Independents

There’s a marvelous little sub-collection accumulating in my watch box. I’m a fan of guillochage and have come to see Kari Voutilainen’s work as particularly fun yet intelligent… but I’m hardly the first to note that. I’m a sucker for strong colors, and r...  

Great pieces. Just went to JN Shapiro event in NYC. He does lovely guilloche as well

Talked to him a lot. What a nice, open and interesting guy.

Super excited for him. I like the movement design a lot. The final product should be great.

The bold colors certainly add some uniqueness and the guilloche is 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

A creepy theme? Like Erard / Chaykin? ...  

I love how green and purple have become a Joker from Batman reference

Schwarz Etienne are best known for making movements for others. They are redoubling an effort to bolster their own brand through design, and in my mind they're killing it. The watches they are making are clever, with beautiful dials, and remarkably well f... 

Plus great black polish too. jmho. This is my wife's timepiece, tho she does allow me to wear it.... ...from time to time And yes, look at that dial 'personality'. My wife is Mrs. Right ...  

Now I’m obsessing over this. Yes, I’ve occasionally said “hmmm… check out Laine more thoroughly” but now I’m smitten… but I have other watches in the pipeline before I can buy this. Thanks for the pics, when I get remarried she has to follow me down these... 

She also likes pretty dials.

...i'll have her send the invoices to you. ^_~ Here's what she has (plus two cheapies), what do you suggest she should get next? ...  

Why Kari's dials are so special?

But in better hands you would see a very intricate guilloché dial that (supposedly) only about a hundred people in Switzerland can produce at this level. Kari Voutilainen is considered a grand master, and many of these people work for his studio. It's a t... 

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by the name of RW Smith. His work on the GB Series 1 is outstanding! ...  

I’ve never held one, hope to get a chance soon. This one is a particularly remarkable design.