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Blancpain is no stranger to the watch dial with hand-carved. The company has been producing some of the most amazing hand-engraved watch (and sport), is currently available. Blancpain regularly with both internal and commissioned to produce a series of fine limited edition watches come in so many varieties highly skilled artists. The new Blancpain Villeret Shakudo acquisition also means that special process, showing several versions, each of which is a unique. In this article, we tell you hands-on Blancpain Villeret series Shakudo Ganesh image of God, and Blancpain Villeret series Shakudo coelacanth. These, of course, to commemorate the Hindu god, and the historic endangered species, seek help conservation and research in some of their efforts to sponsor Blancpain .

Shakudo itself is not a technique, but more a material. It is a metal alloy that is mostly copper with about 4-10% gold. What is special about the alloy is that it can be treated to achieve a black patina which in many ways looks like lacquer. Why is this important? It is about being able to engrave something with a rich level of detail as well as a lot of visual contrast. Black against the copper color offers that level of contrast but without the special black patina properties of shakudo that black could only be achieved by adding black color. The addition of such pigment (using lacquer for example) reduces the ability for an artist to show off fine detail. read more