Kari Voutilainen Presents 28 Sarasamon Timepiece

Independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen has developed a new model 28 Sarasamon in common with one of the leading Japanese lacquer art studios Unryuan. The sleek dial of the novelty is made using ancient Japanese technologies Saiei Maki-e and Somata Zaiku, implementation of which requires several months of manual work. In the manufacture of the dial were used Kinpun (gold dust), Jyunkin-itakane (gold leaf), Yakou-gai and Awabi-gai (plant pigments).

28 Sarasamon watch by Kari Voutilainen

The central part of the dial is decorated with gorgeous patterns in different shades. Adorned with lines, the dial features applied Arabic numerals 12, 3 and 9 and hour markers. Indication of hours and minutes is carried out by means of two gold hands with "Breguet apples."
The dial is inserted in a 37 mm round polished case with thickness of 10.80 mm in 18-carat pink gold.
The 28 Sarasamon watch is equipped by a manufacturing mechanism with manual winding. A special escapement with two wheels characterizes the caliber. The mechanism is compiled on the 21 jewels, has a frequency 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour, balance wheel with a diameter of 13.6 mm. The plate and bridges are made of untreated German silver (an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc), and wheels - 18-carat pink gold. The caliber is perfectly finished and decorated by hand.

Kari Voutilainen 28 Sarasamon watch caseback

The watch comes on a leather strap in black with a buckle in 18-carat pink gold.

P.S. The talented watchmaker Kari Voutilainen for his model Observatoire received the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve.

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Written by Angel