystems

• The Essentials Of Precision Timekeeping A talk delivered by Jack Forster at the Horological Society of New York in early 2018

• Bullseye Diagram A visual depiction of the distinction between accuracy & precision, from Winchester's The Perfectionists, where A is accurate, B is precise, C is neither, & D
is moderately precise & accurate


• History of the Steam Engine A brief history of steam power during the Industrial Revolution

• Watt Engine Friend of the show, Rich Loen, standing in front of a Watt Steam Engine



• John Wilkinson An industrialist who helped James Watt refine the Watt Steam Engine

• Henry Maudslay An incredibly talented machinist, whose work helped usher in the age of industrialization

• Joseph Bramah A renowned locksmith & inventor

• Off Hours Episode 21 The episode on multi lead threading, where we first mentioned Bramah & Maudslay

• The Lord Chancellor A micrometer that was one of, if not the most, precise measuring instrument of Maudslay's era, crafted by Maudslay himself

• Cromwell Lathe A style of lathe that Chris has in his shop, which was favoured by Rolls-Royce in the mid 20th century

• Rolls-Royce Casting A look at how lost wax casting continues to be used today in the manufacturing of Rolls-Royce turbine engines

• Off Hours Episode 3 An early episode in which we delved into the subject of lost wax casting

• Additive Manufacturing TheWatches TV takes a look at the potential promise additive manufacturing holds, while not shying away from the ways it still falls short of the accuracy needed for crafting timepieces

• Rolls-Royce Swarm Bots Rolls-Royce is investing in tiny, collaborative swarm robots to help provide quality assurance & routine maintenance of its jet turbines, without needing to take them completely apart

• Qantas Flight 32 An airline crash, detailed in The Perfectionists that was found to be due to error in how accurately a particular hole had been drilled

• Grand Seiko Official website of the Shizuku-Ishi studio in Japan, where Grand Seiko timepieces are assembled

Jon and Chris discuss follow up books to read, tricks for beating the Vatican hoards, letter press documentaries, and canes that aren't quite what they appear to be.

• The Perfectionists A new book by Simon Winchester we discussed last episode, which traces the impact that ever increasing levels of accuracy have had on our world

• Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling A book by Ross King

• Brunelleschi's Dome Another book by Ross King about a literal Renaissance Man who reinvented architecture

• Sistine Chapel

• Taj Mahal

• Michelangelo's David The original David, sculpted by Michelangelo, located in the Accademia Gallery of Florence

• The Uffizi Gallery

• Pressing On Film A documentary about letterpress printing in the modern age

• Linotype Film A more thorough & informative film on the subject of letterpress

• Making Faces Film A documentary about fellow Canadian Jim Rimmer's quest to release a new type design both digitally & in the metal at the same time

• Walbaum Font Family A typeface first created by Justus Walbaum, circa 1800, remastered for the digital age and released in 2018 by Charles Nix, Carl Crossgrove, Juan Villanueva, and Lynne Yun,

• Canes A selection of unusual & rare antique canes

• Faberge Cigarette Case An example of a Faberge cigarette case, from the British Royal Collection

• Watchmaker's Swiss Army Knife A video demonstration of the (now discontinued) Minathor 50 Swiss Army Knife for watchmakers

• Rams Documentary A soon to be released documentary about the legendary industrial designer, Dieter Rams

• Rams Interview The panel discussion with Dieter Rams that Jon referred to

• Rams' Cane A photo of Dieter Rams with his cane

• Watch Cane French jewelled gold watch cane

• Patek Desk Clock An example of a ornamental desk clock produced by Patek Philippe

• Ornamental Turning An introduction to ornamental turning from the Society of Ornamental Turners

• Medici Ivories

• Mia Sable A saddlery maker who has branched out into making watch straps in recent years

• Shell Cordovan Leather A durable leather made from horse hides

• Moose Leather

• Horween An American firm with a strong reputation for making quality leather

• Apple Watch Link Bracelet

• Crabyon Antibacterial fabric made from crab shells

• Mycoworks Mushroom leather

• Royal Doak An example of one of Alex Doak's hand drawn watches

• Gerald Genta The designer behind Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak

• Nylon Gaskets Chris ordered the crystal gaskets for his first watch from Cousins, in the UK

• Coin Edge Case An example of a classically styled Breguet case with a coin edge

• Voutilainen 217QRS THG A limited edition, gold dialed version of Kari Voutilainen's 217QRS Retrograde Date, for the Hour Glass in Singapore

• Peter Gilroy A jeweller specializing in the use of niobium, titanium, & gold, whose work is inspired by the great outdoors

• Spot Anodizing How to spot anodize niobium & titanium

• Zirconium Decay ⁹⁵Niobium is the decay product of ⁹⁵Zirconium

• Spontaneous Combustion Zirconium is considered a pyrophoric metal, making it susceptible to spontaneous combustion

Chris is back from the British Horological Institute, where he spent a week working on watch movements. He and Jon chat about his time in the UK, the unique things he saw, and the incredible people he met along the way.

• BHI Short Courses Short watch & clock making courses offered by the British Horological Institute

• John Murphy Official website of John Murphy (FBHI, Cert. Ed., WOSTEP) who trained Chris at the British Horological Institute

• ETA 6497

• ETA 2824

• Incabloc A cross-section of Incabloc's anti-shock system, designed to protect delicate pivots in mechanical watches

• Hamilton 992

• Upton Village The small, English village that Chris called home for much of the time between this episode & last

• Upton Hall Headquarters of the British Horological Institute

• Museum of Timekeeping The BHI museum at Upton Hall

• Santa Fe Symposium An annual conference for professionals in jewellery & related industries

• Museum of the jewellery quarter A perfectly preserved workshop in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

• Birmingham, UK

• Frank Cooper Senior lecturer at Birmingham City University's School of Jewellery

• David Fletcher A brief introduction to 3D printing in precious metal, from David Fletcher of Cooksongold

• Cooksongold A pioneer in additive manufacturing & one of the UK's leading suppliers to the jewellery trade

• Rio Grande Akin to Cooksongold, Rio Grande is of the USA's leading suppliers to the jewellery trade

• 3D Printed Watch Case Michiel Holthinrichs' watch cases for the Ornament 1 are 3D printed by Cooksongold

• Struthers London Struthers London began making timepieces from antique, English made calibers, before branching off into creating their in-house Project 248 caliber

• Deakin & Francis Located in the same building as the Struthers, this high end cufflink maker is England's oldest family jeweller

• Yard-O-Led One of the Struthers' newest neighbors is high end penmaker, Yard-O-Led, who we spoke about back in Episode 1 of Off Hours

• British Museum

• Bonhams Clock Exhibit A historic clock exhibit, entitled Innovation & Collaboration, hosted by Bonhams in London

• Innovation & Collaboration Book Direct link to the catalogue of the Bonhams exhibit

• @thewatchnerd Mat, the #watchnerd, on Twitter

• The #watchnerd Blog

• Chris Mann Chris Mann, founder of Time 4A Pint, on Twitter

• Time 4A Pint Official website for Time 4A Pint

• A Mechanician Seth Kennedy, on Twitter

• Seth Kennedy Talented restorer of fine timepieces & professional, antiquarian horologist, based in London

• The Joy of Tangents Episode 19 of Time 4A Pint, with Mat a.k.a. The Watchnerd

• English Pocket Watches Episode 41 of Time 4A Pint, with Seth Kennedy

• Refounding Fears Watches Episode 44 of Time 4A Pint, with Fears Watch founder, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill

• Omega 2211 An Omega caliber based on the ETA 6498, with alternative bridge layout

• Sea-Gull ST36 An Asian take on the ETA 6498, with yet another variation on the bridge layout

Chris has just returned from a conference on ornamental turning. He and Jon discuss the difference between ornamental turning and engine turning, along with some of the other things Chris got up to while out on the West Coast.

• OTI Symposium Chris just got back from the 2018 Ornamental Turners International Symposium in Seattle, Washington

• Guilloché on Off Hours We touched on guilloché work & engine turning quite a bit right off the bat, in Episode 1 of Off Hours

• History of Ornamental Turning

• Guilloché & Bank Notes An addendum to Wired Magazine's 'Future of Money'

• Excentro A Mac app for designing guilloché patterns

• Ornamental Mill Although they are no longer in production, these are the types of ornamental mills Chris alluded to when discussing large, ornamental wood pillars

• John Harrison's Wooden Clocks A video about John Harrison's wood clocks (part 2 )

• Mopane Wood

• African Blackwood

• Lignum Vitae

• English Boxwood

• Singapore Balls Singapore Balls crafted by Wes Pilley

• Brian Jackson's Ornamental Boxes

• Nested 3D Prints Some examples of nested 3D prints by George W. Hart, with .stl source files

• Double-Sided Bracelet David Fletcher's paper for the 2018 Sante Fe Symposium details a fused bracelet 3D printed in 2 metals by Cooksongold

• Fringe Element Chris described the fused metal bracelet created by Cooksongold in greater detail back in Episode 18

• Mixed Metals Jon & Chris discussed Bob Kramer's use of Damascus steel in Episode 7 of Off Hours

• Chris Ploof Friend of the show, Chris Ploof, specializes in working with Damascus

• James Binnion Friend of the show, Jim Binnion, specializes in mokume-gane

• Bob Kramer Maker of fine knives, hand crafted from Damascus steel

• LMT Patterned Metals Producers of Damascus and mokume-gane, operated by Chris Ploof & James Binnion

• Brittany Nicole Cox Official website of antiquarian horologist, Brittany Nicole Cox

• Smoking Bellows in Automata Brittany Nicole Cox’s talk for the Horological Society of New York, on horological conservation & materials for bellows in smoking automata

• Conservation vs. Restoration An overview of conservation versus restoration

• Ted Crom Books Chris picked up a copy of Crom's Horological and Other Shop Tools while in Seattle

• Speake-Marin on WatchesTV A look at a collection of antique watchmakers' tools with Peter Speake-Marin

• Watchmakers The Masters of Art Horology Another book Chris picked up recently that catalogues the work of modern independent watchmakers

• 12 Faces of Time Similar subject matter to the Masters of Art Horology, 12 Faces of Time details the lives and works of a dozen of the foremost independent watchmakers of our era

• CNC presentation Chris will be giving a presentation on October 23^rd along with friend of the show, Rich Loen, outlining everything you need to know to build your own CNC machine

Backpacks—an unsolvable problem. Chris has an unexpected run-in with some surrealist art, followed by a discussion of dealing with the realities of travel.

• Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking An additional book highlighting the work of independent watchmakers, that we ought to have mentioned in Episode 27

• Watchmakers The Masters of Art Horology A book Chris picked up recently that catalogues the work of modern independent watchmakers

• 12 Faces of Time The 12 Faces of Time details the lives and works of a dozen of the foremost independent watchmakers of our era

• Engine Turning A demonstration of engine turning

• Geometric Chuck A paper about geometric chucks which are simplified versions of the full engines used in security printing.

• Matthews Documentary A trailer for the engine turning documentary featuring Martin Matthews

• MoMA SF Official website of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

• René Magritte Chris caught a temporary exhibit of the work of surrealist artist, René Magritte, while on layover recently in San Francisco

• Steven Strang Local artist & friend of the show whose work is similar in genre to Magritte's

• Magritte's The Human Condition

• Magritte's The Promenades of Euclid

• Thomas Crown Affair A film that prominently features Magritte's Son of Man

• Banksy Shredded Art Video of a Banksy painting being shredded the moment after the hammer came down for the winning bid at auction

• Gerhard Richter Another of the artists on display at MoMA SF

• XKCD A perfect encapsulation of the woes of shopping for a backpack

• Osprey Bags One of Jon's favourite backpack brands over the years

• Mountain Hardwear Frequent Flyer 30 Jon's most recent everyday backpack

• How to Knock Off a Saddleback Leather Bag

• Flight Bag The bag Chris uses most

• Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L Chris' current backpack of choice

• Packing Cubes A handy way to keep things organized when packing for travel

• Superior Labor Leather Pen Roll The roll Chris uses to hold pens & a watch when travelling

• Lightning to SD Card Reader A useful adaptor for transferring photos from an SD card to an iOS device

• High Watt USB-C Charger While still far from being a perfect universal spec, one nice thing about USB-C is being able to carry a single, high-watt charger rather than multiple, different chargers when travelling

• USB-C to Lightning A cable that allows an iPhone or iPad to be charged using the same charger that now ships with Apple's MacBooks

• Anker PowerCore Jon & Chris both use Anker's battery packs to keep devices topped up when travelling

• Control Plane Mac utility A utility Chris uses to manage network traffic on his MacBook, unfortunately, it is no longer under active development

• Luna Display An app & adaptor that together turn an iPad into an external display for a macOS

• Bose QuietComfort 35 Chris' go to headphones when travelling

• Nexus Card

• HS-NY Lectures Video lectures from the Horological Society of New York

• Clickspring YouTube Channel

• Reconstructing The Antikythera Mechanism A preview of the Antikythera project by Clickspring on YouTube

• The Perfectionists A book about humankind's relentless pursuit of perfection & the compounding effects it has had on society

• Creative Selection Written by a former Apple software engineer, Creative Selection provides a rare glimpse into what the design process was like at Apple when Steve Jobs was alive

• Why We Sleep A book Jon's been reading recently about the science & benefits of sleep

While Chris was away traveling the world, Jon got a tour behind the scenes at Veritas, a tool making company based in Canada’s Capital. From the first all metal lathe ever made to building CNC machines at home, this episode is all about tools.

This episode of Off Hours was made possible in part thanks to the Santa Fe Symposium

• Control Plane We mentioned the macOS app, Control Plane, in the last episode, unfortunately it is no longer under active development

• Cycloid Drawing Machine An advanced take on the Spirograph, by Joe Freedman

• Making It Podcast A trio of makers talk about creativity, design, & making things with your hands

• Jacques de Vaucanson

• Vaucanson's Metal Lathe A nearly 300 year-old machine that "made everything"

• James Watt Micrometer What is thought to be the world's oldest surviving micrometer, reputedly crafted by James Watt

• The Perfectionists A book we talked about back in episode 23, that shares some parallels with the Vaucanson video above

• Lee Valley A much loved Canadian company, founded in 1978 by Leonard Lee, Lee Valley came up in our very first episode of Off Hours

• Veritas Tools Founded by Leonard Lee to craft products for Lee Valley, Jon recently got a tour around the manufacturing facilities of Veritas Tools in Ottawa

• Beamer Lasers Veritas employs a Beamer FXL22 to inscribe their tools

• Mitutoyo Precision measuring tools

• Mitutoyo Surftest A tool to objectively evaluate surface finish

• Surface Plate

• CMMs A look at an automated Coordinate Measuring Machine in action

• Maudslay’s Lord Chancellor A bench micrometer crafted by English Industrialist, Henry Maudslay

• Autocrib Small scale, automated inventory management employed by Veritas to help manage CNC bits & other small equipment

• Remstar A vertical carousel system for inventory management, particularly handy for small parts like those used in watchmaking

• WALL-E's Wall A clip of WALL-E's vertical carousel system in the Pixar film, WALL-E

• "Guns. Lots of guns." The "inventory" scene from The Matrix

• Rolex 904L Stainless Steel This short video, now over a decade old, offers a brief glimpse into a small fraction of Rolex's inventory system

• TE-CO Tour A a look behind the scenes at TE-CO with NYC CNC

• Terry Fox

• Tapmatic Deceptively simple, but effective tools that make quick work of tapping threads in a manufacturing environment

• Flexarm Maker of pneumatic tapping arms, like the ones Chris mentioned

• Busy Bee Tools

• Walther-Trowal Makers of industrial scale tumbling polishers

• Haas

• Fanuc

• Matsuura

• Hurco

• Göckel

• Makerspace North Chris gave a talk, alongside Rich Loen, on how to make your own CNC machine recently at Makerspace North

Le Grande K is out of a job. Chris has lathe problems, Jon has lens problems, and the iPad Pro still has a pro app problem.

This episode of Off Hours was made possible in part thanks to the Santa Fe Symposium

• CanUX A conference Jon attended between the recording of last episode & this episode

• Raven Telemetry Creators of Raven Sense, a system to improve the uptime of automated machinery

• Kevin Deveey One of the key designers behind Raven Sense & a speaker at CanUX 2018

• Richard Mille RMS 05 Fountain Pen A $105,000 mechanical fountain pen

• Kari Voutilainen A great interview with independent watchmaker, Kari Voutilainen

• Peter Speake-Marin The latest project from independent watchmaker, Peter Speake-Marin

• GPHG The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève

• Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain GPHG Men's Watch Prize Winner

• Van Cleef Lady Arpels Planétarium GPHG Ladies' Complication Watch Prize Winner

• Nomos Tangente Neomatik 41 Update GPHG Challenge Watch Prize Winner

• Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie GPHG Mechanical Exception Watch Prize Winner

• Konstantin Chaykin Clown Watch GPHG Audacity Prize Winner

• OneHourWatch Lee Yuen-Rapati, the artist behind OneHourWatch deserves an honourable mention for the Audacity Prize at GPHG 2018

• Bench Myths A paper presented by Ann Cahoon at the Santa Fe Symposium 2014

• Bench Myths Revisited A paper presented by Ann Cahoon at the Santa Fe Symposium 2018

• Cromwell Lathe Chris' Cromwell lathe is currently down for the count

• Ward Leonard Drive System The style of drive system powering Chris' Cromwell lathe

• NRC Labs

• Moving Sidewalks at the World’s Fair Moving sidewalks at the World's Fair in Paris in 1900 were also powered by a Ward Leonard Drive System

• 3 Phase Motor The new motor Chris is installing in his Cromwell

• Digital VFD The digital VFD, plus keypad, that Chris is using with his Cromwell

• VFD Remote

• Cable for VFD Remote

• "I Keep Buying Lathes" Episode 21 of Off Hours

• Demise of the kilogram video The definition of a kilogram is officially changing

• The Perfectionists

• Nikon D810 The camera Chris takes his product shots with

• Nikon 60mm Macro Lens

• Nikon 105mm Lens

• Focus Stacking A technique that can be used to merge multiple macro shots into a single image that is entirely in focus

• Loupe System A high end loupe used by watchmakers & watch collectors

• Affinity Photo A powerful photo editing app that dramatically simplifies the process of focus stacking

• Chromatic Aberration

• 50mm Lens The 50mm lens Jon uses

• Macro Extension Tube Set These tubes can be used to seat a lens further from the camera housing, to turn it into a macro lens

• Lens Twist Trick How to lock a camera lens at a particular aperture

• Auto Focus Macro Extension Tube Set A set of extension tubes with electronic pass through for auto focus (what Jon should be using instead)

• Microscope The microscope Chris uses, which can also accommodate his camera to record as he works

• Inside the Studio Chris recently relaunched his YouTube channel

• Niello for the Modern Jeweler The paper Chris presented at the 2018 Santa Fe Symposium

• Canon EOS 5D Mark II

• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K The camera Chris will be using to record his upcoming YouTube videos in 4K

• Nikon D850 Chris was considering updating his Nikon to the D850 to film in 4K

• Glif iPhone Mount A quick release tripod mount that Chris uses to hold his iPhone when recording video

• Manfrotto Variable Friction Magic Arm The camera arm Chris uses

• Manfrotto Super Clamp The mount that Chris uses in conjunction with the arm above

• DJI Osmo Mobile 2 Gimbal A gimbal Chris picked up this year for capturing stabilized video with his phone

• Filmic Pro A video recording & editing app for iOS

• DJI ActiveTrack An overview of DJI's ActiveTrack feature for automatically keeping a subject in the frame of a shot

• DJI Ronin Gimbal A more advanced gimbal Chris is considering

• iPhone XS Chris recently upgraded to the iPhone XS & is incredibly pleased with its HDR video recording capabilities

• iPad Pro Apple recently introduced a new form factor for the iPad Pro

• Photoshop for iPad A preview of Photoshop running on an iPad, demoed at Adobe MAX 2018

• Magnets in the iPad Pro A video showing off the magnet configuration in the new iPad Pro, from MKBHD

• Apple Smart Keyboard Folio

• Brydge iPad Keyboard

Chris and Jon talk about the late Ricky Jay, sleight of hand, and graveyards full of secrets.

