ztirual
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Big date chronograph
Feb 15, 2013,13:36 PM
Dear Gary,
Congratulation on your magnificent new watch. I was very fortunate to see one of those magnificent Big Dates in the metal, at Kari's yesterday. I t was probably the last one being made and to leave Kari's workshop. I am completely in ore reading the evolution of your collegial design, with so many twists and turns. Really riveting and result is really compelling. Kari being Kari and you guys being you, I imagine that in spite of all the watches being in the same spirit, every single one of them turned out to be different. Do I dare say, just as for the Observatoires.
I should have asked Kari, but I did not because I was focusing on other watches, but would you mind telling a bit more about the caliber of your watch. Is it based on the same ébauche as Kari's 1st generation chronograph? Most of your post focused on the dial. Were the design of the dial somewhat restricted from the outset because of the choice of movement?
With the benefit of hindsight, would you go the same way for your next piece from Kari?
Would knows, you might have already commissioned a new piece?
I mean, would you still give as many (or even more) directions to Kari. Having been there myself, with much more humble pieces, off course, I tend to think that having given a clear brief from the outset, now I would rather give the watchmaker complete freedom ie. carte blanche.
Best regards
Z'