Ocean Diver Watch Blog

I'm totally stoked. The Doxa book that I designed the cover for has gone into print, but right now it's in very limited numbers and available to only a few people who helped with the book. These two pictures were taken by the author, Dr. Peter Millar, using the copy that he just received, click on them to see a larger version. My copy is in transit right now and I can't wait to get it. I was very surprised to see that not only will the book have my cover design, but my Doxa blueprint illustration is prominently displayed on a full page inside the book - how totally cool is that? The author has also sent me a signed letter of thanks that was sized so that it could be placed inside the front of the book to make my copy truly unique. It's been a great experience helping with this project and finally seeing my work in print is even more exciting than I had anticipated.

I have just finished the design of my first book cover, and it probably comes as no big surprise that it was for a book about one of my favorite subjects - watches. Better yet it was for a book about the Doxa dive watch called; "SUB 300T A History of the Doxa Dive Watch". I'm not 100% sure when the book is being published, but you can bet that I will be getting my hands on at least one copy as soon as it hits the shelves. I created the cover design to help the author complete what has been a very long and arduous labor of love. He had developed a cover design himself but was not very happy with it and when I offered to help he was more than pleased to let me come up with something new. He had already seen several of my watch illustrations and I had helped edit one of the first finished drafts of the book, so we knew each other to some degree. It's pretty exciting and another small indication that my passion and involvement with watches is slowly leading to bigger...

Here's a quick update on the progress of my Bathys watch illustration. I've now completed the second draft of the blueprint which includes much more detail than the first version. It shows the internal workings of the movement including; the date wheels, the main gears, movement casing, and the electronic components that give the quartz movement its power. A lot of the detail could not be seen from the reference photos I was given, but for those who think that quartz movements have little or no mechanical parts I say look again!

I just received my new Bathys Hawaii 100 Fathoms dive watch in the mail. It's a beauty for sure . Massive big dial with very clear markings and great lume. The case has a beautifully brushed finished and has a smooth silver PVD (TiCN) 2-micron coating that creates an ultra hard 3600 Vickers (regular 316L steel tops out at 220 Vickers) scratch resistant layer. It looks simple but it has everything a serious dive-rated watch needs. Anti-reflection coated sapphire crystal, water resistant to 200M (110 Fathoms, 660 feet), and a screw down crown and case back.

A while ago I was approached by the owner of Bathys Hawaii watches to create a blueprint illustration of his first model, the 100 Fathoms dive watch. It's taken me some time to get started and part of that was waiting for john to finalize the design, but I'm pleased to say that the first draft is now complete and I feel as though I'm making good progress. The final illustration will show the mechanics of the swiss movement as part of the blueprint illustration that is ghosted through from the watch. There are also several small modifications that I need to make, but all in all the illustration is going well. It's going to be used quite prominently for the advertising of the watch which makes me very proud that John was trusting enough to ask me to take this on considering this is the first of his line-up of designs for his new company! So far it's been a very exciting and exhilarating experience working with John and being part of the "behind the scenes...

Wow! I was just contacted by someone who wanted to know if they could commission me to create a blueprint style illustration, like the ones I had done of my Omega Speedmaster Professional and my Doxa SUB, for their new lines of watches. The person who contacted me owns a new watch company that is due to launch its professional dive watches next month and wanted to get a blueprint drawn up of their first release. How cool is that? I haven't seen the watch yet, but I am a huge fan of dive watches and can't wait to see what it looks like. Plus being asked to do the illustration for them so that they can create posters or use it in advertising is awesome - needless to say I'm excited. Finally my love of watches is paying off. Well to be more accurate it's my design and illustration skills that are paying off, but the fact that it's watch related is a bonus. I'll keep you all posted on how it goes.