Independents

Inspired by Gary G´s impressive photos of the back of the Observatoire I have tried to do justice to the dial of my watch.  The appearance changes all the time depending on the light and reflections. This how it looked today.  The watchband is dark blue. Kari offered it when I visited him in the summer.  I think it suits the case and dial perfectly.

I can only join all of you who admire Kari´s skills and his very pleasant personality.

are the nicest for me color wise but for guilloche, I like the blue dial best with that central pattern best.

Thanks for these lovely pics.

Between the 3....!

Thanks for sharing the lovely photos Morten!

The Dials are off the charts.  Hope to own one someday.

And I open them all!

I must be masochist...

I NEED ONE!

Best, and thanks a lot, Morten... My pain is my delicious pleasure.

Nicolas.

as this seems very you but I recall that maybe you have preference for non-indies.

And when it comes to watches, I love to take my time, it avoids me to make mistakes...

That is not that I don't love Indies, I am in my learning phase, I see a several things I love, others I totally dislike, and things I'm not confident at all...

But if we speak about Kari Vooutilainen, I know where I am... And I know I will get one.

It is just a matter of funds. Well, " Just ", you get me...  But I can say, seriously, that I will get one.

Best,

Nicolas;

Actually, now that you mentioned about taking time... that is what I have lost... taking time to really know the next purchase, letting time test whether I really like it... a Kari of sort is so you though

I especially like your second photo - it's fantastic. I could examine it top to bottom, over and over.
I talked with Kari a little bit last week, looking at both the grey and blue dials he had on hand.
He loves them and yet he also said most clients go for a silver dial with gold hands, for maximum readability.
Maybe there is a middle ground somewhere (or better glasses are needed at my end).
Cheers

Cazalea

I actually ordered a second dial - white with dark markers. I was almost sure that I would exchange the graphite dial for the white. However, when I visited Kari I did not bring the white dial. As you understand, I am very fond of the dark one and the second picture gives show why.

Morten

I like all of them a lot, but as someone who has a weakness for sharp images, I enjoyed the first one even more than the rest.

Great job with the first two shots, showing how the numerals take on completely different characteristics in different light.

Thanks for posting these!  Sorry to be slow with my response, but somehow got caught up in a server error last night...

Best,

Gary

Thank you for sharing!

Stephen