My First Grail Watch: Kari Voutilainen
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Kari Voutilainen, a watchmaker who owns his exclusive brand, Kari Voutilainen.watches-dealer (ABTW): Who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Kari Voutilainen: I am first and foremost a watchmaker. I also have a watch company in which we are making our own in-house movements, as well as dials and hands. My production is extremely exclusive and I will keep it this way. My relation is good with watch industry - actually we are part of it - but we are very independent. This is because we don't have suppliers - we do everything by ourselves.ABTW: When did your fascination with watches start?Kari Voutilainen: When I was a child, we had a family friend who had a watch shop, and was also a watchmaker.ABTW: A great way to be introduced to a wide variety of wa

a bad price for a great vintage looking IWC automatic movement
This watch comes on a strap slightly used crocodile and is available for $1895, not a bad price for a great vintage looking IWC automatic movement. This watch is beautiful, no doubt about it. We are a little concerned that the face can have been presented, as we mentioned, substantially reducing the value of a vintage watch. The seller claims it is 100% original, and we have nothing that good things heard speak this particular seller, so we would like to think they are the truth.

Air King - Glad this made it to my collection
While I have heard of this Rolex model before, I have always thought it to be the earlier versions 34mm. And so when I was offered one, I decided to pass on. But the curiosity side of me said that I should check this watch, and there only did I realize that it was a different Air King version after all that escaped my notice because of probably the Daytona mania of Baselworld 2016.Fast forward today, I'm glad to be able to finally land this piece. To be honest, I just can't resist the quirkiness of this watch. Yellow, Green, White, Black �� seldom do you see this mix of color on a Rolex. More so, the busy dial with lots of numerals in different fonts - applied and printed, white gold and just plain white, luminosity and non-luminosity, a Milgauss-like case and anti-magnetic properties with the Explorer 1 indices at 3-6-9 and Mercedes hands, with a combo of Milgauss/Explorer 1 bracelet... indeed lots of things going on with this watch. No wonder this watch can attract strong reaction

Rolex Explorer 39mm or subc Nd
Got the Okay from the wife to get a new Rolex...next year. Should I go with the Explorer 39mm or subc Nd. I like how the Explorer flys under the radar. I'm afraid I would crack the bezel on the sub. I have a breitling with a bezel full of scratches and gouges and afraid the ceramic would crack.

SS Sky D vs. TT Sky D
What's up that I'm seeing the white face SS Sky D selling for 2k more than the champagne faced TT?Blue face even more...Why the discount on the TT? Nobody wants them? In 2019 the TT for 15k - what will happen if they put on a TT with blue dial? or a different sunburst dial?I don't know. I don't like that at all.I can't be the first to mention.