Horological Meandering - Possibly.....

Possibly.....

Mar 24, 2009,04:56 AM

He already wants to do.....er....has designed jewellery accessories....shhh.

So, writing implements is not impossible.

I would caution that Stepan uses a reliable and easily obtained re-fill for his ink supplier e.g. Parker style.

The current Mrs MTF (our pen collector) complaints bitterly about Jorg Hysek who designs nice pens but spolis it by using re-fills that give blotchy writing and sticking and other pen illnesses :-(

Regards,

MTF

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Sarpaneva: Finland, Family and Design

By: MTF : March 22nd, 2009-08:41

Sarpaneva: Finland, Family and Design The eyes have it! Naamio - Pentti Sarpaneva In a recent interview with PuristSPro [ click here ], watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva said: "Nearly all my family were artists or artistic people with a very Bohemian lifestyle,...

Thanks a lot Melvin, a wonderful post.

By: foversta : March 22nd, 2009-12:34

We understand now the story behind the designs of Sarpaneva watches. Thanks ! Fr.Xavier

If Stepan had told this story earlier.......

By: MTF : March 24th, 2009-04:49

A great read!

By: dxboon : March 22nd, 2009-16:30

Thanks for the fantastic article, Melvyn. It's invaluable to hear from the watchmaker himself on what influences him, and how those ideas or experiences come across in his timepieces. I feel as though I appreciate Sarpaneva's work even more now. Cheers,...