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Coggiola watches is based in Rome, Italy and the watchmaker Sebastián restores old English pocket watch movements into contemporary timepieces. Every timepiece is handcrafted and made in-house – not something every independent watch maker can lay claim to.
My journey into Coggiola watches began in October 2016 when I visited the website and we corresponded via email. Dealing with Sebastián is a pleasure, every so obliging in meeting your requests. And because he is in this trade, you can exchange ideas with him and he can give you his take on what the final product should look like. But in the end, it is still your choice. You can customise it to what you want and in most part, the fact that he mills and manufactures many of the parts himself, he can create a customised piece using the same movement. That way, no two pieces are alike – case material can change, the hands type can change. It is all entirely up to you.
When I first visited the websitee there were several pocket watch movements I can choose from. I chose the Robert Roskell movement and you can find more details of the movement here.
I found the movement clean and because it is vintage, I preferred it without the seconds hand. A few emails between Sebastián and I and we settled on the case material as well as the hands type. As I had stated before, other than the movement, the entire watch is built ground up. The case material I chose was bronze and I change the baton hands to feuille type ones. Sebastián went into details about the case shape and even down to the lugs.
But I had wanted a timepiece that is made by the watchmaker, one that is envisioned by him – pure. So other than changing the case to bronze and hands to blue feuille hands, I left the rest to Sebastián. Sebastián takes a 20% deposits and told me it would take about 3 months to complete the timepiece. What is interesting is that Sebastián keeps you updated on the progress despite his busy schedule.
A couple of emails later, the first images were coming through and we finally changed the blue feuille hands to silver ones for more contrast. The final product when delivered was what I had envisioned it to be – a well made bronze cased vintage timepiece.
The 40mm case is a two part case in bronze made by Sebastián without the use of any CNC machines. It starts out as a block of bronze and then cut and milled into shape. Winding of the timepiece is via the crown which is also handcrafted. The needle at the side at 4 o’clock needs to be depressed to adjust the time – remember that this is made from a pocket watch movement where the winding crown was for winding up the main spring and in order to adjust the time, one had to depress the pin to engage the mechanism.
The stepped dial is unusual […]
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