Kari Voutilainen (born in 1962) is a Finnish watchmaker residing in
Môtiers,
Switzerland
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. He started an independent watchmaking business in 2002, building a limited number of handmade
timekeepers. In 2005, he introduced the world's first decimal repeater sounding hours, ten-minute intervals and then minutes.
Voutilainen is Member of the
AHCI and created together with
Andreas Strehler Andreas Strehler (2015)
Andreas Strehler, Papillon d'Or 18K gold, front view
Andreas Strehler (born 1971 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a Swiss watchmaker and designer of watch movements.
Life
Andreas Strehler did his apprenticeship at a watchm ...
the watch "Chapter III" for
Maîtres du Temps in 2012. Altogether eight watches by Voutilainen have been awarded
The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève
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(Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix).
In 2021 Voutilainen together with a group of investors acquired watchmaking company
Urban Jürgensen and was appointed as the CEO of the company.
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Finnish watchmakers (people)
20th-century Finnish businesspeople
Finnish expatriates in Switzerland
1962 births
Living people
21st-century Finnish businesspeople
People from Rovaniemi