• Ricky Jay Obituary

• Deadwood Ricky Jay played the character, Eddie Sawyer, in the first season of HBO's Deadwood

• Ricky Jay on IMDB

• Cards as Weapons

• David Blaine

• The Illusionist

• The Prestige

• Dai Vernon A Canadian born magician who mentored many younger magicians in sleight of hand work, including Ricky Jay

• Slydini

• David Copperfield

• It Might Get Loud A history of the electric guitar, with an impressive scene by Jack White of The White Stripes

• Graveyards Full of Secrets Philippe Dufour laments the loss of know-how & technique that vanishes every time a craftsperson passes away or retires without passing on their skill

• Deceptive Practice A documentary about Ricky Jay & his mentors

• Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets New Yorker article from 1993

• The Expert at the Card Table Otherwise known as Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table

• Tracking Cards Ricky Jay demonstrates his ability to keep a deck of cards organized in his mind while shuffling them

• Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants

• Penn & Teller

• Eric Mead

• Eric Mead Fools Penn & Teller

• Four Queens Ricky Jay performs Four Queens, three ways

• Ricky Jay Plays Poker

• Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters & Ricky Jay

• Dealt A documentary about a blind card handler

Jon and Chris follow a thread that weaves horology, magic, and movies together.

• Rexhep's Chronomètre Contemporain

• Episode 14 Jon & Chris first discussed Rexhep Rexhepi's Chronomètre Contemporain in Episode 14 of Off Hours

• Voutilainen Observatoire The movement of the Voutilainen Observatoire is based on the Peseux 260

• McGonigle Repeater Peter Speake-Marin deconstructs one of the McGonigle Brothers' minute repeaters

• Christophe Claret

• The Naked Watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin deconstructs world-class timepieces

• Cartier's Mystery Clocks An article on Quill & Pad

• Robert Houdin

• Quinting Watches Quartz powered mystery wrist watches

• Triple Mystery Clock The pinnacle of Houdin's mystery clocks

• Tiffany Oracle A pocket watch with a mystery tourbillon

• Cartier's Astromystérieux Cartier takes the concept of a mystery tourbillon to another level

• Vincent Calabrese Official website of independent watchmaker, Vincent Calabrese

• Bridging Art & Mechanics A book by Elizabeth Doerr that explores the history of Corum's Golden Bridge watch, first conceived by Vincent Calabrese

• History of Corum's Golden Bridge

• The Illusionist

• Houdin's Orange Tree

• Houdin's Cup & Balls Automaton

• Ricky Jay's Automaton Act

• Vaucanson’s Digesting Duck

• Episode 29 Chris & Jon discussed Vaucanson & his work in Episode 29 of Off Hours

• Protean Deck A demonstration of Houdin's Protean Deck

• Svengali Deck A pared down version of the Protean Deck, the Svengali is a magic deck of cards Jon has that can transform before your eyes

• George Melies A watchmaker, magician, & film pioneer who was inspired by the work of Robert Houdin

• A Trip to the Moon A silent film by George Melies

• Hugo A modern film, based around the life & work of George Melies

• Houdini One of the most renowned magicians of all time

• Max Malini A contemporary of Houdini's

• Dry Ice Blocks

• Cards as Weapons A book by Ricky Jay

• Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women Another book by Ricky Jay that provides some rare insight into the life of Malini

• Genii Magazine A journal for magicians & conjurers

• Deceptive Practice A documentary about Ricky Jay & his mentors

• The Prestige

Jon's brother Josh joins us to discuss his career as a fine wood worker.

• Robb Report Ultimate Home 2016 Josh worked on a number of the interior architectural pieces in the house that won Robb Report's Ultimate Home of 2016

• Star Caliber 2000 The watch that drew Jon to the craft of watchmaking after seeing a breakdown of its movement in an issue of Robb Report around the turn of the millennium

• Off Hours Episode 2 More on the Star Caliber 2000 & Jon's backstory

• Make It Metal A metal veneer Josh has employed to brass coat wood

• Charles & Ray Eames

• Inside Passage The woodworking school Josh attended in British Columbia

• Rosewood Studio Another place to pick up some fine woodworking skills in Canada

• Robert van Norman

• George Daniels

• Grant Chambers A friend of Jon's who is adept at creatively steering what others might see as an unfortunate mishap into a beautifully crafted final product

• Lie Nielsen Makers of solid, maple benches for wood working

• Wood Boy Folding Saws The Dozuki is currently one of Josh's favourite Japanese style wood saws

• Rubio Monocoat

• Osmo

• French Polish

• Tung Oil

• Card Scrape

• James Krenov

• A Cabinet Maker’s Notebook A solid introduction to the Krenovian philosophy & methodology of fine wood working

• Jasmine Album A jazz album Josh particularly enjoys, by Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden

• Vidar Malmsten Chair The chair that Josh based the design of his one-armed guitar playing chair off of

• Carl Malmsten Renowned, Swedish furniture designer & father of Vidar Malmsten

Chris and Jon look back on 2018 and set course for the year ahead.

• Off Hours Episode 23

• The Perfectionists

• Joseph Whitworth

• British Standard Whitworth

• Hexagonal Cannon Smarter Every Day on How to Measure to a millionth of an Inch

• U.S. Space & Rocket Center Space Museum in Huntsville, Alabama, a.k.a. Space Town USA

• Veritasium on Relativity Derek Mueller takes advantage of an orbital quirk to demonstrate the theory of relativity

• A Teenager Explains Relativity Young Hillary Andales breaks down the theory of relativity in a competition winning video

• Off Hours Episode 10 Jon & Chris discuss their yearly themes for 2018

• Santa Fe Symposium

• Chris’ YouTube Channel Chris relaunched his YouTube channel in 2018

• Graceland Chris will be visiting Elvis Presley's home as a part of this year's speaker tour at the Sante Fe Symposium

• Goldsmiths Company Jewellery Materials Congress 2019

• Chris’ Hand Drawn Watch Dial

• Teca-Print Makers of industrial pad printing machines

• Hajime Pad Printer Hajime Asaoka demonstrating the pad printing machine he built

• Off Hours Episode 28 No Longer Mangling Watches

• BHI Short Courses Short watch & clock making courses offered by the British Horological Institute

• Rams A documentary by Gary Hustwit that Chris & Jon were fortunate to catch an early screening of in 2018

• Cortex Myke & Grey discuss their yearly themes for 2019

• Pierson Workholding

• Lean Manufacturing A look at how Pierson employs lean manufacturing techniques in their production

• Rexhep Rexhepi An interview with the talented young watchmaker, Rexhep Rexhepi, from SJX

• Chris Ploof A specialist in producing Mokume-gane & Damascus

• Taig Lathe

• Haas

• Matsuura

• Akrivia

• Kari Voutilainen

• Apple Watch Series 4 Chris picked up a new watch over the holidays

• Link Bracelet

Chris and Jon discuss a resurrected watch caliber, the watches of SIHH, and a secret way to displace metal.

• Omega 321 Omega announced they would be putting their chronograph caliber 321 back into production days before the start of SIHH 2019

• Omega 861 / 1861 A deconstruction of Omega caliber 1861

• Column Wheel vs. Cam An overview of column wheel versus cam operated chronographs

• Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59

• Bremont's Trip-Tick Case

• Linde Werdelin Spidolite

• Moser Swiss alp

• Apple Watch Retrofit An Apple Watch retrofitted with a mechanical movement, crafted by Till Lotterman

• Till Lotterman Official website of Till Lotterman

• Naissance d’une Montre 2

• Oscillon Prototype

• An Interview with Michel Boulanger and Philippe Dufour

• Martin Frei & Felix Baumgartner

• Urwerk AMC A mechanical watch regulated by an atomic clock

• Urwerk EMC A mechanical watch with its own timing machine built right in

• Ferdinand Berthoud The CEO of Ferdinand Berthoud announced at SIHH 2019 that they will be underwriting Naissance d’une Montre 3

• BHI The British Horological Institute

• AHS The Antiquarian Horological Society has an extensive archive of the BHI's Horological Journal

• Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award Otto Peltola a student at the Finnish School of Watchmaking won this year's Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award

• F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition Tyler John Davies from Birmingham City University won this year's Young Talent Competition

• Horizon Clock Crafted by 2016 F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition winner and fellow BCU alumni, Anna Rose Kirk, the Horizon Clock is now on display at the Science Museum in London

• New Kids on the Watchmaking Block Last year's winner of the Young Talent Competition, Rémy Cools, was recently featured in the New York Times alongside Rexhep Rexhepi & others

• F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Vertical

• Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel

• Cartier Santos Squelette Noctambule One of Chris' favourites from last year, updated with a DLC case

• Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune An intriguing new take on a moonphase display

• Hermès Moonphase in Action A demonstration of how the time & displays circumnavigate the dial of the watch when using the moonphase corrector

• Vacheron Twin Beat The first ever mechanical perpetual calendar that can... hibernate?

