It reminds me of the original iPod backplate that was hand polished by a little Japanese company operating in a shack in rural Niigata, Japan -> http://color-metals.com/catalog/mirror-polish-ipod/

There are a lot of these small craftsmen in Japan, specially in metal working, supplying parts notably for aeronautics and space industries. For example, the nose of every shinkansen bullet train is hand hammered to shape: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03...