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Wonderful post Mike!
My wife and I were fortunate enough to to meet with Kari at his wonderful/magical facility this summer. An unbelievable location, view and sooo special! These watches are incredible and incomparable to anything else (anywhere/anytime) with these dials. Thanks you so much for the article, my congratulations to Kari and dedicated team…Jim
Congratulations on 20 years anniversary Kari Voutilainen!
Most of you know that we just celebrated the 20 years anniversary of watchprosite (formerly called PuristSPro Forum), but did you know that Kari Voutilainen established his business as an independent Artist Watchmaker in the village of Môtiers in 2002? Ac...
Thank you Mike for sharing!
Kari is for me the best of the best - he is the watchmaker's watchmaker and his humility is second to none. Kari, if you are reading this - may you have at least another 20 years of success!
So those are the wps 20th anniversary watches then? 😁
This is the best modern watchmaking. In my head always the tops. There are others, but for me would be happy with a KV. Plus he lends his services to other projects as well. Honestly, other than a KV the only watch I'd want is a rexhep rexhepi CC (this is...
Those are absolutely insane
Does this being the 20th anniversary mean a 5 year wait I will get a 25th anniversary model...???
Why not opening the discussion with Kari if you are seriously thinking of it ?
He might be opened for discussion you will never know if you don’t ask 🤷♂️😉
Hah, it would be the first vout for me, he's got a lot more loyal customers that are deserving
Been kicking tires for the past year going through designs with a dealer but it's a huge amount of money for me, so haven't pulled the trigger
Thank you for sharing! Wonderful post!
I unfortunately didn't get to attend the event. But what an amazing 20 years it has been! A toast to Kari and a toast to the next twenty years!
Thanks for the kind words Patrick
As for the toast 🍾🥂 there was everything to enjoy ! It was amazing indeed…
And I'm so glad that you were able to join and share with us!
I only know of a couple other people who went, and they haven't told me much. Both are WPS members, but they're not frequent posters.
There has never been a KV watch that I have NOT lusted after
As a fan of many types of japanese intricate artwork, the dials made in conjunction with Kitamura-san are the icing on the cake. It sums up the Kari aesthetic, and it 100% works for me. May he live to 150yrs old, and keep producing these masterpieces
Thanks for sharing this great trip and occasion my friend
So happy i was part of the trip back in 2017 when we visited his old atelier and had a amazing bbq in his backyard. Hope to visit his new place when possible. Such a amazing and great yet humble person and incredible master watchmaker. Congrats dear Kari ...
Yes, incredible memories 😉
Kari did it again this time and I was so lucky to be there together with our friends Vianney H, Denis F, Max B, Andreas S and many others for a very private evening. Fantastic moments as you can easily imagine…
Wow that sounds like another incredible memory and experience my friend .
A bit of envy here 😉
Thanks Mike and HUGE Congratulation To Kari!
i remember Kari's excellent writings on TZ during the early days of the web. Always brilliant, and always a gentleman too. Congratulations Kari, you've earned it
Thanks for the wonderful post!
I was honored to be able to be there to celebrate as well. So many great memories in the 17 years I have known Kari. Looking forward to the next 20 years! Kari with Suitbert in 2005: ...
Thank you for the beautiful pictures and for your nice account
Not quite Alexandre Dumas' Twenty Years After, only five, but none-the-less a real treat of meeting you again at Kari's. I have known Kari for some 16 years now and it has been really amazing to see how he's gone from strength to strength, building up wha...
Wonderful post Mike!
My wife and I were fortunate enough to to meet with Kari at his wonderful/magical facility this summer. An unbelievable location, view and sooo special! These watches are incredible and incomparable to anything else (anywhere/anytime) with these dials. Th...
thanks for this great write up MikeH !
I didn't know about this tourbillon pocket timepiece...he have mastered the guilloche quite young ;-) the world time dial looks so gorgeous, when I read the process of making it...that is a painstaking effort I just can imagine !! for what he creates, KV ...