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Sarpaneva Steps Forth

Stepan Sarpaneva is a Finnish watchmaker that created waves during the watch fair at Basel in 2008. Many customers and retailers were enamoured of his cool, biker inspired designs reflective of Finnish culture and weather. You can read more about the watchmaker at his website.

An excerpt from his website explains a lot about his roots and heritage in Finnish design - “Stepan Sarpaneva was born in 1970 and belongs to a Finnish family with a long heritage of craftmanship. Son of jewellery designer Pentti Sarpaneva, Stepan was brought up to be a talented designer and craftsman. Sarpaneva first graduated from the Watchmaking School of Finland and then moved to Switzerland to further his studies at WOSTEP. In 1994, he began work for several prestigious watchmakers including Piaget, Parmigiani, Vianney Halter and Christophe Claret. During those ten years in Switzerland, Sarpaneva specialised in the crafting of complicated timepieces. Perfectionism, enthusiasm and an infinite passion for watchmaking inspired Sarpaneva to create watches of his own. In 2003 he founded his own company in Helsinki, Finland where he individually handcrafts each watch at the workshop. High quality combined with unique design ensures that every Sarpaneva watch will last a lifetime.”

Haute5 was privy to a private viewing of one of his works’ first appearances in Malaysia - the Korona K2. The version we saw was a prototype but already reflective of the stunning workmanship and detail found on the K2. We also suggest that our readers visit his website and view the K1 and, our personal favourite, the K3. In any case, we managed to obtain permission from photographer, Lanatir, to allow us to premier his photos of the Korona K2 prototype on our website. Lanatir states that the K2 is a rare watch that can be further appreciated under magnification and that he has rarely taken so many photos of one particular watch in one session. We are excited in looking forward to the production run where it should be even better finished (from this already stunning prototype).

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Movement
- Modified Soprod Cal A10 11 Lignes, 28,800 Vibrations Per Hour (4 HZ) 25 jewels, 42-hour power reserve, black gold plated, Perlaged finished.
- The movement’s mainplate is modified to incorporate a non-standard sized stainless steel see-through date disc.
- Mechanical, Automatic Winding, Stainless steel rotor with white gold masses.
- The K2 movement is available in different colors: Black gold, Rose Gold, Yellow gold or Rhodium plated.

Case
- Stainless steel, 44mm in diameter, 9.6mm thick.
- 1.65mm thick sapphire crystal with multi anti-reflection coating inside with SARPANEVA print.
- Double secured water-resistant SARPANEVA Stainless steel crown.
- Water resistant to 5 ATM.
- Case is also available with a Black Diamond coating.

Dial
- Three part stainless steel - Open “Skeleton” Dial – Black Diamond coated, “Full metal” steel or Imperial Blue.

Hands
- Hand made from stainless steel – microblasted body with mirror polished tips.

Strap
- Leather in various colours.

Sarpaneva watches are coming to your shores soon and expect the Koronas to retail for approximately RM30,000 onwards. You will find that Stepan is also willing to customize the watch for you within certain boundaries.

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