Kari Voutilainen

Kari Voutilainen (born in 1962) is a Finnish watchmaker residing in Môtiers, Switzerland. He started an independent watchmaking business in 2002, building a limited number of handmade timekeepers.[1][2] In 2005, he introduced the world's first decimal repeater sounding hours, ten-minute intervals and then minutes.[3] Voutilainen is Member of the AHCI and created together with Andreas Strehler the watch "Chapter III" for Maîtres du Temps in 2012.[4] Altogether eight watches by Voutilainen have been awarded The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix).[5]

Kari Voutilainen
BornJune 1962
Rovaniemi, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Occupationwatchmaker
Websitehttp://www.voutilainen.ch/

In 2021 Voutilainen together with a group of investors acquired watchmaking company Urban Jürgensen and was appointed as the CEO of the company.[6]

Notes
  1. "Artisan d'Horlogerie d'Art Voutilainen". Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  2. "Interview of Kari Voutilainen (in French)". Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  3. Thomson, Curtis D., "Decimal Points" (PDF), International Watch (May, 2006): 137–140, retrieved 2010-09-26
  4. Watch Worldwide Magazine, Thailand, Volume 08, No95, February 2013, Page 70-73
  5. "Kari Voutilainen – The master watchmaker who came from the North". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  6. "Exciting Breaking News: Urban Jürgensen acquired by Kari Voutilainen -". DEPLOYANT. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
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