diff --git a/thunder/clang/__init__.py b/thunder/clang/__init__.py
index e9bbf7ac2a..c12365ba80 100644
--- a/thunder/clang/__init__.py
+++ b/thunder/clang/__init__.py
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ def __call__(self, fn: Callable) -> Callable:
 @clangop()
 def check_tensor_shape_and_metadata(t: TensorProxy, /) -> None:
     return prims.check_tensor_shape_and_metadata(
-        t, tuple(t.shape), str(t.device), dtypes.to_torch_dtype(t.dtype), t.requires_grad
+        t,
+        tuple(t.shape),
+        t.device.device_str(),
+        dtypes.to_torch_dtype(t.dtype),
+        t.requires_grad,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/thunder/core/codeutils.py b/thunder/core/codeutils.py
index 91b135d494..2c74cc8053 100644
--- a/thunder/core/codeutils.py
+++ b/thunder/core/codeutils.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def prettyprint(
     if isinstance(x, dtypes.dtype):
         return m(f"dtypes.{str(x)}")
     if isinstance(x, devices.Device):
-        return m(f'devices.Device("{str(x)}")')
+        return m(f'devices.Device("{x.device_str()}")')
     if type(x) is type:
         return m(f"{baseutils.print_type(x, with_quotes=False)}")
     if dataclasses.is_dataclass(x):
@@ -243,12 +243,14 @@ def prettyprint(
         # NOTE: The `class` packagename1_MyContainer will present in `import_ctx` and passed to the compiled function.
         # This is taken care of by function `to_printable`.
         name = _generate_dataclass_class_name(x)
-        instance_repr = str(x)
-        parens_idx = instance_repr.find("(")
-        call_repr = instance_repr[
-            parens_idx:
-        ]  # only keep the construction part of the repr (as we will use our generated name)
-        return m(f"{name + call_repr}")
+        call_repr = []
+        for k, v in x.__dict__.items():
+            try:
+                call_repr.append(f"{k}={v.name}")
+            except:
+                call_repr.append(f"{k}={v}")
+        call_repr_str = ",".join(call_repr)
+        return m(f"{name}({call_repr_str})")
 
     # Handles objects that this doesn't know how to serialize as a string
     return m(f"(object of type {print_type(type(x), with_quotes=False)})")
diff --git a/thunder/core/devices.py b/thunder/core/devices.py
index d08dd2826c..70c79a21fb 100644
--- a/thunder/core/devices.py
+++ b/thunder/core/devices.py
@@ -118,14 +118,21 @@ def __hash__(self) -> int:
     #   converting Thunder devices to PyTorch devices
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         if self.devicetype == DeviceType.CUDA:
-            return f"{devicetype_string(self.devicetype)}:{self.index}"
+            return f"thunder.devices.Device(type='{devicetype_string(self.devicetype)}:{self.index}')"
         # note: self.devicetype == DeviceType.CPU, .META
-        return devicetype_string(self.devicetype)
+        return f"thunder.devices.Device(type='{devicetype_string(self.devicetype)}')"
 
     # NOTE Because devices are singleton object, this has the luxury of using "is"
     def __eq__(self, other: Device) -> bool:
         return self is other
 
+    # NOTE this is needed when passing devices.Device to torch operators such as torch.testing.make_tensor
+    def device_str(self) -> str:
+        if self.devicetype == DeviceType.CUDA:
+            return f"{devicetype_string(self.devicetype)}:{self.index}"
+        # note: self.devicetype == DeviceType.CPU, .META
+        return devicetype_string(self.devicetype)
+
 
 cpu = Device(DeviceType.CPU, None)
 
@@ -185,4 +192,6 @@ def to_torch_device(x: None | str | torch.device | Device, /) -> None | torch.de
         return x
 
     baseutils.check_type(x, (Device, str))
-    return torch.device(str(x))
+    if isinstance(x, Device):
+        return torch.device(x.device_str())
+    return torch.device(x)
diff --git a/thunder/core/dtypes.py b/thunder/core/dtypes.py
index b180aa3127..c021975bb6 100644
--- a/thunder/core/dtypes.py
+++ b/thunder/core/dtypes.py
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ def shortname(self):
 
