KUDOKE – HANDwerk K3 Grüner Wald Sonderedition II Steel 39 mm Anniversary Special Edition 2024
Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO Introducing the Kudoke K3 Grüner Wald Sonderedition II – An EsperLuxe 5 year Anniversary Special Edition Collaboration
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In 2019, Christopher Daaboul of EsperLuxe first met with Stefan Kudoke at Baselworld’s dedicated AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants)
space.
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There was so much to love about Stefan’s work – strong German
watchmaking aesthetic and high quality craftsmanship at great prices. Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k43fw2iR7mwRsL58cEIvNTLJK5iBj2LEW5_6qPhFs0HytCyxnO8X3ifhHvoJ1EKsDBY0l_ze70tClAxJ35Po_P7TCVPlQ2JkeJC096SP-ZNQlyvKMZPCuwMa0Fz4r1eWxlXw2y00ud7LKL-w81r6t2oU0WTO4v8xEZrY2V6tzhncVcyhCJ9doH5S52cW/w640-h544/KUDOKE%20%E2%80%93%20K3_GruenerWald_(013).jpg)
Chris knew that there was a perfect match for EsperLuxe in line with the
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This led
to the first EsperLuxe special edition collaboration – the Kudoke 2
Grüner Wald Sonderedition (Green Forest Special Edition).
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After four
years, EsperLuxe and Kudoke bring back the Grüner Wald (Green Forest)
dial and are proud to unveil another exclusive collaboration – the
Kudoke 3 Grüner Wald Sonderedition II. Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiFJRU-0o_X3zDuL8e0pV4ehDm_35mxwjv8_iBN1ynpPuh9Wf1tmyq1aizkdKmwguSpj7S0-2GEuAQx6rlc8e1nOYRER2xxRoJJUePGVp9UZ3NWp0eGVGTAAY8-I16tyMET9vSejHcYyU5umfrO1YZjbH8JT3PmSgLeg56jlQFzU1PzRaIE5HQJkiRXoW/w640-h400/KUDOKE%20%E2%80%93%20K3_GruenerWald_(04).jpg)
The name for this Esperluxe exclusive timepiece relates to the dial’s
color, a deep textured green inspired by
Stefan’s forest surroundings in
the German watchmaking haven of Saxony. On the dial, the steel hands
are flame tempered brown to complete the color palette of the forest.
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But more than dial color variation, this
special edition is about the
brand and the region’s specialty: hand-engraving. Going above and beyond
the standard engraving found on the
Kudoke main bridges, the entire
mainplate of this timepiece features a relief engraving of a traditional
oak leaf design.
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The
K3 pushes
Kudoke to its next level. One of the biggest challenges
for every watchmaker is retaining the design language established for a
collection without new creations becoming aesthetically monotonous.
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Here, the Kudoke K3 moves in a new direction while maintaining a strong
connection to its predecessors.
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While this timepiece has retained the
same, “traditional” indication of minutes with a large hand and dial
ring, it is the indication of hours that propels the collection’s
evolution in the
Kudoke 3.
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Placed on an attached plate and divided into three dials on the level
below the central dial, the hour is indicated with the help of a
triple-armed hour hand – each hand with different lengths running
between the two dials.
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When one arm of the hand reaches the end of the
hour scale, the next longer or shorter arm appears at the beginning of
the next hour scale.
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Hours 2, 6 and 10 are then shown twice on different
scales before the current hand arm moves on.
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This is inspired by a
combination of an old english pocket watch (for the upper dial) and the
Glashütte Original Panoretropgraph with a three-tier countdown function,
a piece
Stefan worked on during his time in the atelier for prototypes
and complications at GO.
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As with previous models, the understated 39mm stainless steel case with
classic onion crown and 10.3 mm case height provides an appropriate
setting for this classic yet extravagant watch.
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The timepiece’s beating
heart, the
KALIBER 1, is exposed through the sapphire crystal case back
with its relief engraving,
“Sonderedition II,” and oak leaf motif
engraved on the balance cock.
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The result of an exciting partnership once more, the
KUDOKE 3 Grüner
Wald Sonderedition is a
special edition of
18 pieces available
exclusively from EsperLuxe.
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Stefan Kudoke
„More than 15 years ago, I said to my wife, 'I have a crazy idea: I will manufacture my own wat-ches!'“ At that time, Stefan Kudoke
was a student who already had finished his master-watchmaker's degree
and had worked at renowned brands like Glashütte Original, Breguet, and
Blancpain be-fore.
With the founding of his eponymous brand in 2008, Stefan
pursued his dream full-time and made a name for himself as a creator of
exceptionally artistic hand-skeletonized and hand-engraved timepieces
among his KUNSTwerk collection. Of the emergence of his second collection, the HANDwerk line, Stefan explained,
"After more than 10 years, I refined my skeletonizing skills to their
utmost, and I found myself in a position where I wanted to develop my
watchmaking skills further. To use old techniques and keep the practical
know-how of traditional watchmaking alive has always been very
important to me." And he brought this to fruition with the first two
models of his new collection: KUDOKE 1 & 2.
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With his first own movement, Stefan has fulfilled his dream.
Valuable lessons were drawn from the old masters, specifically those of
the German-English traditional handcraft of precision watchma-king.
"During the development of the Kaliber 1, I was inspired by the
design of historical English pocket watches whose use of forms I
incorporated into my movement. Ages ago I bought an old English pocket
watch movement that lay unused in a drawer for a long time. One day it
fell into my hands again, just as the idea of Kaliber 1 began to take
shape."
As with his skeleton models, Stefan Kudoke sets
great value upon the refinement of the watch components by hand. Be it
the polishing of edges at bridges or steel parts, the engravings or the
surface treatment of the wheel bridge using a special grinding
technology – all steps during the finishing process are carried out by
hand exclusively. This is how handcrafted pieces of art are created - in
small volumes and with great care and attention to detail.
[Stefan Kudoke, master watchmaker]
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Technical Specifications
Collection: HANDwerk
Model: KUDOKE 3 Wald Sonderedition II Edition
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Case
Diameter: 39mm, H: 10.3mm
Polished stainless Steel, completely polished
18 ct Rose Gold (5N) on special order with brushed flanks and case-back
Fluted onion crown
Convex sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Sapphire crystal exhibition caseback
Water resistance: 5 ATM/50m
Dial
Frosted two-part dial, silvered/ frosted green, with rhodinized chapter ring on top dial and plate to indicate hours in three sections on dial below
Flame tempered brown steel hands, minute hand with infinity symbol, three-arm hour hand
Movement
In-house Kaliber 1 manual winding
W: 30mm, H: 4.30mm
18 jewels
28,800 vib/h (4Hz)
46 hours power reserve
Relief engraved wheel bridge – “Sonderedition II”
Hand-engraved balance cock with “oak leaf” motif
Strap
Organic bovine leather strap, mocca brown with quick release system and stainless steel buckle
Additional Alcantara strap, stonegrey with quick release system and stainless steel pin buckle
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🔰 Limited Edition: of ✅only 18 pieces
🔴 Price: RRP excluding VAT: 16,150 EUR / $ 16,500
Warranty: 2 years manufacturer warranty
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Press Release - 2024
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Contact: Christopher Daaboul - EsperLuxe
christopher@esperluxe.com
+1 781-269-55-69
www.esperluxe.com
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Kontakt: Ev Kudoke
☎️
+49 35951 347261
📭
ev@kudoke.eu
KUDOKE UHREN,
Inhaber Stefan Kudoke,
Wilthener Weg
17a,
01904 Weifa,
Germany
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