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FINISHES

GALVANIC FINISHES

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The handle is protected by a layer of chrome. Galvanisation of the brass handle gives it a protective metal coat of nickel-chromium to guard against wear and corrosion.

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CR – BRIGHT CHROME

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The bluish-silver colour and perfect shine make this finish particularly suitable for elegant settings. The finish has a 10-year guarantee.

CO – SATIN CHROME

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The satin finish lends the handle a pleasant tactile quality. The chromed reflections carry a formal connotation suggesting use in modern settings. The finish has a 10-year guarantee.

PVD FINISHES

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With physical vapour deposition, a polished or satin-finish chrome handle is coated with an ulterior layer of metal (superfinishing) under high vacuum.

Vacuum metallisation is extremely hard and durable. Nanocomposites of metal determine the specific colour of the surface and protect it from wear, scratches and aggressive substances such as humidity, sweat, salt spray, temperature swings and ultraviolet rays.

See examples below:

IS – SUPERSTAINLESSSTEEL SATIN

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The colour is that of stainless steel, but the surface hardness obtained with the PVD process is much superior. Its elevated toughness makes this a high-tech finish particularly suited to use on doors in high-traffic locations.

The finish has a 30-year guarantee.

US – SUPERANTHRACITE SATIN

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This is a dark grey with metallic reflections, making for a very modern and exclusive finish. Its hardness is superior to chrome, and its aesthetics are suited to high-tech settings.

The finish has a 10-year guarantee.

NL – SUPERNICKEL BRIGHT

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This shiny finish has the warm, elegant colour of nickel plus the advantages of remaining unaltered over time and not causing allergic reactions. Suitable for comfortable and sophisticated settings.

The finish has a 30-year guarantee.

NS – SUPERNICKEL SATIN

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The satin finish offers full expression to the refined colour of nickel. It exalts and makes more precious the shapes of the handle to which it is applied.

The finish has a 30-year guarantee.

ZL – SUPERGOLD BRIGHT

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Here is a practically eternal finish, for its pleasing looks as well as its durability. While the tonality is the prestigious one of rich gold, the qualities of endurance and toughness are the very elevated ones of Olivari Superfinishes.

The finish has a 30-year guarantee.

TS – SUPERGOLD SATIN

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This combination between the classical softness of satin brass and the modernity of the superfinish makes for durability and constancy of colour over time.

The finish has a 30-year guarantee.

RS – SUPERCOPPER SATIN

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This innovative and expressive superfinish represents a taste for strength, character and openness to the new. Suited for refined and sophisticated settings.
Slight chromatic variations are to be considered normal.

The finish has a 10-year guarantee.

DS – SUPERBRONZE SATIN

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This new colour of superfinish is innovative yet timeless. The allure of the past and the memory of its beauty are united with faith in the new and its projection into the future.

Slight chromatic variations are to be considered normal.

The finish has a 10-year guarantee.

Coating

Vacuum metallisation is extremely hard and durable. Nanocomposites of metal determine the specific colour of the surface and protect it from wear, scratches and aggressive substances such as humidity, sweat, salt spray, temperature swings and ultraviolet rays.

See examples below:

NP - Matt Black

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BP - Matt White

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GUILLOCHÉ

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Guilloche is a decorative engraving technique that uses special lathes. Guided manually, these machines draw a precise, intricate, repeated pattern on the metal surface.

 

The engraving handmade by its nature lends itself to a free, naturalistic and always varied decoration.

 

The engraving made with guillocher machines instead is precise and repetitive, but at the same time it is very expressive: the operator can express his creativity, in relation to his technical experience and his aesthetic sensibility, being able to build an infinity of different patterns by varying processing parameters.

The exact origin of the first guilloche machines is uncertain, but perhaps they were Swiss or invented by a French engineer named Guillot.

 

The first examples of its use are found on watch cases engraved with the year 1624. The definitive introduction of guilloche in watchmaking dates back to 1786, when Abraham-Louis Breguet began using it to decorate the dials and cases of his watches. In the 19th century, the technique became highly popular, largely thanks to the work of Peter Carl Fabergé.

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For the first time, Olivari has focused exclusively on the surface, on its enhancement, whereas our norm is to concentrate our attention on the volumes, on their respective proportions, on the aesthetics and performance of the surface finishes, but not, as mentioned, on their characterisation.

The decoration that Olivari thought was most interesting and most in line with its way of understanding design was guilloché engraving because of its ability to bring a surface to ‘life’ due to the interaction of geometrical signs with light: a kind of vibration that is perceived when the point of view shifts, as indeed occurs when approaching and grasping a handle.

Further exploring the technological aspects of this particular decoration, Olivari discovered a world parallel to its own typically industrial realm: that of the top level artisan, where work is still done by hand using fascinating machines from last century that require the operator to be highly experienced and very sensitive, attributes refined through years of practice.gé.

GUILLOCHÉ COLLECTION

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The Diana and Atena series of handles, as well as the decorations Damier, Barley, Chevron, Rank, Ligne and Panier are the fruits of a long research in reaching a mastery, also technical, of guilloche engraving.

Starting from history, from that of decorative motifs to that of production techniques, has led us to this result, which, we like to think, is open to new developments.

Barley

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With engraving similar to grains, a shiny sophisticated allure.

Damier

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Elegant chequered pattern with a sophisticated air.

Chevron

The herringbone motif expresses a precious refinement.

Ligne

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Ligne linear pattern, a timeless and understated elegance.

Rank

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The classic wavy zigzag motif creates characterful reflections.

Panier

The classic basket-weave motif: elegance and classicism.