JMan
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Incoming Freak!
Hello Folks:
Early 2000's is when I picked up interest in haute horlogerie. And thats when the Freak came came out. And I remember that it had a profound impact on my interests in Watches, Watch collecting, and watchmakers. Subsequently I studied with deep interest how it was based on a young and talented watch designer named Carole Forrestier-Kasapi, and how Rolf Schnyder and Ludwig Oechslin converted that in to something amazing. It was and is a tour de force in aesthetics and functionality - No crown, 7 day power reserve, silicon escape wheels, a watch that is kinetic art, and a master stroke of marketing in naming it the Freak. It's taken me only 25 years to feel worthy of owning it but here I am. I strongly considered the latest iteration (Freak One) but something kept drawing me back to the original design. Isn't it all about emotional attachment anyway? So I am happy guy today who is now in search of the next grail!!
What sparked your interest in watches? As you consider that question, please enjoy a few pics.
J.
Obligatory wrist shot
Great view of the Silicon escapement & the planetary ring gear.
Incoming Freak!
Hello Folks: Early 2000's is when I picked up interest in haute horlogerie. And thats when the Freak came came out. And I remember that it had a profound impact on my interests in Watches, Watch collecting, and watchmakers. Subsequently I studied with dee...
Congratulation on a great choice. Enjoy this technical marvel.
Wear it in good health, and here’s to many more years of watch-loving adventures. Cheers!
The Watch is a Dream and Congrats on Yours Coming True, Enjoy it in Good Cheer 😊👍
Design, Aesthetics, Culture, Film, Music, the Zeitgeist, Genetics (my Grandfather loved watches as well) all play their part and more.
Oh man, this is the king of any collection.
Many congratulations, I am jealous beyond belief! (This is also a watch for me that was a real eye opener, and one I very much would like to own). Enjoy the honeymoon with it, hopefully it’s eternal. And please feel free to post as many pictures of this o...
Ulysse got me interested in watches too...
...but the one I first saw was the UN Grand Deck Turbillon. It blew me away! It had never even occurred to me that a watch could be so different that it was hard for me to even see how it was a watch or what was going on. From there on I was hooked on wat...
I believe you are correct.
This from a review in Deployant.com "The Caliber UN-630 is made exclusively for UN by Christophe Claret, a specialist firm which we know very well, who also hail from Le Locle"
Huge congratulations and like you for me this is the one of the best version of the Freak imho .
Hunting these kinda grails is half the fun of owning them
Huge congratulations!
Still looking good after >2 decades. I am a big fan of this original version.
Most sincere congratulations!
I also own one (in WG) and believe it is both a Maverick and an Icon!
My first serious grail watch that I actually acquired was also a Rolf and Ludwig era UN. It was one of, if not the last sold. The Freak blew my mind. Like a Vincent Calabrese baguette
movement that dragged itself around the dial and needed no hands because it was also the hands. Early Freaks are still one of my favorite watches! Here's my UN grail from that magic UN period. ...
I enjoyed watching the making of this chocolate one, too…..
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