Independents

I came across this particular dial design a while back. Although I’m always impressed by the bright high contrast colors in Kari Voutilainen’s dials I feared that I may tire of something too bright in time. Once I let Kari know that the original had alrea...  

Huge congrats! At the end is the final product totally the same as the first one which was sold by the Collected Man? What does the letter ‘K’ mean on the caseback? Kari? Yours, Adam

The dial is almost identical to the original - the moon on the GMT disc on mine is slightly larger. Not sure what the K stands for - I would have guessed the same as you! Here is the first dial that was fabricated. Didn't care for the proportions or the l...  

That also look like a K so i guess its a logo or so

Sophisticated and subtle at the same time, you are right that with the capabilities that Kari has it is easy to go a bit over the top as we have seen in many examples.

Huge congrats on a very exclusive piece Enjoy it and wear it in the best of health !

Would this be considered a Voutilainen tuxedo dial?

..... not sure if I've heard the term before - but I can see where you're coming from!

The original was mine and my design. Very glad you like it. Wear it in good health.

.... I do hope that I was correct in assuming that the original watch had been resold.

Yes you can’t keep them all unfortunately!

Once I let him know that the watch was no longer in the hands of the original designer he was happy to replicate. Thanks again for a great design!

Thank you for sharing another of Kari's masterpieces.

Whats not to love about a KV . They are all amazing and very beautiful from a very talented and humble master watchmaker. Please share as much pics as possible

This was the first version of the dial he fabricated. I didn't like the proportions of the dial - the center disc was too large and the baton hour markers too short. Although the GMT disc on this version was hand carved I felt the machine finished version...  

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process. Such a gorgeous example of true craftsmanship. Wear it in best of health and share some more pics from this masterpiece in the near future 🙏🏻🤗

Absolutely stunning!!

What an incredible watch and journey. You ended up with the best version of it. Enjoy.

and you are totally right, proportions were off in the first version of the dial...

This means that the dial on my watch has different proportions to most of his dials. You can see this in the first and second dial photos - where the black guilloche meets the number 15 on the small seconds register. Most of the dials have the center guil... 

How about a Kari dial on a Gronefeld? ...  

With Kari you get the whole package... and in my humble opinion he gives you some of the best bang for the buck when you combine the buzzwords like renowned brand/dial and case maker, "handmade", rarity, finishing, general build quality, special movement ... 

done to ensure that I got what I wanted speaks for itself. I can’t wait to get to Môtiers when COVID is behind us to meet with him and his colleagues there!