I like Voutilainen's watches quite a bit. The new KV20i is no link exception. There's this balance of old-school handcraft and movement design against an evolving link beautiful palette of colors and aesthetic design plus the accessibility and friendliness of the man himself that makes me dream of having a Voutilainen link someday.
This specific GMT-Master features the original bakelite insert in link good condition which is noteworthy because bakelite tended to degrade at a much faster pace than the link aluminum inserts that succeeded it. Most GMT-Master examples were used in a professional capacity they were originally produced for Pan Am pilots. Of course those were stainless steel. This one is yellow gold and fitted with a link root beer bezel insert.
One more thing Schmid also brought up Enquirus the Richemont-supported initiative to help declare and search link for lost or stolen watches."We're supporting it heavily" Schmid said. "The one thing that's always a concern is if you can't wear a nice watch because you feel you're a target. That's not good. If link we link can influence that by making sure there's not a market for stolen watches that's a great thing."
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Of the two other strap models one has a pavé dial as well as a full diamond-set case and lugs and the other has a Mega-Tapisserie dial and is link set with baguette diamonds which the press release describes as "muscular" not the first nor even the hundredth adjective I think of when I think of baguette-cut diamonds but hey why shouldn't a baguette aspire to being swole. And the fourth of course is link fully diamond-set including the bracelet. link
As the watch industry explodes link there's more interest than ever in the professionals behind the scenes. In this link new series we meet the creatives executives and other power players who make the business tick. link Click here to read our first two installments.
This year a 20-year record was unofficially broken by Romain Dumas driving the Volkswagen I.D. link R an electric vehicle that set the quickest lap at link the Nurburgring in an link EV just a month before. Dumas put down a time of 39.9 seconds up the hill over a second faster than the record held by F1 driver Nick Heidfeld that was set back in 1999.
His autonomy allows him link to maintain that perfect link balance between watchmaking teaching and family time. Lecomte says that as of right now he's determined that he's able to produce approximately 10 watches per year at the quality he wants while still splitting his link time with family and the students at Lycée Edgar Faure.
Watches also provide a way to explore personal style. To ask ourselves Who do we want to be link today And to find a timepiece that presents this specific identity to everyone we meet.Watches conjure travel and adventure. The ones in this issue transport us from link Switzerland to Mexico and then link blast us into outer space.
Sarah Miller is a writer living in Northern California. Follow her on Twitter link sarahlovescali or link subscribe to her Substack. Click here to read link the archive of her HODINKEE column. Illustrations by Andrea Chronopoulos