{"id":39879,"date":"2026-09-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/?p=39879"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:20:35","slug":"seulement-en-suisse-47-personnes-100-montres-12-ans-dattente-entretien-avec-kari-voutilainen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/fr\/seulement-en-suisse-47-personnes-100-montres-12-ans-dattente-entretien-avec-kari-voutilainen\/","title":{"rendered":"Seulement en Suisse : 47 personnes, 100 montres, 12 ans d&rsquo;attente (Entretien avec Kari Voutilainen)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kari Voutilainen quitte la Finlande pour la Suisse en 1988, \u00e0 un moment o\u00f9 l&rsquo;horlogerie m\u00e9canique est, selon ses propres mots, compl\u00e8tement menac\u00e9e. Les manufactures ferment, le ch\u00f4mage frappe durement les vall\u00e9es et les permis de travail sont presque impossibles \u00e0 obtenir. Il vient malgr\u00e9 tout, attir\u00e9 par ce qu&rsquo;un mouvement \u00e0 quartz ne pourra jamais offrir : une montre m\u00e9canique, dit-il, a une \u00e2me. Aujourd&rsquo;hui, ses ateliers sur les hauteurs de Fleurier produisent moins d&rsquo;une centaine de montres par an, convoit\u00e9es par des collectionneurs du monde entier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La conversation revient sur tout ce que Voutilainen a construit au fil des d\u00e9cennies. Il explique pourquoi il a choisi de fabriquer presque tous les composants en interne, des roues et pignons aux cadrans et bo\u00eetes, \u00e0 travers une constellation d&rsquo;entreprises satellites, et pourquoi ce choix visait autant \u00e0 pr\u00e9server des savoir-faire en voie de disparition qu&rsquo;\u00e0 ma\u00eetriser la qualit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il raconte former lui-m\u00eame chacun de ses horlogers, car les techniques utilis\u00e9es dans son atelier ne sont plus enseign\u00e9es nulle part, et combien de connaissances sont tout simplement parties au cimeti\u00e8re avec les artisans qui les gardaient jalousement. 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