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Voutilainen
Vingt-8 ISO
A thought-provoking white gold wristwatch with alternative minute display, guarantee, and presentation box
Estimate
$100,000–200,000
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Manufacturer
Voutilainen
Year
Circa 2017, Switzerland
Movement No
28ISO-2
Model Name
Vingt-8 ISO
Material
18K white gold
Calibre
Manual, in-house cal. 28, 35 jewels
Bracelet/Strap
Crocodile
Clasp/Buckle
18K white gold Voutilainen pin buckle
Dimensions
39mm Diameter
Signed
Case, dial, movement, and buckle signed.
Accessories
Accompanied by Voutilainen certificate booklet dated February 2017, warranty/service booklet, polishing cloth, additional crocodile strap, box guarantee, fitted Vichard presentation box, and outer box.
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GOOD TO KNOW
• Likely the 2nd example of Vingt-8 ISO ever made, and the 2nd example sold by Phillips
• Unique dial configuration with applied pink gold indexes and hands, red minute track
• Fresh-to-the-auction-market
Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8 ISO takes the horological master’s classical design and adds a dash of playfulness, resulting in a mesmerizing and novel manner of reading time.
The peculiar time display on the Vingt-8 ISO takes inspiration from the work of world-renowned psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman. Kahneman describes the two different ways our brain forms thoughts: System 1 and System 2. Telling time by looking at a regular wristwatch is a result of a System 1 activity; a glance suffices because the ‘code’ is so familiar that in an instant you know the time without having to think twice.
The Vingt-8 ISO counters System 1 and requires System 2 thinking where time-telling becomes more than just thoughtlessly recognizing the position of hands. The idea is that this helps create a more intimate relationship with the watch. The hour hand rotates on a normal 12 hour speed whereas the minutes hand rotates 13 times every hour.
Even if it can seem complicated, one can rapidly become accustomed to reading time without referring to the minutes scale on the outer ring.
• at the full hour, the minute hand overlaps the hour hand.
• at every half hour, the minute hand and hour hand are positioned at a 180 degree angle, or exactly opposite.
Delivered in 2017, this 18K white gold Vingt-8 ISO is fitted with a silvered guilloché dial, with pink gold baton indexes and pink gold observatory hands, encircled by a red minute track in a likely unique execution. Only the second example of a Vingt-8 ISO to be offered by Phillips, its movement number indicates it is likely the second ISO model made by Voutilainen. Coming with all of its original accessories, it is a watch for those who think differently.
• Likely the 2nd example of Vingt-8 ISO ever made, and the 2nd example sold by Phillips
• Unique dial configuration with applied pink gold indexes and hands, red minute track
• Fresh-to-the-auction-market
Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8 ISO takes the horological master’s classical design and adds a dash of playfulness, resulting in a mesmerizing and novel manner of reading time.
The peculiar time display on the Vingt-8 ISO takes inspiration from the work of world-renowned psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman. Kahneman describes the two different ways our brain forms thoughts: System 1 and System 2. Telling time by looking at a regular wristwatch is a result of a System 1 activity; a glance suffices because the ‘code’ is so familiar that in an instant you know the time without having to think twice.
The Vingt-8 ISO counters System 1 and requires System 2 thinking where time-telling becomes more than just thoughtlessly recognizing the position of hands. The idea is that this helps create a more intimate relationship with the watch. The hour hand rotates on a normal 12 hour speed whereas the minutes hand rotates 13 times every hour.
Even if it can seem complicated, one can rapidly become accustomed to reading time without referring to the minutes scale on the outer ring.
• at the full hour, the minute hand overlaps the hour hand.
• at every half hour, the minute hand and hour hand are positioned at a 180 degree angle, or exactly opposite.
Delivered in 2017, this 18K white gold Vingt-8 ISO is fitted with a silvered guilloché dial, with pink gold baton indexes and pink gold observatory hands, encircled by a red minute track in a likely unique execution. Only the second example of a Vingt-8 ISO to be offered by Phillips, its movement number indicates it is likely the second ISO model made by Voutilainen. Coming with all of its original accessories, it is a watch for those who think differently.