These watches are gorgeous, but I feel a lot of these independent watchmakers are strictly focusing on movement finishing, at the cost of technical innovation or even everyday wearability. Although beautiful finishing is, well, beautiful and mesmerizing,
Am sure you know we see exceptional look-alikes of many brands that make typical movements. Yes, even the industrialized Trio brands, which shows how easy it is to make some of their mass-produced retail products. This is where MB&F, Brette, Kari, and oth
and continue to get Rolex and independents from them including Roger Smith and Krayon. I also buy direct from Simon Brette, Kari Voutilainen, Sylvain Pinaud, Dann Phimphrachanh and Petermann Bedat. I don't see them as mutually exclusive. I think it's a go
First, love my AD and they've been quite good to me and my wife for about a decade, but recently it seems they lost the plot. Like many here, been migrating away from typical mass-produced mainstream brands and, considering decades as a collector, like ma
1. Ladies': Voutilainen 28CG. I like Kari's work, what can I say? 2. Ladies' Complicated: Chopard Imperial Four Seasons. A watch with a seasons display? That's kind of interesting. 3. Time Only: Raul Pages. The Daniel Roth was so close! 4. Men's: Garrick