Jon’s got a movie credit, Chris is moving clutter, and Omega’s cluttering up the SIHH signal.

Chris and Jon are joined by Rich Loen to discuss Gary Hustwit’s latest design documentary, Rams.

USB C is serving up a mixed bag of terror and delight, Chris is preparing to bring his niello knowledge to the UK, and smartglasses don’t look smart on Jon.

Chris and Jon discuss some of the interesting dials Chris is using for inspiration in his own watches.

Blued screws, blued indices, blued hands. Steel isn’t the only thing that’s blue in this episode. Chris and Jon chat about tempering steel, Baselworld 2019, and Swiss customs.

Chris and Jon talk about a unique balance wheel, resin-based 3D printers, and wireless earbuds. If you're in Birmingham, UK on May 11 or 12, 2019 be sure to drop by Makers Central to say hi to Chris.

Chris and Jon begin a series discussing George Daniels' book Watchmaking.

Chris and Jon continue their discussion of George Daniels’ book Watchmaking. In this episode they discuss work benches. Watchmaking by George Daniels Phone Posture An article about the toll that craning our necks has on our spines Archer Watches California Closets Economical Watchmaking Bench Popular in jewellery shops, an appropriate height bench for watch work […]

Chris has returned from a month of travel. He and Jon discuss the day/date and automatic course he took at the British Horological Institute. BHI Short Courses Chris recently attended another short course at the British Horological Institute Seth Kennedy Antiquarian watchmaker Seth Kennedy Cousins A horological supply house in the UK ETA 6497 Assembly […]

Chris and Jon continue discussing Chris' month of travel. This episode they discuss Makers Central and the Santa Fe Symposium.

Jon and Chris discuss the tribulations of baking the world's best chocolate chip cookies, as well as a new method Chris is experimenting with to rapidly prototype watch dials.

Jon and Chris continue their series on George Daniels' book Watchmaking, delving into the craft of drafting and various forms of magnification useful to watchmakers.

Chris returns from the Goldsmiths' Congress. He and Jon discuss Crown Jewels, gold jugs, and the horrible things people do to nice cars.

Chris and Jon discuss the horological parts of Chris' recent trip to the UK, including Greenwich, a visit with the #watchnerd, pad printing, and the BHI's chronograph course.

>Peter Speake-Marin joins Chris and Jon for a conversation about life as an independent watchmaker and his most recent endeavour, The Naked Watchmaker Project. This is part one of two.

Peter Speake-Marin joins Chris and Jon for a conversation about life as an independent watchmaker and his most recent endeavour, The Naked Watchmaker Project. This is part two of two. Part one can be listened to here. Peter Speake-Marin Part One If you haven’t listened to it already, we recommend first listening to part one […]

In the fourth instalment of our series on George Daniels’ book, Watchmaking, Chris and Jon discuss the watchmaker’s lathe, its uses, and what to look for when buying one. Watchmaking by George Daniels Lathes Struthers’ Project 248 2 Minds, 4 Hands, One 8mm Lathe Turning Between Centres Makers Rendezvous Chris tried his hand at turning […]

Chris and Jon discuss the end of the Santa Fe Symposium, archery tag, Apple’s Series 5 Watch, and Chris’ upcoming pad printer purchase. Santa Fe Symposium Eddie Bell The Goldsmiths’ Company Jewellery Materials Congress Portland Jewelry Symposium SNAG The Society of North American Goldsmiths Dr. Robert Organ ChefSteps’ Ultimate Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies “The […]

The perfect cookie, the perfect moon phase, perfect silence, and the perfect black. ChefSteps’ Ultimate Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies Skillet Cookie AirPods Pro Tools Episode Jon & Chris discussed some of their favourite items to use around the shop back in Episode 6 of Off Hours Bose QuietComfort 35 Headphones Bose 700 Headphones Geneva […]

It’s Blade Runner Month! Jon and Chris discuss Blade Runner inspired watches, the Only Watch auction, GPHG, and some of the subtleties of dial making. Blade Runner Chris’ favourite film is set in the same month & year that this episode was recorded Blade Runner Inspired Watches Lee Yuen-Rapati’s One Hour Watch series is focused […]

Chris and Jon discuss the new pad printer from Kent Printers, as well as the typeface design Lee worked on for Chris’ new dial. Kent Pad Printers Chris picked up his pad printer & attended some training on it at Kent Pad Printers Heat Transfer Paper A product Chris mentioned experimenting with for watch dials […]

Chris and Jon discuss a number of articles and videos covering Kari Voutilainen’s shop and watchmaking, Dean DK’s excellent YouTube channel and his shop visits while in Switzerland, as well as the new home of Silver Hand Studios. Prince Horology School A new watchmaking school will be opening in Cambodia in 2020 Off Hours Episode […]

It is yearly theme time again. Chris and Jon discuss how successful 2019’s themes were, what their 2020 themes are, and an update on Chris’ shop move. My Chaos is Self-imposed Last year’s ‘Yearly Themes’ episode Silver Hand Youtube Channel Loen Design YouTube Channel Rich Loen WorkbenchCon Chris & Rich will be attending WorkbenchCon in […]

Jon and Chris discuss the new Speedmaster with the 321, Seth Kennedy and engine turning, making watch crowns, a quick shop update, and more. Omega Caliber 321 Rereleased in stainless steel—at long last Velcroing SSDs to a Macbook Tyler Stalman on 12 of his latest, favourite filmmaking accessories The Watchmaker – Seth Kennedy A short […]

Chris has returned from WorkbenchCon with a new fidget spinner and knowledge of plasma and saws. Jon and Chris discuss the updates to the new studio as well as a few watches at opposite ends of the manufacturing spectrum. WorkbenchCon Chris’ New Toy SPROK-IT Bernie Solo’s fidget spinner Send Cut Send The service Solo used […]

Jon is housebound. Chris is bubble hopping. As a pandemic sweeps the globe—bringing laser prices down along with it—they discuss two very different globe-like complications. Underwater Adventures Time4APint Episode 53 Casio F91W G-Shock Dream Project A solid gold Casio G-Shock G-Shock Full Metal 5000 Geometric Casio adds a new laser-etched design to the G-Shock line […]

While still in lockdown Chris is able to get his straight line engine assembled and shoot some video. He and Jon discuss the new iPad and its utility for design, as well as a few resources for making your own masks. Plant Straight Line Engine Chris’ straight line engine all dressed up with new leather […]

Chris and Jon discuss the possible death of Baselworld, the birth of virtual get togethers, marketing in 2020, and laser experiments. Raynald Aeschlimann Interview Gear Patrol’s pointed interview with the head of Omega Watches Omega “Speedy Tuesday” Limited Edition Omega “Ultraman” Limited Edition Rolex, Patek Philippe, et al Pull Out of Baselworld LVMH Brands Pull […]

Jon and Chris discuss more outrageous gear ratios and other objects of wonder. Making a GOOGOL:1 Reduction with Lego Gears Here’s What a Googol:1 Gear Ratio Looks Like The googol:1 gear ratios Jon & Chris spoke about back in Episode 61 BrickLink LEGO Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator Ruhla Watches LEGO Tensegrity Sculpture Tutorial Can you […]

Chris and Jon discuss new 3D printers, becoming more opinionated in design choices, and virtual pints. Richemont’s Artificially High Losses Turns out the 67% drop Jon & Chris spoke about last episode is closer to 34% when their acquisition of Net-A-Porter is properly accounted for — Formlabs Form 3 3D Printing The episode of Off […]

Jon and Chris chat about their appearance on Time 4A Pint, along with some follow out from that show. Bellus3D FaceApp A tool Jon & Chris used to 3D print tailor-fit frames for face masks in the fight against COVID-19 DIY Surgical Mask Brace Another option for making close-fitting masks, using a rubber sheet Time […]

Chris and Jon discuss the current reality of holding major conferences virtually, as well as the challenges and importance of sharing knowledge. T4AP vGTG Season 1 Wrap Up Time 4A Pint is taking a (much deserved) break Google Meet Adding Blurred Backgrounds Last episode Jon & Chris spent some time discussing how to use external […]

Chris and Jon discuss Christian Lass’ online Masterclass, Dr Rebecca Struthers’ talk on Fakes and Forgeries, and how Chris uses reference books for inspiration. Awair Air quality monitors Esembl-o-graf by William O. Smith Sr. and William O. Smith Jr. The Hardy Boys Old school, blue, hardcover Franklin W. Dixon mystery fiction Farewell The last day […]

Chris and Jon take a deep dive into a few of the open source movement projects online, as well as discuss the business of independent watchmaking. SPEMT A collaborative watchmaking project, with a novel escapement Open Movement Project ETA 6497 Dan Spitz An interview on Minutia Repeater Remy Cools SIHH 2019 Jon & Chris chatted […]

Silversmith, Chris Manning, and watchmaker, Jon Edwards, reflect on how they first met, then dive into Chris' backstory and how he came to make the highly valued pens he creates.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep1/

