Stepan Sarpaneva: Time Tramp Watch

Stepan Sarpaneva (b. 1970), son of the prominent Finnish jewellery designer Pentti Sarpaneva, comes from a family with a long heritage of craftsmanship. He first graduated from The Finnish School of Watchmaking then moved to Switzerland to further his studies at WOSTEP.
Sarpaneva founded a company carrying his name in Helsinki, Finland in 2003. All Sarpaneva watches are designed and handcrafted by Sarpaneva himself. His ambition is to create unique designs, fusing timeless elegance with Scandinavian simplicity.
The Sarpaneva watch on show in HARDCORE is titled Time Tramp (1999). It is a pocket watch made of the used kickstart pinion of an old Harley Davidson motorbike. "The idea was to make something simple and a bit brutal, but beautiful…like life in Finland.” said Stepan Sarpaneva in a QP magazine interview, 2005.