Beautiful review. Personally I love the Masterpiece 6, the Masterpiece 8, the Masterpiece Chronograph I, the Chronograph Monopoussoir and the Tonneau. Actually just one of them will make me fly to the moon....and stay there:) Cheers Francois
I agree with your approach, especially when you think about something you may be wearing if you had it. Although, on pictures, the MR10 looks a bit busy (it was my first impression when I discovered it) it must be a real beauty in the metal with this open
My favs being the simpler ones, and, among the most complicated the Minute Repeater 10, the Masterpiece 8, the Jura ( or Alps ) Mountain GMT, and the Astronomy. These dials are so delicious, so exquisite. The Chronometre 27 is superb, too. Thank you so mu
Good evening gentlemen, As I've been reading Kari Voutilainen's book cleverly written by Theodore Diehl lately and as I had a wide look at articles on the internet, I also had an overall look at Voutilainen's unique or very limited pieces and how some are
Seven happy brand owners, two additional watch enthusiasts, and our guest of honor for the evening, Kari Voutilainen! Great to have Kari in our NorCal area for an all-too-brief evening together. Wonderful fellowship, a few new faces to spice up the procee
...to have heard a bunch, including my Reverso of course, but also examples from PP, a fantastic vintage VC piece owned by a prominent Purist, an AP grande comp in TI that really blew me away, the JLC you referred to, several pieces of Kari's including Ma
KV Masterpiece #8!!! Now that's what I call a "nice 3-hand watch," Allen! Not only is it one of Kari's very few decimal repeaters, as you know extremely well it is the design progenitor (especially with regard to dial design) to Kari's landmark Observatoi
"Those who are sick of the Double Split, are sick of life..." Indeed! That DB piece was a revelation to me as well. It is number 2, and comes (obviously) from the very early days of DB. The true story is that the central guilloche on that watch factored i
Given the lighting it was very hard to pick out (in photographs) that Masterpiece 8 does indeed have the VIII in a different color than the other numerals. Excellent catch -- and thanks for the kind remarks! I felt privileged to be able to attend the GTG,