• Maker Faire Ottawa Where Chris & Jon first met in person
• Debug Episode 62 Jon talks watches with John Gruber alongside Debug hosts, Rene Ritchie & Guy English
• Image of a Plant 14" straight line engine
• Image of a Plant rose engine
• Fabergé Eggs
• Parker Sonnet
• Pen World Magazine
• David Oscarson Pens
• Yard-O-Led Pens
• Lee Valley Pen Kits
• Silver Hand Studios
• A pendant Chris engine turned in silver
• A custom rear panel for an iPhone 4, that Chris engine turned in silver
• Ornamental Turners International
• Coburg Ivories
• Four Generations of Watchcase Making DVD featuring Martin Matthews
• The Society of Ornamental Turners
• Site run by the "other" John Edwards, who hooked Chris up with his first engine turning machine
• A scene from the James Bond film Octopussy, that served as Chris' first introduction to the art of engine turning
• James MillerA master goldsmith who helped create the Fabergé egg replicas used in the James Bond film Octopussy
• George Daniels
• Roger W. Smith
• Engine turned dials at Breguet
• Engine turning at Vacheron Constantin
• British Horological Institute Distance Learning The distance learning course offered by the BHI that Chris has enrolled in
• Santa Fe Symposium An annual conference Chris has spoken at
• Metiers d’Art A division of Vacheron Constantin that is pushing the boundaries of what's possible with engine turning
• Rich Littlestone
• Adam Savage on autodidacticism

Silversmith, Chris Manning, and watchmaker, Jon Edwards, delve into Jon's backstory, his path to becoming a watchmaker and how he came to develop apps for iOS.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep2/

• Joseph-Armand Bombardier The founder of Bombardier enjoyed repurposing pocket watches to create other novelties in his childhood
• Star Caliber 2000 A pocket watch, crafted by Patek Philippe, that stoked Jon's interest in watchmaking
• Glen Keane
• Rescuers Down Under The eagle scene animated by Glen Keane
• Glen Keane Anatomy Studies
• Sheridan College Animation
• WETA
• How Will You Measure Your Life A book by Clayton M. Christensen, author of the Innovator's Dilemma
• Designing Your Life book A book by Stanford professors, Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, who've both worked for Apple
• George Daniels George Daniels in his own words, interviewed by Roger W. Smith
• Roger W. Smith Trailer for The Watchmaker's Apprentice
• The Watchmaker's Apprentice A documentary detailing Roger W. Smith's apprenticeship under world renowned watchmaker, George Daniels
• Herstmonceux Jon's alma mater, as well as the observatory where George Daniels' chronometers were graded
• Greenwich Observatory
• Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Guild
• What is an Escapement An overview of watch & clock escapements
• Watch Jewels
• Asprey
• Peter Speake-Marin An early interview with independent watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin
• Ecole Nationale d’Horlogerie The watchmaking school Jon attended
• Shortage of Watchmakers Supply of watchmakers predicted to be as high as 50,000 shy of demand by 2025
• Batch Files
• XT Computer
• Steve Jobs' Letter on Flash
• CS193P An early iPhone OS course taught by iPhone Engineers Evan Doll & Alan Cannistraro
• Nokia 7650
• Kello The iOS app Jon created to evaluate the rate of a watch using the microphone
• Twixt Time The iOS app Jon developed that uses a combination of NTP servers & the camera to evaluate the accuracy of clocks & watches
• Dynamic poising A long & comprehensive overview of dynamic poising the balance wheel of a watch
• NTP

Silversmith, Chris Manning, and watchmaker, Jon Edwards, discuss the ancient art of lost wax casting and its application in Chris' work making pens today.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep3/

• “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Quote by Arthur C. Clarke, from an essary in Profiles Of The Future

• Lost Wax Casting

• Jeweller’s Wax Chris uses Matt Wax for the waxes he casts

• Carbide Cutters Bits and Bits carbide cutters used for milling wax

• Rhino 3D 3D modelling software that Chris uses

• Rubber Molds Sheets of rubber for replicating waxes for casting

• Investment Plaster Chris used SatinCast 2000 until it was discontinued, UltraVest is an excellent replacement

• Sling Casting Old school sling casting, with some modern twists

• Centrifugal Caster A Neycraft centrifugal casting machine

• Vacuum Caster An example of a vacuum casting machine

• Vacuum Casting at Scale An overview of the processes Rio Grande employs to manufacture the tools and components they sell

• Graphite Crucible A complete gold melting setup, with graphite crucible

• Selective Laser Sintering 3D printing directly in metal

• Specific Gravity

• Gate & Sprue An overview of designing sprue systems for casting

• Sterling Silver

• Argentium

• Beginner’s Mind A book about seeing & experiencing things with fresh perspective

• Gothic Architecture The inspiration for many of Chris' pens comes from architecture

• British Houses of Parliament

• Parliament of Canada

• Jaipur

• Jaipur Pen One of the pens Chris crafted, inspired by his time in Jaipur

• Taj Mahal

• Taj Mahal Pen One of the pens Chris crafted, inspired by his visit to the Taj Mahal

What exactly is a watchmaker? Chris poisons himself and Jon ponders a career as a whitesmith, before the two dive into a discussion about watchmaking schools. Oh, and they both encounter a dragon roaming the streets.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep4/

• Gold alloys Optimizing gold alloys for casting

• Metallurgy of Precious Metals A primer on the metallurgy of precious metals

• Watchmaker Definition of a watchmaker

• Watchmaking The book Watchmaking, by George Daniels

• Roger W. Smith A detailed look at a one-of-a-kind tourbillon crafted by Roger W. Smith

• Whitesmith Some early watchmakers identified as whitesmiths, because of the high degree of post-processing they performed on blacksmithed parts which rendered the metal shiny and white

• Black Polish A demonstration of black polishing a spring for a watch, by RGM Watch Co.

• Aluminum Value Aluminum was at one point more valuable than gold

• Bauxite The most common source of aluminum on our planet

• Aluminum Smelting How bauxite is processed to create aluminum

• La Machine Creators of the massive mechanical dragon and spider puppets Jon & Chris saw in the streets of Ottawa

• Canada 150 La Machine was in town as part of Canada's 150th anniversary celebration

• École Nationale de l'Horlogerie Canada's National Watchmaking School

• WOSTEP The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program

• BHI The British Horological Institute's distance learning course

• NAWCC National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors training and education courses

• AWCI The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute

• HSNY The Horological Society of New York

• SAWTA The Swiss American Watchmakers Training Alliance

• Lititz Watch Technicum A watchmaking school established by Rolex in Lititz, Pennsylvania

• Patek Philippe Horology Programme The Patek Philippe Horology Programme in New York City

• Finnish School of Watchmaking The Finnish School of Watchmaking, located in Espoo, Finland

• Kari Voutilainen The work of master watchmaker, Kari Voutilainen

• Stepan Sarpaneva The work Finnish watchmaker, Stepan Sarpaneva

• Mika Rissanen A video interview with Mika Rissanen (in French)

• Torsti Laine The work Finnish watchmaker, Torsti Laine

• Antti Rönkkö The work Finnish watchmaker, Antti Rönkkö

• Alfred Helwig School of Watchmaking Watchmaking school in the German town of Glashütte

• KHWCC The K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre

• Birmingham City University Birmingham City University offers a bachelors program in horology

• Hiko Mizuno Watchmaking program at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Japan

• ETA Switzerland's largest producer of watch movements

• Eterna Caliber 39 A series of watch calibers Chris has been looking at using

First impressions of the iPhone X. Chris flies an ultralight over New Mexico and shares some tales from his travels. He and Jon discuss the iPhone X they each acquired and the potential future the device hints at.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep5/

• Bonny Doon Bonny Doon hydraulic presses and tooling

• Rio Grande Official website of jewellery supplier & manufacturer, Rio Grande

• Santa Fe Symposium An annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Phil Poirier Video of Chris working in Phil's shop, using one of his straight line engines

• Deep Drawing Video demonstration of deep drawing metal, from Rio Grande

• Fred Armbruster Video of Fred giving a talk in his workshop

• Lienhard Rose Engine A photo of Phil's Lienhard rose engine, with an Armbruster ornamental lathe in the background

• Peter Gilroy Mountain inspired jeweller, Peter Gilroy

• Rock Climbing in Taos

• Michael Walker Some examples of knifemaker, Michael Walker's work

• Julie Lake The work of welder, designer, structural fabricator, jeweller, & artist, Julie Lake

• Chris Dahl-Bredine Shots From Above, the Instagram account of ultralight flyer and aerial photographer, Chris Dahl-Bredine

• Rich Littlestone The work of independent pen maker, Rich Littlestone

• Die Sink EDM An overview of die sink electrical discharge machining

• Paul Burberry The Instagram feed of pen restorer, and friend of the show, Paul Burberry

• John Saunders John Saunders' CNC NYC channel

• Wireless Charging Pad The Qi wireless charging pad Chris uses with his iPhone X

• Bluetooth Earbud The Bluetooth earbuds Jon has been using for the last few years

• Focos iOS app for editing depth mapped photos taken with Apple’s dual lens cameras

• Hiding the Home Indicator on iPhone X Official Apple documentation on how to programatically request that the Home Indicator on the iPhone X be hidden

• Alternate Control Center Concept Jon's recollection of Guilherme Rambo's alternative concept for accessing Control Center on an iPhone X was incorrect, here's the original Tweet

• Inside Microsoft's Edison Lab Prototype of an early stereographic, glasses-free, 3D display

• BiDi Screens Research into bidirectional screens at MiT

• Proof of concept BiDi OLED Screen Demonstration of a small BiDi OLED screen from Fraunhofer FEP

