Some pictures from Italy.

















Click on the photos to check out bigger versions of them as well as some of my older photos on my Flickr page.

Alright, here are some wireframe and untextured shots:


The leather strap was an afterthought, I spent very little time on it - as a result, the mesh is pretty glitchy and messy.


A closer look at the actual watch mesh. As you can see, my use of polygons is excessive to say the least


This is just to illustrate how the movement fits into the case.


An alternative version of the watch, black face with white and silver markings.

And I may sound like a total idiot, but I never thought the wheel in the far left could be rotating so fast. lol

The balance wheel, it's called. It's not actually rotating, it's oscillating back and forth. But you're right, it does move faster than in most watches - my design uses a 36000BPH escapement, which means the balance wheel moves back and forth 10 times per second. Such a fast mechanism is a rarity in real watches because it's a pain to build and maintain (a lot of wear), but it keeps very accurate time.

You just took pictures of your own watch you bastard

Heh, I wish - I'm nowhere near rich enough to be able to afford an IWC watch.

Thanks again for the comments everyone

I made a model of a watch, including its movement. It's my own design, though I took a lot of ideas for the case and dials from IWC watches.

Render with casing removed:

Movement, top view:

Movement from the bottom:

Just the moving bits of the movement:


Video:
Watch movement animation
The animation isn't keyframed, i.e. the gear train is actually functional and is driven by the main wheel. Each cog and pinion does something and has the correct amount of teeth, the ratios of their radii are accurate etc. It's my own design - by no means a particularly efficient one, but it is a functional movement (or rather a simulation thereof). I may post some more videos of it on my Youtube channel later on.

What do you think?

Idea lifted directly from Flat Face's topic below.

Here's mine:

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048