     # TODO Fix name printing
     def __repr__(self):
-        return (
-            f"{self._name}{8 * self._bytes}{f'_{self._variant}' if self._variant else ''}{'_' if self._is_weak else ''}"
-        )
+        return f"thunder.dtypes.{self._name}{8 * self._bytes}{f'_{self._variant}' if self._variant else ''}{'_' if self._is_weak else ''}"
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.__repr__()
diff --git a/thunder/core/prims.py b/thunder/core/prims.py
index d84536ff7f..018ccf152f 100644
--- a/thunder/core/prims.py
+++ b/thunder/core/prims.py
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ def assert_tensor_metadata_impl(
     if (
         type(t) in (torch.Tensor, torch.nn.Parameter)
         and tuple(t.shape) == shape
-        and str(t.device) == str(device)
+        and str(t.device) == device.device_str()
         and t.dtype == dtype
         and t.requires_grad == requires_grad
     ):
         return
 
     raise AssertionError(
-        f"Object had unexpected metadata. Expected type Tensor/nn.Parameter (without subclass), shape {shape}, device {str(device)}, dtype {dtype}, and {requires_grad=}, but found type {type(t)}, shape {tuple(t.shape)}, device {str(t.device)}, and requires_grad {t.requires_grad}"
+        f"Object had unexpected metadata. Expected type Tensor/nn.Parameter (without subclass), shape {shape}, device {str(device.device_str())}, dtype {dtype}, and {requires_grad=}, but found type {type(t)}, shape {tuple(t.shape)}, device {str(t.device)}, and requires_grad {t.requires_grad}"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/thunder/core/proxies.py b/thunder/core/proxies.py
index c0ff0e90f1..89479bc43f 100644
--- a/thunder/core/proxies.py
+++ b/thunder/core/proxies.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def replace_name(self, name: str | None = None):
         return self.__class__(name=name)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"{self.name}"
+        return f'<{type(self).__name__}(name="{self.name}", dtype={self.dtype}, shape={self.shape}>'
 
     def type_string(self) -> str:
         return "Any"
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ def real(self):
 
 
 def tensorproxy(t: torch.Tensor, /, *, name: None | str, history: None | tuple = None) -> TensorProxy:
-    device = devices.device_from_string(str(t.device))
+    device = devices.to_device(t.device)
     dtype = dtypes.to_dtype(t.dtype)
     # See Note [DistributedDataParallel and distparallel_type]
     distparallel_type = getattr(t, "distparallel_type", None)
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ def tensorproxy(t: torch.Tensor, /, *, name: None | str, history: None | tuple =
 def futuretensorproxy(
     t: torch.Tensor | TensorProxy | FutureTensorProxy, /, *, name: None | str, history: None | tuple = None
 ) -> FutureTensorProxy:
-    device = devices.device_from_string(str(t.device))
+    device = devices.to_device(t.device)
     dtype = dtypes.to_dtype(t.dtype)
     # NOTE Without tuple(t.shape) then the shape would be a torch.Size object
     return FutureTensorProxy(
diff --git a/thunder/distributed/tensor_parallel/common.py b/thunder/distributed/tensor_parallel/common.py
index 9b7770f94b..2f6141c92a 100644
--- a/thunder/distributed/tensor_parallel/common.py
+++ b/thunder/distributed/tensor_parallel/common.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def transform_traces(
                         if c.sym is prims.check_tensor_shape_and_metadata:
                             # TODO have a more principled way to update this?
                             a0, _, _, *a2pp = c.args
-                            c.args = (a0, tuple(new_shape), str(a0.device), *a2pp)
+                            c.args = (a0, tuple(new_shape), a0.device.device_str(), *a2pp)
 
         for bsym in prologue_trace.bound_symbols:
             if bsym.sym is prims.check_tensor_shape_and_metadata and prologue_producers[bsym.args[0]].sym in (
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def transform_traces(
                 assert param_thunder_module is thunder_module_proxy
                 if name not in self.chunked_param_name_to_layer_type:
                     a0, shape, _, *a2pp = bsym.args
-                    bsym.args = (a0, shape, str(a0.device), *a2pp)
+                    bsym.args = (a0, shape, a0.device.device_str(), *a2pp)
 