• Cochlear Implants A new generation of iOS compatible cochlear implants

• Bose QuietComfort 35 The wireless, noise cancelling headphones Chris uses around the shop

Chris and Jon sit down to talk about the tools, gadgets, and accessories they find particularly handy to have around the shop, then round things out with some entertaining reading recommendations for the holidays.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep6/

• Overcast An excellent podcast player for iOS, by Marco Arment

• Forecast A powerful podcasting tool & blazing fast MP3 encoder created by Marco Arment

• Bose QC35 Chris' favourite pair of headphones

• iMars Bluetooth Remote The Bluetooth remote Jon uses to control audio playback in his watch lab

• Amazon Echo In addition to the iMars Bluetooth remote, Jon uses an Echo for hands-free audio control, timers, & the odd bit of conversational computing while at the bench

• Magnum Boots The boots Chris uses to keep his feet safe around the shop

• Nickel Tweezers Jon's favoured tweezers for finer work

• Bronze Tweezers Jon's go to tweezers for a lot of watch assembly tasks

• Starrett 6" Scale Chris' favourite ruler

• Mitutoyo Digital Caliper High quality, digital calipers are a must have around the shop

• Mitutoyo Digital Micrometer For taking really fine measurements, with a digital readout

• ZF2000 Mainspring Extractor An excellent tool to help keep the energy stored in a wound mainspring from injuring you, the barrel, or the mainspring itself when removing it from the barrel drum of a watch

• Canned Air Jon uses a can of compressed air to pop the cover off of closed watch barrels, to keep them from deforming

• Barrel Closer A handy aid for closing watch barrels

• Knew Concepts Mk IV Saw One of the best coping saws money can buy

• Lee Marshall The creator of the Knew Concepts saw

• Laser Gold Saw Blades The saw blades Chris uses with his Knew Concept saw

• Ruby Files The ruby files Jon uses for fine work

• Artifex Wheels Artifex wheels are superb for surface preparation, prior to final polishing

• Surgeon's Brush These soft, sensory brushes make quick work of cleaning fine dirt & debris from your hands

• Nitrile Gloves A staple item in any workshop

• Nitrile Finger Cots A staple item for assembling high grade watches

• Nitecore P12 Flashlight Chris' go to flashlight

• Suprabeam Q1 Penlight The flashlight Jon carries in his backpack, useful for finding small parts now & then

• Benchmade Knife Chris' pocket knife of choice

• Victorinox Caseback Knife Jon has a number of these Victorinox pocket knives, from different watch brands, useful for opening snap backs on watch cases

• Blackwing Pencil Chris' favourite pencil

• Stalogy Notebook Chris' favourite notebook

• KOR One Water Bottle The water bottle Robert Downey Jr.'s character, Tony Stark, uses around his shop in Iron Man

• VOSS Water Bottle Jon's water bottle of choice around the lab

• Artemis Chris' recommendation for an audiobook to take in over the holidays

• Ready Player One Jon's recommendation for an audiobook to take in over the holidays

• Watchmaking The definitive book on making watches, written by George Daniels

Jon and Chris explore the world of mixed metals and the often wood-like grain patterns these materials exhibit.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep7

• Vacuum Table Vacuum table Chris uses to remove air while preparing flasks

• Gang Tool CNC Video showing the setup of a gang tool Tormach lathe

• Chris' Gang Tool Setup A picture of Chris' gang tool lathe setup

• Cobalt Drill Bits Chris uses cobalt drill bits when working with nickel silver

• Chris Ploof Jeweller who specializes in working with Damascus

• Muriatic Acid The acid Chris uses for etching 304 stainless steel

• Gun Bluing Gun bluing chemicals leave steel with a blackish-blue surface that aids in inhibiting rust

• Simple Green Degreaser To prep metals for etching, Chris cleans them with Simple Green followed by brake cleaner

• Brake Cleaner For cleaning steel prior to etching

• Mokume-gane A Japanese form of mixed-metal work, that often yields metal with a wood-like appearance

• Shibuichi One of the classic copper alloys used in mokume-gane. Traditionally it containts 5% silver.

• Shakudo One of the classic copper alloys used in mokume-gane. Traditionally it contains 4-10% gold.

• Tantalum A highly inert, blue-grey, metal that has properties similar to platinum

• James Binnion Mokume-gane specialist, James Binion

• Bob Kramer American knife maker, Bob Kramer

• Raw Craft An episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Raw Craft, featuring Bob Kramer

• Damascus Pen One of the Damascus pens Chris made

• Antique Celluloid Examples of pen blanks made from vintage celluloid

• Paul Burberry The Instagram feed of pen restorer, and friend of the show, Paul Burberry

• Celluloid Fires Film is not dead—it’s on fire

• Silver Halide The light sensitive particles in film

• Kamado Joe The grill Chris favours for barbecuing

• Nitrile Gloves A handy grilling trick Chris uses is nitrile gloves over masonry gloves to handle meat on the BBQ

• Masonry Gloves Masonry gloves like the ones Chris uses as an insulator under the nitrile gloves above

Chris is planning to make a watch. He and Jon talk movements, makers, and the calibers others have built off of.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep8

• PTS Resources An Asian manufacturer known for their tourbillon calibers

• ETA Switzerland's most dominant supplier of mechanical watch movements

• Sellita A maker of ETA clone movements

• Soprod A manufacturer of mechanical, as well as advanced quartz, movements

• Miyota A Japanese manufacturer of quartz & mechanical watch movements

• Eterna Chris is planning to use Eterna’s GMT caliber 3911 & their moonphase complication in the 3955

• Eterna Logo Eterna's logo is a stylized version of the ball bearing system that the company pioneered for self-winding watches

• Eterna 39 Review Aaron Berlow’s review of Eterna’s Caliber 39, for HODINKEE

• Eterna 3030 Eterna's caliber 3030 was released in 2006, to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary

• Struthers London Struthers London began making timepieces from antique, English made calibers, before branching off into creating their in-house Project 248 caliber

• Struthers Feature The Struthers article Chris referred to: Dr. Rebecca Struthers on Dutch watch forgers, 3D imaging, & why the Struthers London logo is a fox

• Atelier de Chronometrie Atelier de Chronometrie creates watches based on vintage Omega calibers 266 & 283

• Vianney Halter Vianney Halter built his early watches on the Peseux 7001, which is now produced by ETA under the same caliber number

• Nomos Like Vianney Halter, Nomos started with the Peseux 7001

• Peter Speake-Marin An early interview with Peter Speake-Marin, that takes a look at his hand made pocket watch, as well as his reasoning for using ETA movements as the basis for his first serially produced timepieces

• Kari Voutilainen Voutilainen’s decimal repeating timepieces were built on minute repeating ebauches that he customized & his Observatoire series were built on the Peseux 260

• Daniels' Millennium Watch Daniels recounts making his Millennium Watch series with the aid of Roger Smith, based on Omega's caliber 2500, which itself was based on the ETA 2892

• Palladium A video comparison of white metals used in the jewellery industry, Chris is considering using palladium 500 as the case material for his watch designs

• Bleaching Silver Dials Roger W. Smith flame bleaching the dial of a Daniels pocket watch

• Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin’s Metiers d’Art collection

• Chris Ploof Jeweller who specializes in working with Damascus

What to do when you don't have infinite time. Jon and Chris talk about choosing projects worth pursuing, saying no, and what's in store for the year ahead.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep9

• Phil Poirier Phil is an adept engine turner

• James Binnion Jim specializes in mokume-gane

• Chris Ploof Chris specializes in working with Damascus

• Rich Loen Entrepeneur, maker, & friend of the show, Rich Loen, has helped Chris hash out many problems over the years

• Kevin Toms A key player behind the development of the Philips Hue lighting system

• Philips Hue A smart, LED lightbulb system with an extensive API

• Off Hours Episode 6 The episode of Off Hours that Chris referrenced

• Blackwing Pencil The pencil Chris referred to in episode 6

• Stalogy Notebook The notebook Chris referred to in episode 6

• Steven Strang Official website of artist, & friend of the show, Steven Strang

• Santa Fe Symposium An annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that Chris will be presenting a paper at this year

• Niello for the Modern Jeweller The paper Chris presented at the 2017 Santa Fe Symposium on niello, a fully black metal that is rare to see used today

• Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the psychology of optimal experience

• Ira Glass Ira Glass on closing the gap between what you know to be good & what you're currently capable of

• Dunning-Kruger Effect Avoiding the trap of thinking you know more than you actually know

• Everything is a Remix Part I of Kirby Ferguson's illuminating video series, Everything is a Remix

• Atomos Ninja Inferno The video recording monitor Chris added to his arsenal in December

• Final Cut Pro X The non-linear, video editing software Jon & Chris both use for video work

• Mavic Pro An incredibly well-featured drone for shooting video

• Osmo Mobile A handheld steadicam, by the makers of the Mavic Pro

• Hyperlapse A free app from Instagram for shooting smooth, handheld timelapses, that doubles as a steadicam when set to 1x speed

• ColourChecker Passport A must have tool for ensuring colour accuracy when shooting photos or video

From $350 to $350,000, reflecting back on the first horologically focused trade show of 2018, Chris and Jon chat about the science and artistry of watchmaking.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep10

• Cortex Myke & CGP Grey talk about their yearly themes for 2018

• Eterna The price of Eterna's calibers varies according to the configuration, finish, & quantity ordered

• SIHH The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie is an annual trade show in Geneva

• Cartier One of the cornerstone brands of SIHH

• Purple Royal Oak Audemars Piguet released a purple dialed version of their iconic Royal Oak at SIHH 2018

