Kari Voutilainen

Exquisite hand-made timepieces with exceptional designs, engineering, finishing, and attention to detail.

When you have a few minutes join the fascinating, and enlightening, tour of two Voutilainen facilities with Kari in the excellent video by Marc André Deschoux at the link below:

This video is included here in support of Marc André’s stated wish to improve recognition for the true artists of the watchmaking industry. Look out for the escapement design at 4:10, the engine turning at 7:04, the pinion polishing at 9:04 (specifically the polishing wheel which at first appears to be cracked but is in fact, precisely wedged open to automatically advance the pinion by one tooth per revolution during the polishing process), quench hardening of steel parts at 9:54 and pre-assembly, hand finishing and final assembly starting at 10:00.

As an aside, it is interesting to see staff (or Haas technicians?) wearing jackets branded by the American machine tool manufacturer Haas, but it is understandable when considering the extent of investment by Voutilainen in their products.