         if len(modules_and_thunder_modules) != 1:
             raise NotImplementedError("cannot deal with modules other than the compiled module")
diff --git a/thunder/distributed/transforms/fsdp_v2.py b/thunder/distributed/transforms/fsdp_v2.py
index 71c51e7698..bc1236e0c1 100644
--- a/thunder/distributed/transforms/fsdp_v2.py
+++ b/thunder/distributed/transforms/fsdp_v2.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def transform_traces(self, prologue_trace, computation_trace, epilogue_trace, **
                     param_name_to_comp_trc_proxy[param_name] = comp_inp_p
                     old_shape, new_shape, new_torch_device = self.sharded_params[param_name]
                     thunder_device = devices.to_device(new_torch_device)
-                    thunder_device_str = str(thunder_device)
+                    thunder_device_str = thunder_device.device_str()
 
                     pro_out_p._distparallel_type = DistParallelType.FULLY_SHARDED
                     pro_out_p._shape = tuple(new_shape)
diff --git a/thunder/executors/torchex.py b/thunder/executors/torchex.py
index aa4d741052..c49ff95358 100644
--- a/thunder/executors/torchex.py
+++ b/thunder/executors/torchex.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def _to_transform(
 
 
 def _device_put_transform(a: TensorProxy, device: devices.Device) -> TensorProxy:
-    torch_device: str = str(device)
+    torch_device: str = device.device_str()
     return to(a, torch_device)
 
 
diff --git a/thunder/extend/__init__.py b/thunder/extend/__init__.py
index dac6ff5953..e525c2e8a4 100644
--- a/thunder/extend/__init__.py
+++ b/thunder/extend/__init__.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def implmap(self) -> dict[Hashable, ImplInfo]:
         return self._implmap
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return str(self.name)
+        return f"thunder.extend.OperatorExecutor('{str(self.name)}')"
 
     def __hash__(self) -> int:
         return hash(self.name)
diff --git a/thunder/tests/distributed/test_ddp.py b/thunder/tests/distributed/test_ddp.py
index e255a0b7ac..a2f086062e 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/distributed/test_ddp.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/distributed/test_ddp.py
@@ -1110,7 +1110,6 @@ def create_per_process_dataloader(
     sampler = tudata.SequentialSampler(dataset)
 
     collate_fn = None
-
     if devicetype is not devices.DeviceType.CPU:
         assert devicetype is devices.DeviceType.CUDA, f"Unknown devicetype {devicetype}"
         device = torch.device("cuda", rank)
@@ -1214,6 +1213,7 @@ def _test_native_ddp_helper(input_data):
     torch_dtype = ltorch.to_torch_dtype(dtype)
 
     pg = init_per_process_distributed(init_method, devicetype, world_size, rank)
+
     tdist.barrier(pg)
 
     dataloader = create_per_process_dataloader(
diff --git a/thunder/tests/framework.py b/thunder/tests/framework.py
index 6826e81960..adaae6d897 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/framework.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/framework.py
@@ -276,14 +276,15 @@ def _instantiate_executor_test_template(
 ) -> Callable:
     devicetype: devices.DeviceType
     device_str: str | list[str]
+    devicetype = device_or_devices
     if isinstance(device_or_devices, devices.Device):
         devicetype = device_or_devices.devicetype
-        device_str = str(device_or_devices)
+        device_str = device_or_devices.device_str()
     else:
         devicetype = device_or_devices[0].devicetype
         device_str = []
         for device in device_or_devices:
-            device_str.append(str(device))
+            device_str.append(device.device_str())
 
     devicetype_str = devices.devicetype_string(devicetype)
     template_name = as_name if as_name is not None else template.__name__
diff --git a/thunder/tests/make_tensor.py b/thunder/tests/make_tensor.py
index 76442bec62..763b7a842b 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/make_tensor.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/make_tensor.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import cast, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
+import thunder
 
