My First Grail Watch: Stepan Sarpaneva
Welcome back to an original watches-dealer feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we are diving into the subject with Stepan Sarpaneva, and he lets us know about the accident that set him on the path to watchmaking.watches-dealer (ABTW): While I am sure many of our readers already know the answer, we need to ask - who are you, and what is your relationship to the watch industry?Stepan Sarpaneva: I am Stepan Sarpaneva, a watchmaker, designer, and owner of the Sarpaneva watch brand.ABTW: How did you get into watchmaking?Stepan Sarpaneva: Quite by accident. I was supposed to follow my father's path and become a goldsmith. I went through and did the two-day tests for both the goldsmith and the watchmaknig schools. I got directly in to the watchmaking school (in 1989), but I did not get accepted to the goldsmith school.I thought that I would then attend the watchmaking school for

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