Kari Voutilainen

An uncommon Voutilainen OBSERVATOIRE

One of the things that appeals to many people about independent watchmakers is that there’s often a story, a narrative, behind the watchmaker and his or her watch which gives an added personal dimension to each timepiece. Kari Voutilainen’s modern classic, the Observatoire, has such a story.
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Tweet Kari Voutilainen created a gorgeous minute repeater, based on a client’s desire for an exceptional and personalized timepiece. This is not the first repeater coming from Atelier Voutilainen. Minute Repeater 10 is made according to the desires of a client, one of those superb possibilities for bespoke timepieces that artisan watchmakers (or small...
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Tweet Many watch enthusiasts have been waiting for this moment. Kari Voutilainen releases the Twenty-8 with his new in-house developed and in-house manufactured movement, calibre 28. Kari Voutlainen decided to design his own new movement, calibre 28, and the movements are also manufactured in-house. When I visited Kari Voutilainen last summer he showed me...
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Tweet Monochrome’s Tour de Suisse continues with more visits and meeting with the finest independent watchmakers. Kari Voutilainen, De Bethune, MB&F, Hautlence, URWERK, Ladoire and MCT Watches. And interesting mix of classical watchmaking and steampunk design. In the following weeks I’ll write much more about these visits, so stay tuned. Visiting Kari Voutilainen was...
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Tweet From Saturday 21th of August until Thursday the 26th I’m going to Switzerland visiting many independent watchmakers. And of course you can read all about the meetings and news the watchmakers want to share, here on Monochrome. Worldwide there are a few dozen of independent watchmakers who really make extraordinary watches, at least...
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Tweet Another interesting day at Baselworld… and besides several meetings and running into some of the very best watchmakers on planet earth during a book-signing, it was also time to finally get my new MIH Watch! Today the book 12 Faces of Time was officially released with a book-signing. Elizabeth Doerr, writer, and Ralf...
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