Investment Casting: Passion Project for Luxury Watch Collector “Jason Marsden”.
An iconic collector’s item designed by Jason Marsden for discerning Omega watch enthusiasts.
An iconic collector’s item designed by Jason Marsden for discerning Omega watch enthusiasts.
“The finished result has exceeded my expectations”, says Jason.
Inspired by the history of the Omega Watch Company.
Jason grew up watching Jacques Cousteau the French underwater explorer and environmentalist. Jacques always wore a distinctive chunky diving watch. The watch was the first addition Omega Ploprof (professional diver). The nostalgic Omega Ploprof became Jason’s first luxury watch. Furthermore, igniting Jason’s passion for the luxurious Omega brand.
When NASA tested watches for the Apollo and Gemini space missions the Omega moon watch was the only watch to pass all its testing. It is said that the Omega Speed Master Professional Moon Watch is easily the most sought-after model by Omega Watch Collectors. Jason owns an Omega moon watch as part of his extensive collection. Essentially, Jason owns the same model of watch that Neil Armstrong wore to the moon. It is easy to see how Jason’s passion for these luxury watches turned him towards becoming a collector.
One of the more unique watches in Jason’s collection is the Apollo 8 “Dark Side of the Moon” edition. This to mark the 1968 mission that was the first crewed spacecraft to orbit around the far side of the Moon and thus were the first humans to see an “Earth rise”.
Omega is also the official franchise partner for James Bond. In 1995 they took over from Rolex designing and releasing several limited edition 007 luxury watches.
Our investment foundry team meet Jason when he sought out Read Industrial to cast the complex solid sculpture. As the design called for greater surface finish detail, the best option was investment casting using a 3D PLA print.
The final sculpture as shown standing around 30cm high. The sculpture has been patinaed, features a hand-polished visor and hand-turned, native Tawa, wooden base. Jason has sought out a range of New Zealand businesses to develop his concept. Starting with an initial model sculpture scanning down to .3mm for 3D printing and finely casting in silicon bronze. “The finished result has exceeded my expectations”, says Jason.
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