• Romain Gauthier Chris found the black mother-of-pearl take on Romain Gauthier’s InsightMicro-Rotor striking (sans diamonds)

• Cartier Revelation A new novelty from Cartier for SIHH 2018

• Revelation Reveal A video of Cartier's Revelation in action, captured by Horologium

• F.P. Journe An interview with master watchmaker, François-Paul Journe

• Santos de Cartier One of Chris' favourite designs from SIHH 2018, is Cartier's re-imagining of their Santos line of timepieces

• Drive de Cartier A modern icon, now available in stainless steel

• Carole Forestier-Kasapi Cartier’s talented & accomplished head of watch development

• The Freak Carole Forestier-Kasapi played a key role in developing what would become Ulysse Nardin's avant-garde 'Freak' timepiece

• Astrotourbillon There is an unquestionable lineage between Carole Forestier-Kasapi’s award winning concept watch, the Ulysse Nardin Freak, & Cartier’s Astrotourbillon

• Lange Model Nice shot of the business side of Lange & Söhne's oversized watch model at SIHH 2018, captured by Su Jia Xian

• The Grey Nato Journalists & adventurers, Jason Heaton & James Stacey, share their thoughts on SIHH 2018

• Homage to Walter Lange A tribute to the man who re-established his family’s watchmaking legacy, in A. Lange & Söhne, after the fall of the Berlin Wall

• Triple Split Chronograph A tour de force of A. Lange & Söhne's horological savoir-faire

• Voutilainen 217QRS Kari Voutilainen unveiled a new timepiece, with integrated retrograde date mechanism, at SIHH 2018

• Vaucher Prior to acquiring a dial factory of his own, Kari Voutilainen depended on third parties, like Vaucher

• Parmigiani Fleurier A peek at what goes on inside the restoration department of Parmigiani Fleurier, where Voutilainen honed his craft early in his career

• Davide Cerrato The designer behind Tudor's resurgence, who now works for Montblanc

• Tudor Heritage The Tudor Heritage collection, whose design direction was set by Davide Cerrato

• Montblanc 1858 The Montblanc 1858 collection, introduced at SIHH this year, exudes Davide Cerrato's design

• Montblanc 4810 Montblanc uses customized rose engines to produce guilloché dials with their logo as the pattern

• Les Aérostiers An elaborate, plique-à-jour timepiece from Vacheron Constantin, for SIHH 2018, built around the motif of a hot air balloon

• Plique-à-jour A enamelling technique, wherein the finished product has no backing

• Triton et Sirène A one-of-kind timepiece, from the atelier of Kari Voutilainen, featuring plique-à-jour enamel work by Inès Hamaguchi

• Vacheron Constantin 1326 Vacheron Constantin's new entry level caliber

• Baumatic BM12-1975A An technically impressive new caliber from Baume et Mercier, at an impressive price point

• Isochronism The ability of a system to consistently repeat the same action at regular intervals of time

• Tissot Powermatic 80 The best value for the money, for a mechanical watch with a free-sprung balance wheel, is Tissot's Powermatic 80

• Swatch Sistem51 The Swatch Sistem51 also features a free-sprung balance, but is not as reliable, nor in any way serviceable, compared to Tissot

• Panerai L'Astronomo A steampunkesque novelty from Panerai, with a slew of astronomical complications, including sunrise & sunset

• Van Cleef Planétarium Video of Van Cleef & Arpel's Planétarium, an orrery for your wrist

• Panerai Carbotech Panerai's Lab-ID Carbotech, from SIHH 2017, serves up an aesthetic contrast to this year's Astronomo, & boasts a 50 year guarantee period

• Vantablack Blacker than black—an introduction to Surrey NanoSystems Vantablack carbon nanotube coating

• Femtosecond Laser Femtosecond lasers work so quickly that they do not cause any overspray, enabling surface patterning techniques that can make nearly any metallic surface to appear optically black

• Bird of Paradise Feathers The black feathers of some species of birds of paradise use optical properties similar to Vantablack

• Tantalum Carbide Rather than use ruby jewels as bearing surfaces, Panerai's Lab-ID Carbotech employs bridges made of tantalum carbide

• IWC Tribute to Pallweber A throwback to the historic Pallweber pocket watches that showed the hours & minutes on rotating discs

• Video of IWC Pallweber A video of the Pallweber in action

• Omega Olympic Rings A quintet of steel Seamasters, representing the Olympic rings

• Omega Podium Pieces A trio of enamel dialled timepieces, representing the Olympic medals

A friend gives Jon a fountain pen and some ink, Chris distills what makes for a great writing experience.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep11

• Duke Pen The pen Jon’s friend recently gave him

• Ottoman Azure The ink Jon got with his pen

• Silverhand Studios Official website for Chris’ handcrafted pens

• JinHao Pen An inexpensive pen, made in China

• Jowo Nibs A German maker of nibs, that supplies brands like TWSBI

• Bock Nibs A German nib manufacturer, founded by Peter Bock

• Pelikan Pens Pelikan makes their own nibs for the pens they manufacture

• Sailor Pens A Japanese pen maker that also crafts their own nibs for the pens that they manufacture

• Iridium Point Germany A misleading mark found on some nibs, that guarantees only that the material for the tipping point alone is made in Germany

• Fountain Pen Anatomy

• Cleaning a Fountain Pen A quick tutorial on how to clean and maintain a fountain pen

• Surface Sizing A look at the impact that the surface sizing of paper can have on print quality

• Brad Dowdy Founder of The Pen Addict

• The Pen Addict A website dedicated to writing implements of all sorts, including fountain pens

• Pen Addict Podcast An episode of The Pen Addict Podcast, featuring Chris

• Rhodia Dot Pad A writing pad Chris favours for use with a fountain pen

• Stalogy Notebook Chris' favourite notebook

• Off Hours Episode 6 Some of things we find handy around the shop

• Tomoe River Paper A notebook made with Tomoe River paper, one of Chris’ favourite types of paper to write on

• Cachet Sketchbook A sketchbook favoured by several designers on Apple’s industrial design team

• Watch Forum Sketch A drawing made using a fountain pen that Jon came across on a watch-related forum years ago, if you know the artist, drop us a line so we can give them credit

• Steven Strang Fountain pen drawings by friend of the show, Steven Strang

• Kon-Peki Ink Chris’ favourite ink, made by Iroshizuku

• TWSBI 580 Chris’ recommendation for a good starter pen

• Top 5 Pens An aggregation of several Top 5 lists of pens recommended by Brad Dowdy on The Pen Addict

• Michael Masuyama A specialist in custom ground nibs for fountain pens

• Cursive Logic An excellent resource for improving & developing your handwriting

Chris and Jon discuss the Apple Pencil, design trade-offs, and building things to last.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep12

• Ackerman Ink Chris' red ink of choice, with an interesting bottle design

• Michael Masuyama The bespoke nib grinder that Chris goes to for his fountain pens

• Apple Pencil Designed by Apple in California

• Silicone Sleeve for Apple Pencil The silicone sleeve that Chris uses with his Apple Pencil

• Procreate The third-party app Jon tends to use most when working with the Apple Pencil

• Affinity Photo Chris' favourite app to use with the Apple Pencil

• Pixelmator An image editing app Jon & Chris both used extensively, prior to Affinity Photo

• Rhino 3D The 3D modelling software that Chris has used to design a number of his pens

• Fusion360 The 3D modelling software Chris is using to design his watch cases

• Nikon D810 The camera Chris uses to take photos of the pens he creates

• iFixit Teardown of the Apple Pencil on iFixIt.com

• Welcome to Macintosh "If It's Broke, Don't Fix It"

• Repair.org An American association advocating for the right to repair

• Pen Grip A photo of the pen grip Chris referenced during the show

• Objectified An superb documentary, focused on design

• Helvetica A documentary detailing the origin & ubiquity of the typeface Helvetica

• Urbanized A documentary that explores the design of cities

• Rams A forthcoming documentary exploring the life & work of the legendary, German designer, Dieter Rams

• Design Canada A forthcoming documentary on Canadian design

• 10 Principles of Design Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Good Design

Jon introduces Chris to an unusual, Japanese eraser. Chris recounts the incredible work of a cloisonné enamelist he came across on a trip to Japan last spring and discusses his own processes as an enamel artist at Silverhand Studios.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep13

• @the_watchnerd The Watchnerd on Twitter

• Till Lottermann We misattributed the mechanical Apple watch conversion in the show to Johan ten Hoeve, who had posted it on Instagram, it was actually crafted by Till Lottermann

• Antiques of the Future A book by Lisa S. Roberts

• Kadokeshi Eraser A multi-faceted eraser, made by Kokuyo

• Eraser Shield Similar to what Chris used to use for drafting

• Kneaded Eraser The kind of eraser Jon uses when drawing freehand with a pencil

• Rodico A material similar to kneaded erasers, used by some watchmakers for cleaning & handling small parts

• Factis Black EraserChris' favourite eraser

• Drafting Eraser A classic, Staedtler Mars plastic, white eraser, useful for cleaning mild corrosion off of small parts

• Sakura Blooming A photo Chris took of the cherry blossoms in Japan

• Cloisonné Enamel Museum The Namikawa Cloisonné Enamel Museum that Chris stumbled upon in Kyoto

• Urushi Lacquerware Video demonstration of traditional, Japanese urushi lacquering

• Namikawa Yasuyuki A Japanese craftsman who was a masterful cloisonné artist

• Namikawa Detail A close-up of some of the detail in one of Namikawa's vases

• Meiji Period A period in Japan's history when it moved from being an isolated, feudal society towards the modern culture we are more familiar with today

