Independents

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 ... 

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... 

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 wish I had a decoder ring! . Regarding wandering - back on a plane … Gary - ID enlist.

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... 

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... 

... 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... 

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... 

...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. ... 

Hope you are doing well -- would be great to see you if you're up this way anytime soon. Best, Gary

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... 

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... 

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 ... 

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.

more was suggested but no worries and no misunderstanding on my part. Register away.

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... 

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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... 

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...