The name Ilmari- connects directly to Andreas Prepula’s family history. Ilmari Prepula was born in 1906 in Lapua and spent his childhood in Ostrobothnia. As a young man, Ilmari toured Finland on various construction sites, working as a blacksmith and riveter. Construction sites were often taken far from home and often lasted for months, if not years at a time. Life was hard than today, earnings were made by doing hard labor. The joy of life pulsed with Ilmari in the form of telling constantly many funny stories. Ilmari also was known as a very tough pipe tobacco smoker, like many workers at the time, he could even get him [...]
Pook Raja is a diving watch with a retro design. Pook Watches comes from Joensuu, Eastern Finland, near the Russian border. Its graphic elements have recognizable features of diving watches from the 70s. The color scheme is typically colorful for Pook. The watch has a high-quality automatic movement and a steel case. But as is often the case with Pook, the design of this watch is no coincidence. In many projects, we have been co-operating with people who work with the securing the Finland’s borders, both on land, at sea and in the air. These people have world-class expertise in their profession. This time, we wanted to make a watch [...]
The name Ilmari 39 connects directly to Andreas Prepula’s family history. Ilmari Prepula was born in 1906 in Lapua and spent his childhood in Ostrobothnia. As a young man, Ilmari toured Finland on various construction sites, working as a blacksmith and riveter. Construction sites were often taken far from home and often lasted for months, if not years at a time. Life was hard than today, earnings were made by doing hard labor. The joy of life pulsed with Ilmari in the form of telling constantly many funny stories. Ilmari also was known as a very tough pipe tobacco smoker, like many workers at the time, he could even get [...]
Lauri Törni is certainly one of the most significant persons in Finnish military history.Lauri Törni Perinnekilta Ry cherishes the memory not only of Lauri, but also of other Finnish war veterans who were part of brigade Törni. What they have achieved, and the spirit they have shown, is something worth cherishing both in the guild’s opinion and in our opinion, not only for our generation, but also for all future generations.Because of the sacrifices of these people, we are independent today and we get to live free. For this purpose, we are making a new series of watches, of which we are now releasing the first watch. Pook Osasto Törni [...]
Now is the chance to get some of the plastics we’ve thrown to the sea. Gradually, this means in this case in the form of a beanie. Our Cousteau style wormhole is 100% recycled nylon. One-size-fitting seaman’s style and #pookwatches logo. Available in red, black, gray and dark red colors.
A long time ago, we received a hint from a watch enthusiast living in Canada as to why a Finnish watch brand does not have a watch that respects the traditions of motorsport. As a person in the automotive industry, he was quite aware that Finland has a long history of success on rally tracks, track racing and motorcycles. We set out to look at what kind of watches were made in the 60s and 70s related to motorsports. We developed different ideas, and tried to find the same joy and sense of doing that was in place at the time. It proved surprisingly challenging to crystallize in a small [...]
Pookwatches watch designer Andreas has long wanted to make a watch for Pook aimed at women with a strong emotional connection to the sea and the sea archipelago. Pook Saaristo is the first Pook watch made specifically for women. Let Andreas himself, who is responsible for the design of Pook’s watches, tell you what it’s all about. – The sea will always be close to my heart, just like it was for my father. In the 1970s, when I was a young boy, we went almost daily, sometimes weekly, with my father on diving trips, boat trips, sailing trips, there were many trips but mostly almost always at sea and [...]
Pook Rokka is a Finnish watch that is assembled at Pook Watches’ watch workshop in Joensuu. The watch has a unique Army mental look as well as clear hour and minute hands with indexes.
