When Japan inspires Swiss watches
GALLERY
July 2024
Urushi combination techniques, enamel miniaturisations of heritage artworks, architectural theory, comic influences, origami, engraving and motifs from (…)
Urushi: rise and shine
July 2024
For 9,000 years, the durable urushi lacquer – a natural sap from the urushi tree – has been used in Japan. It is an exquisite and challenging material that (…)
Kari and Georges: the watchmaker and the engine-turner
COVER STORY
June 2024
Exactly 20 years ago, Kari Voutilainen launched his eponymous brand. And 20 years ago too, Georges Brodbeck founded Brodbeck Guillochage. Thanks to their (…)
“Voutilainen, Art of Time”, a new museum exhibition in Finland
April 2024
The first museum exhibition dedicated to the life’s work of the world-renowned grandmaster, Kari Voutilainen, will be held at The Finnish Museum of Horology (…)
Future secured For Finland’s famous Watchmaking School
March 2024
In 2024, The Finnish School of Watchmaking Kelloseppäkoulu – with alumni like Kari Voutilainen and Stepan Sarpaneva – celebrates 80 years of existence. It (…)
Olivier Laesser: the great escapement
July 2023
At the end of an unprecedented investigation, this doctor in horology has drawn a “family tree” of the escapement through the centuries, introducing some (…)
Making waves: Kari Voutilainen and the art of guilloché
COVER STORY
June 2023
With his legendary humility, and equal parts of hard work, perseverance and determination, Kari Voutilainen has carved out a career of excellence in (…)
Should we still be talking about primary and secondary markets?
January 2023
After a strong performance early last year, the collectible watch market contracted with prices down for those models that had registered the biggest (…)
The second life of Zenith’s legendary 135-O calibre
INTERVIEW
June 2022
On June 2, Zenith launched ten chronometers powered by the famous Calibre 135-O produced between 1949 and 1962, the most garlanded movement in observatory (…)
Kari Voutilainen and Tatsuo Kitamura: a meeting of minds
COVER STORY
June 2022
This year, Kari Voutilainen celebrates 20 years of independent creation by joining forces with his Japanese “soulmate”, Tatsuo Kitamura, an expert in the (…)
Zenith, Phillips and Voutilainen bring back rare chronometers
June 2022
Phillips invited renowned independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen to restore and hand-decorate a batch of Zenith Calibre 135-O movements, all of which took (…)
The breathtaking OAK Collection unveiled in London
May 2022
Lovers of horological treasures, hasten to London to see the OAK Collection of Patrick Getreide, one of the largest collections in the world, devoted (…)