 # adapted from https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/torch/testing/_creation.py
 # Changes:
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def _uniform_random(t: torch.Tensor, low: float, high: float):
 def make_tensor(
     *shape: int | torch.Size | list[int] | tuple[int, ...],
     dtype: torch.dtype,
-    device: str | torch.device,
+    device: str | torch.device | thunder.devices.Device,
     low: float | None = None,
     high: float | None = None,
     requires_grad: bool = False,
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def make_tensor(
     Args:
         shape (Tuple[int, ...]): Single integer or a sequence of integers defining the shape of the output tensor.
         dtype (:class:`torch.dtype`): The data type of the returned tensor.
-        device (Union[str, torch.device]): The device of the returned tensor.
+        device (Union[str, torch.device, thunder.devices.Device]): The device of the returned tensor.
         low (Optional[Number]): Sets the lower limit (inclusive) of the given range. If a number is provided it is
             clamped to the least representable finite value of the given dtype. When ``None`` (default),
             this value is determined based on the :attr:`dtype` (see the table above). Default: ``None``.
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ def clamp(a, l, h):
 
         return low, high
 
+    if isinstance(device, thunder.devices.Device):
+        device = device.device_str()
+
     if len(shape) == 1 and isinstance(shape[0], collections.abc.Sequence):
         shape = shape[0]  # type: ignore[assignment]
     shape = cast(tuple[int, ...], tuple(shape))
diff --git a/thunder/tests/opinfos.py b/thunder/tests/opinfos.py
index e2ffb18dfc..8841b0d2aa 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/opinfos.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/opinfos.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def is_active(
         # Acquires devicetype
         devicetype_: devices.DeviceType
         if isinstance(device_or_devicetype, str):
-            devicetype_ = devices.device_from_string(device_or_devicetype).devicetype
+            devicetype_ = devices.to_device(device_or_devicetype).devicetype
         elif isinstance(device_or_devicetype, devices.Device):
             devicetype_ = device_or_devicetype.devicetype
         else:
@@ -392,26 +392,22 @@ def sample_inputs(
         self, device: str | devices.Device, dtype: datatypes.dtype, *, requires_grad: bool = False, **kwargs
     ) -> Generator:
         torch_dtype = to_torch_dtype(dtype)
-        torch_device = str(device)
-        return self.sample_input_generator(self, torch_device, torch_dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs)
+        return self.sample_input_generator(self, device, torch_dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs)
 
     def reference_inputs(
         self, device: str | devices.Device, dtype: datatypes.dtype, *, requires_grad: bool = False, **kwargs
     ) -> Generator:
         torch_dtype = to_torch_dtype(dtype)
-        torch_device = str(device)
-        return self.reference_input_generator(self, torch_device, torch_dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs)
+        return self.reference_input_generator(self, device, torch_dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs)
 
     def error_inputs(self, device: devices.Device, **kwargs):
-        torch_device = str(device)
-        return self.error_input_generator(self, torch_device, **kwargs)
+        return self.error_input_generator(self, device, **kwargs)
 
     # NOTE Today all benchmarks are generated with PyTorch, so Thunder objects,
     #   like dtypes, need to be translated into PyTorch objects
     def benchmarks(self, device: devices.Device, dtype: datatypes.dtype, *, requires_grad: bool = False, **kwargs):
         torch_dtype = to_torch_dtype(dtype)
-        torch_device = str(device)
-        return self.benchmark_generator(self, torch_device, dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs)
+        return self.benchmark_generator(self, device, dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs)
 
     def devicetypes(self):
         return set(self._devicetypes)
@@ -5565,7 +5561,7 @@ def full_sample_generator(op, device, dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs):
 
 
 def full_error_generator(op, device, **kwargs):
-    err_msg = "Can't safely cast fill_value of numbertype <class 'complex'> to dtype float32"
+    err_msg = "Can't safely cast fill_value of numbertype <class 'complex'> to dtype thunder.dtypes.float32"
     yield (SampleInput((1, 2), 1j, device=device, dtype=torch.float), RuntimeError, err_msg)
 
