A Regulator Decimal Repeater by Kari Voutilainen
This is a piece unique commissioned by Singapore retailer The Hour Glass. The white gold case is 38 mm . The decimal repeater (striking hours, 10-minute segments and minutes) with regulator display is powered by a movement based on an ébauche by Louis Eli...
Yes, incredibly beautiful.
I was blown away when discovering its existence. Best, Emmanuel
I love this piece! I have had this watch on this my inspiration board for the last 4 years. 😍
I think this is one of the best examples of refinement and maturity in design and execution that sets KV defines his watches and differentiates him from so many others. There are a lot of new indies with great finishing and breguet cranks out buckets of s...
KV also cranks out buckets of guilloche dials...
...and then sells them to those indies. It's not a bad side hustle.
I find it wonderful and certainly not boring at all.
I'm glad you like it too. Best, Emmanuel
I think Voutilainen coined the term “decimal repeater” before they were just called “ten-minute repeaters” a
and if they were minute repeaters, then “ten-minute and one-minute repeaters” or something like that. Not sure how apt it is since the minutes are base 10, but it breaks the hour into base 6 segments, rather than base 10, maybe heximal repeater would be m...
More accurate, but less intuitive.
Hopefully, anyone knowing how a traditional minute repeater works (hours, quarters, minutes) understands intuitively what decimal means. Best, Emmanuel
Truly superb 🙌🏻👏🏻👌🏻
Kari at his best (not that there is anything but a good or great Kari) 😊
Yes, Kari is always at least impressive,
but not always as pure and sophisticatedly simple as here.