Kandy Orange
A Tribute to Wassily Kandinsky.
Limited Edition of only 3 pieces
2.799,00 € (2.352,10 € excl. VAT)
Sold out
Kandy Orange
A Tribute to Wassily Kandinsky.
Limited Edition of only 3 pieces
2.799,00 € (2.352,10 € excl. VAT)
Sold out
Technical Data
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| Case | Stainless steel housing with four colored glass inserts on the back, 3 indentations on the side |
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| Strap | Soft calfskin strap in orange with engraved solid stainless steel pin buckle |
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A Tribute to Wassily Kandinsky
The “Kandy Orange” model is a tribute to the most famous Russian avant-gardist Wassily Kandinsky. His extraordinary artistic intelligence and his keen sense of colors and shapes inspired this unique design. Kandinsky attributed deeper meanings and associations to colors—he described blue as “soft” and “aromatic,” while yellow was “sharp” and “piercing” to him. He imagined red as a square.
Alexander Shorokhov incorporates these shapes and colors in this limited edition. The square dials are three-dimensionally guilloché, and the case back features four round glasses in the dominant colors of avant-garde art: red, blue, and yellow.
The case is modern and angular, with rounded corners and three milled recesses on the sides. The hands and hour markers are kept classic and clean to emphasize the “edgy” look. The typical large numbers 60, 20, and 40 also find their usual place.
A soft orange calf leather strap with an engraved, solid stainless steel buckle completes the overall concept. Limited to only 3 pieces, this model is a coveted collector’s item.
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Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page2.059,00 € (1.730,25 € exkl. MwSt.)The first absolutely round wristwatch by Alexander Shorokhoff.
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I only buy watches to wear. None live in a safe awaiting the day they will be resold to another collector. In fact, I have only sold one watch in my life (a gold Rolex President with diamonds) because it was a dated look for me and the diamonds were after market. (I bought a limited edition Breitling with an in-house movement to update my look in case you are wondering.) My heirs will have to resell the rest.
The Alexander Shorokhhoff Kandy Orange watch is flawless and beautiful and feels perfect on the wrist. This is my first watch from Shorokhhoff. I was admittedly nervous thinking this was an overpriced rebirth brand made in China. My initial concerns were unfounded.
While I find many of these Shorokhhoff watches to be unique and interesting, I had to ask myself when would I wear that watch. I actually have a checklist of things a watch must have before I will consider it, and this watch had almost none of those objective attributes. But something about this watch just literally jumped out at me. Orange you say? Well, I’m a University of Florida Gator graduate (two degrees), so orange is my color. Are the 60, 20, and 40 dial markers unusual? Yep. Do they help you read the time. Sort of. Did I even notice that at first? Nope. Am I an art deco fan? Not really. I was also nervous about buying a watch online sight unseen from a foreign country. I can say that if that is your sticking point, I would not worry about that. If you love the look of this watch, you will get what you see. Exactly. It is a luxury quality product. But once you love the look of a watch, you have to decide if you can afford it. If you can pay the asking price, then you have to worry about whether you are getting ripped off. Unlike some other “fashion” watches that I own (Gucci, Swatch Omega), this is a luxury watch, with a luxury box (which should not matter but it does), with a luxury fit and finish despite the fact that I first heard about the brand on Instagram. While I have more expensive watches, this was admittedly three times over what I would normally pay for watches now, and I had to think about it before making the purchase. It was a splurge when I have so many other options. I don’t have any real watch nerds that I’m trying to impress in my business or life in general. Nobody who is outside the watch world will say, “OH! Is that one of the Shorokohhoff limited edition watches.” If it is not a Rolex, then any cool looking watch is just another watch–and it is not an Apple Watch so what does it even do? There are THOUSANDS of other watches at, or below, this price, but only 2 others like this. I am very pleased with my purchase and I feel happy every time I look at it. In my opinion, the THAT is the real measure of a watch (or any purchase really). If you look at it and brings joy to your heart, then you are doing the right thing. This watch is now on the list of my prized possessions. All thanks to a Russian guy making watches in Germany. I would 10/10 recommend this watch or any watch using this same design template. While I can’t speak to the others, I bet they have the same quality and attention to detail.
P.S. This is an automatic watch but it can be hand wound if you let the power reserve run down. The ETA movement is so precise that for the first few days, I did not think it was winding properly because I could not feel anything when turning the crown after a few turns, so I stopped. When I looked the movement up online, it said 20-40 clockwise turns at position 0 (fully pushed in). Yesterday, I turned it 20 times and it lept to life.
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