Issue Nº 01 · Melbourne
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Sunday, 19 April 2026
— Episode 04 · Season 1

Kari Voutilainen, in his workshop.

Three hours at bench three in Môtiers, talking about hand-polishing, fatherhood, succession, and the small question of whether any of this will still exist in forty years.

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Recorded — Môtiers, Neuchâtel · March 202612 chapters · skip to any
Two cameras, single lav per guest. The balance-wheel close-ups were shot on a separate day with a borrowed macro.
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Guest

Kari Voutilainen

Independent watchmaker, based in Môtiers, Switzerland, and a former head of the complications workshop at Parmigiani Fleurier. Runs a nineteen-person atelier producing roughly fifty watches a year, and one of the few makers who still hand-polishes every bevel in-house.

BasedMôtiers, CH
Since2002
Output~50 / yr