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good discussion of "Perlage", on another forum
In Response To: Perlage, Engine Turned or Machine Turned ()

interesting discussion here, on Horological Meandering discussion forum --

http://home.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-17/pi-3237496/ti-531451/s-0/

all seem to agree that "perlage" has a better sound to it than "engine turned" . . . someone points out that everything sounds better in French!!

Jeff

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: Paolo:

: Thanks for the excellent link . . . this is a very interesting
: article.

: Seems that in the watchmaking world, this finish would be called
: "perlage" (as the result looks like pearls); in
: English, seems to be called "engine turned" or
: "machine turned", which is a good description of the
: process.

: Here is an example, from the link that Paolo provided.

: Jeff

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