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Rather disappointing responses here from wmclarenf1,
with due respect.
Thanks Gary for offering your time to develop an Observatoire registry. I would be very interested to see a listing of the variations in this series. And frankly I can't think of another small series of watches which has stimulated as much passion and discussion.
I don't think the issue here is to pass off this project assuming this Kari should provide a summary himself. Nor is it relevant to this thread what constitues a LE (instead check a couple threads below), or whether some owners may not want to participate, or how many Observatoires were actually produced.
Sticking to the topic, I would offer my support to Gary (or Allen) in developing a registry. I do think we will all be surprised regarding the variety in this series. Thanks to Gary for his passion and his offer to step up.
How about an Observatoire registry?
Hello All -- Geez -- during times when I'm checking the forum 10 times per day, it seems that no one is posting -- now I'm pulled away by the demands of client business for a few days, and there's a lengthy and interesting thread on the Observatoire, the ...
Good initiative
but I know of at least 2 owners who given their private demeanor, will not want to participate. Could not the simple question of how many be posed to KV and I see no reson why he will not answer? Seems like the fastest most logical way to the accurate cor...
Seems should be so simple, wouldn't it?
Sorry, many times, for whatever reason, many brands or independents don't want to give exact numbers. It's all too easy to conclude, oversimplistically, that there must be some deep dark secret or bad reason not to be completely transparent. Transparency ...
I dislike when you talk in code…
I wish I had a decoder ring! . Regarding wandering - back on a plane … Gary - ID enlist.
What? I didn't include...
the Zbigniew Brzinski Chou En Lai decoder underwear with my post? ;-) Sorry, Adam, not sure I'm following you? I thought I wrote literally everything I meant; please feel free to ask me specifically which part seemed in code. And it's okay, we are allowed...
ok... but this is not about
what process KV used to blue the hands of guiloche the dial, or any thing special he did with the escapement etc but, I think, as I read it simply, about how many pieces of this fine watch was made and if so, transparency I think will be (should be?) full...
Hypothetically speaking...
... if any owner felt disappointed (or as you say 'betrayed') about the ultimate number of pieces of any particular model produced by any particular brand, he or she always has the option of selling the piece and 'moving on'. Perhaps tellingly, there have...
Granted but that would not
detract from the fact that they feel a misplacement of trust if indeed any of them do feel this way. It also does not address the issue of a clear understanding on LE and the est way os to say limited to XX pcs or XXX pieces which begs another quesiton of...
To be clear about my intent...
...it's a lot less about wanting to tote up the numbers and see how many watches there are (in fact, it's not really about that at all) and all about an interest in understanding/celebrating the diversity and ingenuity of the line of Observatoire pieces. ...
Wasn't referring to your comments, TM!
Hope you are doing well -- would be great to see you if you're up this way anytime soon. Best, Gary
I'm just thinking that if the objective
is to know for eg, how many white gold pieces with a particular dial color/guiloche etc was made, then KV would be the most accurate source and I'm not sure if there are any reason there may be for him to not want to share this? Or maybe not knowing how m...
Rather disappointing responses here from wmclarenf1,
with due respect. Thanks Gary for offering your time to develop an Observatoire registry. I would be very interested to see a listing of the variations in this series. And frankly I can't think of another small series of watches which has stimulated as mu...
Woah! Dissapointing? And you are right in your supposition?
I believe this thread is somewhat linked to the other thread on this watch which touches some sensitive nerves on LE. And I'm not sure what you are reading which infers directly or indirectly that I have opposed Gary's suggesiton to start a register? I'm ...
For the moment I would just suggest sticking to the topic
of a registry. Excellent idea. I did not suggest that you were opposed, just off topic, esp in regard to worry about definition of a LE, which has been discussed at length elsewhere. I mean no misunderstanding.
I believe a bit
more was suggested but no worries and no misunderstanding on my part. Register away.
Great idea...
but I don't think everyone who made the effort and forked out the money to actually go for an Observatoire FROM Kari himself directly would be open to sharing their "baby" as it was a project created and worked on between themselves and Kari. Sure, we wil...
I support the idea of a registry,
as long as we understand that it must necessarily be an incomplete one. I think it unlikely that Kari himself would be in a position to share the information, as legally he would be obliged to directly seek the written consent of every client before doing...
Thank you, Gary
Count me in! I do not understand at all the speculation and disgruntlement expressed here and there about Kari's LE series. I understand the reasoning but, take it from a happy owner, it does not apply to Kari's Observatoires. In my book a 30-50 pieces se...