INDEPENDENT WATCHMAKER
Handmade In Finnish Silence
Since 2012
SILENCE IS GOLDEN, FREEDOM IS SWEET
When Antti Rönkkö began practicing his craft, his ambition was to design and manufacture his own timepieces. Modern mechanics simply could not satisfy his idea of sophistication and perfection in watchmaking. There is no place for mistakes for an independent watchmaker, as the final result will reflect any flaw, like a black mirror. That’s why technique, attention to detail, and patience are so important when delivering a premium quality timepiece. And, for a Finn, the key lies in the beauty of aesthetic stillness and quietness when creating such a product – Finnish silence.
FINNISH SILENCE
When you ask a Finn what silence means to them, they will take their time to answer, even though the explanation lies deeply within Finnish culture. For a Finn, silence means a time for pause, for thought; a moment for creating something out of nothing. A Finn will not talk when words are redundant. For outsiders, this can be taken as an insult, an act of impoliteness, or even arrogance. Yet it is not intended as such. Instead, it is ethnologically linked with the appreciation of others and the idea of creation.
INDEPENDENT WATCHMAKER’S WORK ETHOS
To truly understand a Finn, one must first understand silence and its higher state. This is the ultimate moment of mental awareness: when thoughts and ideas become one in a process of creative expression. For the independent watchmaker, Rönkkö, this is the essence of his work. At Rönkkö Watches, all insights –design, art, and innovation – are born in the quietness of Finnish silence. The realisation happens for the independent watchmaker when centuries of knowledge combine to reveal brilliance in a perfectly relaxed mind.
THE SECRET TO GREATNESS
There is an old Finnish proverb, Hiljaa hyvä tulee, meaning that the secret to greatness is born from silence.
Each piece of every handmade watch designed by the independent watchmaker, Rönkkö, is a perfect example of this philosophy of life and work ethos.