Independents

Karifest is about to become a permanent holiday in my calendar! 

 

Beautiful watches from a great workshop!  Thanks for sharing! 

All that I can say is that it was an honor to be there in the presence of the 5 distinguished collectors in the group, and a pleasure to form closer bonds of friendship with them.  We all have occasions in our lives (personal, work, relationship) that sometimes inexplicably turn out to be very meaningful, and for me this was one of them.  I'm very pleased to be able to share just a bit of that more broadly!

Best,

Gary G

The evening was a treat for me -- I'm very pleased to be able to share a bit of it.

Best,

Gary G

Very impressive. What a great treat! Also how nice to see Dufour, Journe, VH, PSM in the collection -- they are my favorite independents as well!

...to see the similarity in tastes and depth of quality in the collections of this small group of enthusiasts. Thanks for the note -- I'll hope to see you soon!

Best,

Gary

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I am more than ever dreaming of a book on the Observatoire series... One watch, yet so many expressions of Kari's mastery.
Here just one more to prove the point.

Do tell us more about that one (and include some more pics).  Is that WG with black dial?

And, yes, a book on the Observaotire series would indeed be special.  Really a special series, with enough pieces to be widely recognizable, but not too many such that each piece remains unique with Kari's flair for variation.  Probably also lots of stories to be told within this series, both by watchmaker and owners.

Herewith, just one more picture for I do not want to divert attention from Gary's brillant post.  I could always post more another time.
As rightly guessed, the hands and indexes are rhodiated WG just as the case is. The dial is galvanised blue.  Ztirual

Looks like rhodiated WG or steel hands -- perhaps even one of the steel cases, or is it WG?  I do see that you chose the brushed caseband -- looks really good to me in the white metal.  I considered brushing for my RG piece, but in the end was seduced by the wonderful liquid rose color of the polished metal.

I'm with you and tahoeblue on the idea of a book -- if there's a book on the Omega Ploprof (a book that I bought earlier this year!) why not on the Observatoire?

Thanks for the very kind words -- I was having so much fun that I couldn't believe later that I had any useful photos!

Best,

Gary G