• Vitreous Enamel Enamel created by melting glass powder at very high temperatures

• Epoxy Enamel A modern twist on enamel that utilizes UV radiation to cure the material, rather than heat

• British Museum Medieval enamel on exhibit at the British Museum in London, England

• V&A Museum Japanese cloisonné enamel at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England

• Fabergé Enamel The work of Fabergé is what first drew Chris to enamel

• Moire Effects Optical illusions created by interference patterns

• Silverhand Enamel Pens Examples of some of the Laurium, enamel pens Chris has crafted in silver

• Enamel Powder Enamel powder similar to what Chris uses

• Mortar & Pestle A mortar & pestle are used to grind the glass used for enamel to an appropriate grain size

• Klyr-Fire The binder Chris uses when applying powdered enamel to silver

• Fine Mesh Sieve Chris uses a fine mesh sieve to sift enamel powder onto his work

• Donzé Cadrans A dial manufacturer in Switzerland that specializes in enamel work

• Alundum Stone One of the types of grinding stones Chris uses to prepare his enamel for a final firing

• Diamond Hones Diamond hones similar to the ones Chris uses to smooth the surface of his enamel work prior to final firing

• Courtyard The courtyard in Namikawa's house

• Kitchen The kitchen in Namikawa's house

Jon and Chris reflect back on some of the new timepieces released at Baselworld 2018, with a few old gems thrown in for good measure.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep14

• Seiko Shippo Dial The Seiko Presage SPB075 features a guilloché patterned dial overlayed with vitreous enamel

• Slim Seiko Movement A limited edition, Seiko Presage SJE073J1 with the new 6L35 caliber

• Black Bay Fifty-Eight The most vintage looking Tudor Black Bay yet

• Longines Military Full-tilt fauxtina—a new watch from Longines that's not nearly as old as it looks

• Open Letter An open letter to the Swiss watch industry, from a frustrated millennial

• Longines Annual Calendar An annual calendar that is relatively more affordable than its contemporaries

• Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Patek Philippe was possibly the first to commercialize an annual calendar

• Omega Annual Calendar Omega's take on an annual calendar

• MIH Annual Calendar A simplified take on an annual calendar, whose mechanism was designed by Ludwig Oechslin for the International Museum of Horology

• Rolex Sky-Dweller Rolex rolled out its take on an annual calendar, with the Saros System it introduced in the Sky-Dweller at Baselworld 2012

• Omega Seamaster 300 Omega's revamped Seamaster 300 now features a ceramic dial

• Frodsham Double Impulse Frodsham's double impulse chronometer, introduced shortly before Baselworld 2018 also boasts a ceramic dial

• Frodsham Double Impulse More details & macro photographs of Frodsham's double impulse chronometer from Justin Koullapis for Watches by SJX

• Derek Pratt One of the greatest of the lesser known watchmakers

• Omega Apollo 8 The movement in Omega’s limited edition Speedmaster for Baselworld 2018 has been sculpted by a laser to resemble the surface of the moon

• Laser Ablation Demonstration of a DMG MORI Lasertec 45, micromachining a model of the earth using laser ablation

• Nomos Neomatik Nomos introduced a different take on displaying the date to their line-up for Baselworld 2018

• Skagen Ancher A date display that employs cutouts in the dial, similar to the new Nomos, produced by Skagen, which is owned by the Fossil Group

• Alexander Burhans Another German take on this form of displaying the date, created by Alexander Burhans in 1992

• Ochs & Junior A slightly different spin on the cut-out date display, by Ludwig Oechslin

• Garrick S1 A new movement in a new timepiece from English watchmaker, Garrick

• John Harrison The Google Doodle celebrating John Harrison's 325^th birthday

• Andreas Strehler The official website of the talented watchmaker, Andreas Strehler, "engineer for the brands"

• Akrivia Official website of Akrivia

• Rexhep Rexhepi Chronometer A beautifully balanced & exceptionally finished movement from Akrivia for their new Chronometer Contemporain, introduced at Baselworld

• Voutilainen Regulator Repeater The only decimal repeater from Voutilainen to date that features a regulator dial

• Voutilainen 217QRS The new timepiece, with integrated retrograde date mechanism, that Kari Voutilainen unveiled at SIHH 2018 was also on display at Baselworld this year

• Voutilainen Interview A rare interview with Kari Voutilainen, from Oster Jewelers

• Quadruple Tourbillion Two tourbillons inside two other tourbillons, linked by a differential, crafted by Greubel Forsey

• Tourbillon of Tourbillons Antoine Preziuso’s twirling nest of tourbillons

• Kerbedanz Maximus Tourbillon Bigger isn't always better

• The Everywhere Watch A mechanical watch that can be programmed to display sunrise & sunset times nearly anywhere on earth

• Asulab The R&D arm of the Swatch Group

• Tissot T Touch A quartz watch with independently driven hour & minute hands that enable a range of possible things it can display

• Star Caliber 2000 A highly complicated pocket watch crafted by Patek Philippe, with a sunrise/sunset display that is similar to the Krayon Everywhere

• Masahiro Kikuno A timepiece created by Japanese watchmaker, Masahiro Kikuno, wherein the length of the hours change according to the time of year

• Marquetry Dials Patek Philippe's rare handcraft timepieces for Baselworld 2018, including marquetry & enamel work

• Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met has opened up its archives for anyone to download

Chris shares a bit about the first 3D printed prototype for the watch he is creating, the printer he bought and why, mixed with some discussion about other additive manufacturing technologies.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep15

• Prototype Watch Chris' first 3D printed watch case

• MakerJuice SF Resin The resin that Chris used to 3D print his watch case

• A. Lange & Söhne Design Design & prototyping at A. Lange & Söhne

• Makex M-Jewelry The 3D printer Chris backed on Kickstarter

• Formlabs A popular maker of 3D printers, aiming to bring assembly line style 3D printing solutions to everyday businesses

• Nervous System A team of designers who employ biomimicry & generative techniques to create products that can often only be realized with 3D printers

• Shapeways An online 3D print service that enables nearly anyone to have objects 3D printed in metal or other materials—use code YRK4V to save 15% on your first print

• Printrbot The 3D printer Jon uses was made by Printrbot

• MakerBot Replicator Mini A well-supported, consumer grade 3D printer from Makerbot, which is owned by Stratasys

• Monoprice The Maker Select 3D printer from Monoprice

• TEVO Tarantula A relatively inexpensive DIY 3D printer kit available through Banggood

• Dremel 3D Printer Dremel's entry-level 3D printer

• Dremel Laser Cutter A sneak peek at Dremel's forthcoming laser cutter

• B9 Core Series An alternative SLA printer that is a step up from what Chris uses

• Envisiontec The premier maker of SLA printers for jewellery work

• Progold The 3D printing company run by Damiano Zito in Trissino, Italy

• DMG Mori Demonstration of a machine that can both 3D print & machine metal

• Mazak Another company that creates CNC machines that can both print & machine in metal

• i.Materialize A European online 3D print service that enables nearly anyone to have objects 3D printed in a variety of materials

• B9Creations Emerald A casting resin from B9Creations

• BlueCast Castable 3D printing resin from BlueCast

• Makers Central Chris will be at Makers Central next month alongside Rich Loen

• Loen Designs Official design site of Richard Loen

The simplest solution is often the best solution. Jon and Chris touch on the history of timekeeping and then dive into a discuss about the variables that play into precision, mechanical timekeeping.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep16

• Samrat Yantra A massive equinoctial sundial in Jaipur, India

• Dolphin Dial Jon’s favourite example of a sundial, located in Greenwich, England

• Wadokei A wadokei wristwatch created by Japanese watchmaker, Masahiro Kikuno, wherein the length of the hours change according to the time of year

• Christiaan Huygens Inventor of the pendulum clock & early, portable timepieces that employed hairsprings & balance wheels as their regulators

• Robert Hooke In addition to Huygens, Hooke is also credited with bringing hairsprings to the craft of watchmaking

• Charles Édouard Guillaume Invented several alloys that are effectively impervious to changes in temperature, dubbed invar & elinvar

• Abraham-Louis Breguet Creator of the Breguet Overcoil, a form of hairspring that helped to mitigate positional error & improve the performance of mechanical watches

Chris recently returned from Makers Central in the United Kingdom. He and Jon chat about what he got up to there—and elsewhere—with friend of the show, Rich Loen.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep17

• Rich Loen Entrepreneur & maker, Rich Loen, with his CNC puck carving mill

• Makers Central Chris & Rich were in Birmingham for Makers Central 2018

• The Goldsmiths Company Chris & Rich paid a visit to the Goldsmiths Hall in London

• Dave Merry Dave Merry provided Chris & Rich an inside look at what happens behind the scenes at the Goldsmiths Hall

• Daniels' First Hallmark George Daniels reflects back on getting the very first pocket watch case that he made assayed

• Mint A jeweller in Canada's capital purchased a gold bar, supposedly made by the Royal Canadian Mint, which turned out to be fake

• The Trial of the Pyx In the UK, newly minted coins are randomly selected throughout the year & trialed in a centuries old ceremony

• $1,000,000 Coin A 100 kilogram, solid gold coin made by the Royal Canadian Mint was stolen in Berlin in 2017

• Wet Chemistry Assaying How precious metals are evaluated using acids

• Fire Assaying An overview of how precious metal is tested using extreme temperatures

• Instrumental Assaying How the composition of precious metal & other material can be determined using technologies such as x-ray fluorescence

• Worshipful Company of Watch and Clockmakers Guild Chris had a chance to take in the Worshipful Company of Watch and Clockmakers exhibit at the Science Museum while in London

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