The longest incoming - Kari Voutilainen

[KarlS]

And the PR

[KarlS]

Grey

[mailman]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Grey

I like that combo

[Passionata]

I need to grow up to indies.


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[Jetkopite]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Grey

I like this combo Karl without PR.. Would like to see that grey as a lighter shade of blue to contrast the other blue see what that looks like?

[AK797]

Grey and blue chessboard is nice. Maybe black will pop the blue more.

[codecow]

Karl this is an excellent article, thank you very much for posting it!

[kneedeep]

Fascinating and enjoyable thread, Karl. Thanks for taking us on this journey.

[RW16610]

Excellent content here, I really enjoyed looking through this. Thanks for sharing!

[Manofsteelpt]

Originally Posted by KarlS

And the PR

This grey dial with PR is exceptional!

[Kingair]

Nice pieces he makes but don't think it will be ever on my wrist . . .

But luckily we all like different 😉

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[Michael N Q8]

This is amazing. I love their promise of "eternal service". I am liking the roman numerals with the PR.

[KarlS]

We have now entered a point of no return with funds wired yesterday. Still to decide on the Vingt 8 with optical illusion enamel dial or the PR. Additional designs are being worked on now and hopefully will share them when I am back from D.C. Next week. The June 2017 delivery slot booked.

[goog53]

Originally Posted by KarlS

We have now entered a point of no return with funds wired yesterday. Still to decide on the Vingt 8 with optical illusion enamel dial or the PR. Additional designs are being worked on now and hopefully will share them when I am back from D.C. Next week. The June 2017 delivery slot booked.

Major congrats my friend! ENAMEL DIAL

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by PJ S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWtblU8-emY

http://www.europastar.com/magazine/h...alive-and.html
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php...th=903388&rid= – he’s had a CNC machine for nearly 10 years nows.

I’ve a lot of time for the Urban Jurgensens, and being absolutely honest, feel you, and Arnaud, have leapt into your purchases, without exploring a number of cheaper and arguably, just as good alternatives.
UJ is one, Land & Heyne is another, Grieb & Benzinger a third, and possibly Moritz Grossmann as a fourth.

Think UJ is very nice. Just seen them at Salon QP. I like the attention to detail. Currently 1 watch a day and a desire to get to a FPJ level of 1000 and no more. I think I will look at this as a serious contender to the PP 5327 and think the FPJ is now in 3rd place.

Moritz Grossmsn I like the Benin but really strange that I just don't find German watches that compelling. ALS and MG just too sterile but let's hope for Lange & Heyne.

Ferrier no idea why the craze. Find them boring.

[Yamazaki]

I if I ever get a Kari it would very much look like this one. And I mentioned it at another thread but I would go without the PR. It takes away from the simplicity and the beauty of the dial. Congrats and looking forward to the incoming.

[KarlS]

Whilst i am convinced on the blue another colour has ben thrown into the equation...grey!!

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Whilst i am convinced on the blue another colour has ben thrown into the equation...grey!!

Not much depth in that monochrome. I'm still with the blue in posts 60 and 62.

[dberman3]

Great thread. Thank you for sharing.


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[fmc000]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Not much depth in that monochrome. I'm still with the blue in posts 60 and 62.

[Danny83]

Wow very nice looks fun

[lapince]

WOW can't believe not even that I didn't see this thread until today, but that no one told me about it...

Anyways very nice models and great description Karl

[lapince]

As well as the title, very good, but imagine the wait with a RWS, not that would be very long, 1 year is not so long in comparison.

Am sure it will look great whichever you decide to get

[KarlS]

Arnaud u
Like the engraving. I kept it as a screen shot so the photographer is attributed

[locutus49]

Love the one with the hypnotic swirls. I would prefer it in blue.

[cajunron]

Thanks for sharing this. These are beautiful pieces; I'm going to go against the grain and say I like it with the PR. And while the grey looks great, the blue is outstanding!

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by cajunron

Thanks for sharing this. These are beautiful pieces; I'm going to go against the grain and say I like it with the PR. And while the grey looks great, the blue is outstanding!

Actually on another poll of mine 80% are for acPR

[lapince]

Originally Posted by PJ S

I’ve a lot of time for the Urban Jurgensens, and being absolutely honest, feel you, and Arnaud, have leapt into your purchases, without exploring a number of cheaper and arguably, just as good alternatives.
UJ is one, Land & Heyne is another, Grieb & Benzinger a third, and possibly Moritz Grossmann as a fourth.

PJ, all these are very nice, except I don't see one which would have made me a unique watch, with officer case back with unique engraving, which is really what sealed the deal, without the case back not sure I would have gone through with it, from a master watch maker which has good resale in auctions, his watches which are worth 60-65 sell for 50-55 in general, which is good for any brand, sure except a few Rolex or Patek and other similar type brands, and which basically apart from the few things you can't change, case, hands etc, is making me a made to order watch. Also I am not doing it for investment, but I do feel that the way he is going, in 10-20 years, my watch will probably be worth much more than what I paid for it, and this is an important part for me as soon as I put more than 10K into something, not saying that everything I got for more than 10K went for much more later, my cars didn't, as well as a few watches and one flat, but all the rest took value or are sure to take value in some years from now. Also the fact that he always had a maximum of 54 watches per year and wants to stay at that maximum, is very important for me, U Jurgensen which wants to go up to 1000 per year for me is not playing in the same ball game, and the fact that when I saw the vingt-8 with the blue enamel dial it was like that was THE watch for me, and when I showed it to my wife she said the same thing, all that makes that I chose Kari to make me a watch and not someone else, and when I saw his movements in real, I loved the finishing, maybe not Dufour level but probably can stand their ground against any other brand, and the watches, I knew I made the right choice

[lapince]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Arnaud u
Like the engraving. I kept it as a screen shot so the photographer is attributed

Thanks Karl, I already saw it before, it is amazing, but I really love blue, so my engraving will be at the case back, with the blue dial, surely the best choice for me

[lapince]

Originally Posted by Demosthene

The blue dial is amazing!
Much much prefer it to the silver.

Yep same here, and it's what I chose, I think you should as well Karl, like I said I appreciate the fact that you don't want my "unique piece" to transform into "almost unique piece" but with full arabic numerals on the dial and the special blue-purple outer dial color I am choosing, it will be different enough, and the "unique piece" of mine is mostly in the fact that it will have officer case back with unique engraving, that's what really makes it unique IMHO, in any case the dial design I will have has already been made in different ways, though I haven't seen that one was made with full numerals, and clearly not with that kind of outer dial color.

Originally Posted by KarlS

So we have the CAD without the colors and guilloche. Now wondering if the PR is simply detracting from the simplicity of the original 3 hander. What do people think?

Hard to say, I love PR and think it looks great, but yes it does detract a little from the original 3 hander, the reason I chose mine was the simple 3 hander with the enamel, so for me no, but if you are hesitating with other designs, then why not

For the colors I find blue great but grey is also very interesting, as with grey the blue enamel is more in value, both are great to be honest, but grey only as he color of the outer dial with the blue enamel, but I am dead sold on that model so for me it will at 99% look better than others as it is really all that I love, so it's clearly my tastes, but seeing your collection of blue dial watches I think our tastes don't differ that much