Kudoke

Kudoke KudOktopus Engraved Watch

A little tentacle action with your time sir? German watch maker Kudoke unveiled this whimsical engraved dial watch creation with a skeletonized dial featuring a gold octopus. The name of the watch clearly being a combo of the brand name and the word "octopus." The KudOkopus is really all about the dial and the imagery you see. A perfect watch for an aquarium enthusiast? Mollusk lover? Or perhaps a weathered sailor?

In steel, the watch is 42mm wide with a decorated and highly engraved Swiss manually wound movement. Not sure specifically which movement though. There are two blued steel hands for the time, but the rest of the watch is all about the image that makes up the face. Kudoke hand engraves images such as this on the dials - and this KudOkopus is just the most recent in a long time of them. Price for it is 7,990 euros.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Kudoke Skeletonized Watches To Be Announced At Baselworld

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

There has been a lot of buzz about Stefan Kudoke and the upcoming Kudoke watch line. Reminding me of a more refined and precision cut Krone skeletonized watches, the Kudoke watches are all about appreciating the beauty of a watch movement. Stripped to the bone (no pun intended) this skeletonized look even gets a fair amount of engraving decoration on many of the bridges. Such engraving contrasts with perlage polish, while steel and gold tones play off of one another in this very interesting design. The hands of the watch look as finely cut as the face, but seem to have an artisan look that helps promote the idea that this is still an 'independent' watch. Seeing this timepiece in a 'still' image doesn't allow you to appreciate just how animated the entire piece likely is while in operation. With gears constantly moving the entire timepiece serves to feature the essential aspect of watch making... the watch movement itself.

More details will be available later this month as the Kudoke watch line is officially unveiled at Baselworld. The movements are each skeletonized and decorated by hand. I anticipate the watch line to be in precious metals with comparable luxury pricing.

Ariel Adams publishes the watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Tags: baselworld, Kudoke, skeletonized, stefan, timepeice, watch