Fordite is usually discussed as if the interesting part begins when somebody cuts it open. In reality, the story starts much earlier, with the chemistry of the paint itself. The layers trapped insi...
Fordite: James Thompson, A Master At Work
During the height of American automotive manufacturing, layers of over-sprayed paint accumulated on the racks, skids, and fixtures that carried car bodies through paint shops. Those layers were rep...
Fordite: A New History Of An Old Material
Fordite should not exist. Or, more accurately, it was never supposed to exist. It was a nuisance, an industrial by-product created during an era of automotive manufacturing when efficiency was meas...
Something Smaller, This Way Comes...
One of the most persistent requests we’ve received over the years has been remarkably simple on paper: “Will Arcanaut ever make another case size?” The answer has always been yes. But “yes” in watc...
As we discussed in our previous newsletter, the process of massaging a Fordite watch dial into life is one that requires patience, nerves of steel, and the willingness to cede control to the materi...
You know us. We don't do things because they are easy; we do them because they are hard*. Fordite is the sort of material that should not exist in modern watchmaking. It is industrial waste elevate...