 
@@ -5744,7 +5740,7 @@ def bernoulli_sample_generator(op, device, dtype, requires_grad, **kwargs):
 
 
 def bernoulli_error_generator(op, device, **kwargs):
-    err_msg = "bernoulli only supports floating point dtypes, got int64"
+    err_msg = "bernoulli only supports floating point dtypes, got thunder.dtypes.int64"
     yield (SampleInput(torch.ones(3, 3, device=device, dtype=torch.long)), RuntimeError, err_msg)
 
     err_msg = "generator is not None which is currently unsupported"
@@ -5903,13 +5899,13 @@ def tensor_constructor_error_generator(op, device, **kwargs):
     err_msg = "Expected sequences of numbers, but found type <class 'list'>"
     yield (SampleInput([[1], [[6, 2]]]), ValueError, err_msg)
 
-    err_msg = "Can't safely cast sequence with numbertype <class 'float'> to dtype int32"
+    err_msg = "Can't safely cast sequence with numbertype <class 'float'> to dtype thunder.dtypes.int32"
     yield (SampleInput([[1, 2.0], [6, 2]], dtype=torch.int32), RuntimeError, err_msg)
 
-    err_msg = "Can't safely cast sequence with numbertype <class 'complex'> to dtype int32"
+    err_msg = "Can't safely cast sequence with numbertype <class 'complex'> to dtype thunder.dtypes.int32"
     yield (SampleInput([[1, 2j], [6, 2]], dtype=torch.int32), RuntimeError, err_msg)
 
-    err_msg = "Can't safely cast sequence with numbertype <class 'complex'> to dtype float64"
+    err_msg = "Can't safely cast sequence with numbertype <class 'complex'> to dtype thunder.dtypes.float64"
     yield (SampleInput([[1, 2j], [6, 2]], dtype=torch.float64), RuntimeError, err_msg)
 
 
diff --git a/thunder/tests/test_core.py b/thunder/tests/test_core.py
index 09c5e81baa..f66318c3e2 100644
--- a/thunder/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/thunder/tests/test_core.py
@@ -1243,7 +1243,9 @@ def foo(x, y, z):
     consumers = thunder.core.utils.consumers(trace)
     region_bsyms = trace.bound_symbols[:3]
     region = Region(producers, consumers, region_bsyms)
-    assert len(region.inputs) == 0 and sorted(str(v) for v in region.outputs) == ["t0"]
+    assert len(region.inputs) == 0 and sorted(str(v) for v in region.outputs) == [
+        '<TensorProxy(name="t0", dtype=thunder.dtypes.float32, shape=(1,)>'
+    ]
 
 
 # This test ensures that calls to torch functions are recorded in the trace
diff --git a/thunder/torch/__init__.py b/thunder/torch/__init__.py
index 613443d942..7cc1f17ac3 100644
--- a/thunder/torch/__init__.py
+++ b/thunder/torch/__init__.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def type(a: TensorLike, /, dtype: None | str | dtypeLike = None, non_blocking: b
             # 2. When a tensor is on a CPU device and the device type string is omitted, the tensor remains on the CPU device.
             dev = a.device
         else:
-            dev = device_from_string(devtype)
+            dev = to_device(devtype)
     else:
         # dtype is assumed to be torch.dtype (e.g. torch.int32)
         dev = a.device
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def cuda(
         device = to_device(device)
         utils.check(
             device.devicetype == devices.DeviceType.CUDA,
-            lambda: f"cuda(): Invalid device {device}, must be cuda device",
+            lambda: f"cuda(): Invalid device {device.device_str()}, must be cuda device",
         )
 
     return to(a, device=device, memory_format=memory_format)
diff --git a/thunder/transforms/quantization.py b/thunder/transforms/quantization.py
index c62f90c16c..140ad78683 100644
--- a/thunder/transforms/quantization.py
+++ b/thunder/transforms/quantization.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def transform_traces(self, prologue_trace, computation_trace, epilogue_trace, **
             # check has args: tensor, shape, device, dtype, requires_grad
             proxy, _, _, _, requires_grad = check.args
             thunder_device = thunder.devices.to_device(param.device)
-            thunder_device_str = str(thunder_device)
+            thunder_device_str = thunder_device.device_str()
             check.args = (proxy, (*param.shape,), thunder_device_str, param.dtype, False)
 
             output_idx = output_idxes.get(id(get_param.output))