Kari Voutilainen

Date of Birth: June 1962

Location: Rovaniemi, Finland

Education: Watchmaking School in Tapiola, Finland
(1983-1986), WOSTEP-Neuchatel Refresher Course
(1988), WOSTEP-Neuchatel Course on
Complicated Watches (1989)

Experience:

1986-1988 Watchmagasin in Ylitornio, Finland - repair
and restoration of antique timepieces

1988-1989 independent watchmaker repair and
restoration of antique timepieces

1990 Perkko - restoring old Omega watches

1990 Part-time teaching at Watchmaking School

1990-1999 Parmigiani Mesure et Temps SA, responsible
for unique watch construction departement, restoration
of antique timepieces, restoration of tourbillion
watches, restoration of complicated watches, finishing
and construction of complicated watches (ebauches),
creation and execution of additional mechanisms.

1999-2002 Teacher at WOSTEP-Neuchatel teaching
complicated watch course and full training and turning
courses

2002 Independent Watchmaker – Môtiers, Switzerland

1991- 1994 Construction of first tourbillion pocket
watch with power reserve mechanism

1996-2000 construction of tourbillion with constant
force mechanism

Currently: Completing Masterpiece series of Decimal
repeater watches (MP6, MP7 and MP8 are completed – 2
more to be finished) and creating an 11 piece series
of Chronograph Cal. 25 wristwatches.