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Haute Horlogerie movements, rigged to real gear ratios.
Mechanical watch movements, tourbillons, escapements and chronograph assemblies modelled and rigged in Blender. Gears driven by mathematical tooth ratios rather than keyed by hand, balance wheels oscillating with working springs, and cutaways that explain the complication.
$500 to test · $3,000 to rig · $6,000 to build from blueprints
N° 01Precision horology
Micro-mechanics without hand-keying
In fine watchmaking, a gear train keyed by eye immediately reads as inaccurate. Our rigs drive every wheel through mathematical expression drivers matching the exact tooth count ratio.
When the barrel unwinds or the escapement beats, the center wheel, third wheel, fourth wheel, and escape wheel turn in strict mathematical synchronicity.
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Mathematical gear drivers
Wheel rotations driven by tooth ratio expressions so teeth interlock cleanly with zero manual keyframing.
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Swiss lever escapements & tourbillons
Pallet fork impulse, escape wheel locks, and rotating tourbillon cages rigged with real mechanical logic.
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Cutaways and exploded views
Modelled as real individual components — bridges, jewels, pinions, and screws — so the movement can be exploded or sectioned.
N° 02Exhibition grade
Built for luxury presentation and trade fairs
From Geneva trade fairs and Watches & Wonders visual assets to investor presentations and brand launch films. The model holds up at extreme macro magnification because it is built from technical drawings.
N° 03Investment
What it costs
Rig test
$500
One assembly rigged on a model you supply — a suspension corner, a door, a mechanism — returned in your own file.
- One assembly of your choosing, rigged
- Controls, limits and constraints as in the full job
- A written assessment of whether the rest is riggable
- Your own file back, not a copy
- About a week
Rigging only
$3,000
You supply the model. We rig it: controls, constraints, working mechanism.
- Full mechanical rig
- Controls for wheels, steering, doors and panels
- Suspension and internal moving parts
- Control scheme documented
- About one month from a usable model
Modelled and rigged
$6,000
Built from manufacturer blueprints, then rigged. The internals are modelled as components — which is where both the accuracy and the timeline come from.
- Modelled from manufacturer blueprints
- Internal components built, not implied
- Full mechanical rig on top
- Control scheme documented
- Six to twelve months, depending on the subject
N° 04Questions
The answers we give most often.
- How do the gears stay synchronized?
- Every gear in the train is driven by mathematical Python/driver expressions linked to the primary arbor. When the escapement beats or the barrel turns, every wheel rotates at its precise mechanical gear ratio.
- Can you show exploded and cutaway views?
- Yes. Because every bridge, jewel, pinion and spring is modelled as an independent component, parts can be exploded, sectioned, or lifted away to reveal the complication.
- Do you supply the finished watch animation or the rig?
- We deliver the rigged .blend asset ready for your agency or animator. If you need animation produced directly, that can be quoted separately.
Start your book
Send the complication drawings.
Tell us which movement or complication needs to be visualized. You get back the timeline and a fixed price.
Both full figures are per vehicle. The gap between a month and a year is the difference between rigging something that exists and building it from drawings first. Send what you have and we will tell you which one you are asking for.
The vehicles shown are demonstration builds made in-house to show the craft — not client commissions. Each was modelled and rigged from manufacturer blueprints.