after seeing our neighbor country friend,
Mr. Parkornregistered and posted his watch creation in MWF,
http://www.malaysiawatchforum.com/index.php/topic,10127.msg92424.html#msg92424i was thinking he is such a passionate guy, as usual i google around to find out more about him,
1. to know more about some one in this region doing what we thought is tough - making some watches' part
2. to check whether he genuinely sharing. ( its mod obligation )
3. to explore opportunity to work with MWF
i PMed him to know what is he doing and asking whether he welcome my visit to his workshop
his prompt reply and positive response, make me clicking the mas and air asia portal right away....
after a mth + wait, finally i was there in Bangkok last weekend
Mr. Parkorn is kind enough to share his background, his small workshop.... allowing me to take what ever photo there...
from a hotelier --- becoming someone who repair watches in shopping center - to now a full time watch and part maker
He is dedicating his life into something he love -
WATCHESinspired by CORUM coin watch
he started to explore the possibility of making his own watch dial with THAI coin
with some basic tooling, he made his dream come through
he started with cutting watch into half - make it thinner and keeping the side he wanted
then he even making the skeleton dial it his own, with this
to turn the dial into
he never stop there, from there he started exploring of making his own watches.... a simple CNC was his next...
with the first basic CNC, he now able to custom make silver/bronze/gold
dial
date disc
rotor
he even designed and make his watch hands, a PARKORN hands
now he is into designing and making the simple bronze case, buckle, etc
remember the bronze case watch he posted?
these are the parts
crown
case
buckle
there u go, the lego not fix
u can see some dragon dial on his website, he shared with us how it was made, the dragon was actually hand engraved by a local Thai artist
he made a mold from this and molded the silver/bronze dial with that
(sorry - picture wasnt clear, i took it in the dark )
these are some PARKORN watches i linked from his website...
hopefully i can plan something with him in the very near future for MWF
Koh Kun Khrab, tqvm Mr. Parkorn !
PS - Thank you
CoCo ( our MWF member who back to his home soil now in Bangkok ) for all the helps