Urban Jürgensen announces new CEO Kari Voutilainen
According to "Legendary watchmaker Kari Voutilainen takes the helm as we approach our 250th anniversary – with brand new watches on the way. We are excited to mark the start of a new era at Urban Jürgensen. Under the leadership of CEO Kari Voutilainen, a...
Kari is going to be a very busy man
Between UJ and his own brand. I hope it all works out.
They could do a merger, create one company and maintain two different workshops and lines, why not....
A merger makes sense sometimes....
Very cool
Kari makes some of the best watches around and UJ is no slouch either! Curious to see what this means for UJ. Guessing it will turn UJ into a downstream product line essentially.
As an admirer and supporter of the brand
this is awesome news. UJ have great history and make great watches, but I think they lack recognition with the WIS community. Kari obviously has historical ties to the brand, but being directly involved in management will give the brand more notoriety wit...
This is going to sound heretical to some but my initial thought was "I hope the new line won't be as over-designed as some of KV's current catalogue can be."
UJS is one of my favourites precisely because there was no marketing for 30 years, only very light touch marketing from around 2015-2016, and watches that stood on their own for artistic and technical excellence. I have no doubt that the reach of these wa...
I’m quite looking forward
To discovering what the new UJ models will be like in the coming years. I’m sure they will remain very traditional but maybe become just a tad more exciting.
Interesting. Won't that...
Create more work for Kari that will cut into his watch designs and production?
