The Kudoke 3 Sky Blue, a New Shade for Stefan Kudoke’s Clever Multi-Hander

Independent German watchmaker Stefan Kudoke has spent the last decade quietly building a very characterful portfolio. His HANDwerk line, led by the Kudoke 1 and Kudoke 2, established a signature design language rooted in traditional Saxon craft, with a pretty poetic twist. The Kudoke 3, launched as a graphic, playful evolution, was presented in salmon and also as the Flakes edition. The new Kudoke 3 Sky Blue debuts at Dubai Watch Week 2025, adding a fresh, airy colourway to this now-signature three-hand concept.

The Sky Blue retains the familiar 39mm by 10.3mm HANDwerk case in fully polished stainless steel, with a stepped bezel, short lugs and the large onion crown signed with a “K” on the flat top. Sapphire crystals front and back frame the watch cleanly without distracting from the dial architecture. Rose gold (5N) remains available on special order for collectors wanting something warmer and more classical. Water-resistant to 50m, it remains an easy, genuinely wearable watch.

Dial-side, the changes are purely aesthetic. The lower level is the same frosted, silvered base with a rhodinised three-sector hour plate that defines the Kudoke 3, but the upper dial is now rendered in a soft, frosted sky blue with a rhodium-plated chapter ring. Time is still read via the three-arm hour hand sweeping over its triple scale: each arm of different length successively takes over the indication, occasionally showing two arms at once at 2, 6 and 10 o’clock. Minutes are read via the blued hand with an infinity symbol tip, echoed at 60 minutes on the chapter ring, a recurring motif of the HANDwerk collection. Heat-blued steel gives the hands a deeper tone than the pastel background, so legibility remains intact despite the playful layout.

The in-house Kaliber 1, developed with Habring² and built in Kudoke’s workshop, is unchanged. The hand-wound movement runs at 28,800 vibrations/hour with a 46-hour power reserve and features a frosted wheel bridge, a hand-engraved balance cock with an infinity motif, hand-polished bevels and blued screws. 

The Kudoke 3 Sky Blue is worn on a leather or Alcantara strap closed with a stainless steel pin buckle as standard; a folding clasp in steel and rose gold case/buckle options are available on request. It will be available directly from Kudoke and through the brand’s small network of partners, priced at EUR 11,500. Please visit www.kudoke.eu for more information.