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sham1
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I am definitely not a connoisseur of independent watchmaking - perhaps in ten years time! The core of my collection are actually Pateks but I find myself drawn more these days to the allure of the independent watchmakers. I would compare Laine to Kudoke who also makes superb watches at a reasonable price. They both adopt frosted finishing to their watches although Kudoke's 1 and 2 are 39mm which arguably will make them more wearable than the 40.5mm Laine (assuming the lugs are not too different). KV, I place in the top 3 of independent watchmaking as his dials and movement finishing are only rivaled by Rexhep Rexhepi and Roger Smith (ok arguably Kari adopts the Swiss style of finishing compared to Roger's English less elaborate looking finish so a comparison is not appropriate). FPJ I would place above UJ due to his ability as a designer and creativity as a watchmaker. His watches have well designed dials and movements but his finishing would not be comparable to the top 3. UJ are a good brand with the longest history but apart from its detent escapement movement, I am less impressed with its other movements in terms of value for money. Laine cannot be compared to KV or FPJ but if one takes a Laine and compares it to the P4 movement on an Alfred, the difference in quality is less evident even though the UJ is priced more than twice as much. It is important to note that Laine produces many more watches than UJ so the latter can claim relative exclusitivity over the Laine.

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