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 [...]
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 [...]
AMORPHIS TO CO-OPERATE WITH EASTERN FINLAND POOK WATCHES Amorphis, the Finnish giant of the heavy metal, has made a new Halo album. A watch called Pook On The Dark Waters was released on January 28th 2022, at the same day that single “On the Dark Waters” from new album was also released. Joensuu’s Aika & Tarkka Oy and the Finnish metal band Amorphis produced the Pook On The Dark Waters watch in the beginning of 2022. The watch was made in a limited edition of 100 pieces, which sold out already in the pre-order phase. Most of the watches were sold abroad. The popularity of the watches surprised both the [...]
The Pook Ankkuri is a high-quality automatic watch with the spirit of 70’s designed by Andreas Prepula. It is also a faithful for the Pook Sukeltaja design, but a bit more vintage. The dial has a full lumed-feature. In dial there is a small logo emblem, which was originally designed by Seppo Prepula, Andreas` father about five decades ago. This design is called ”Ankkuri”, anchor in Finnish, for a very special reason. Andreas used to join his father for very many diving trips in the 70`ies in Finnish Archipelago. He remembers specially one trip, when his father and other divers found a shipwreck, and managed to get out from the [...]
Pookwatches Maintenance of automatic watches in Joensuu Pookwatches workshop, i.e. “where they all come from”. Since the watches are made of wearing parts, its maintenance time is determined by use, in daily use the watch should be serviced approximately every 4-5 years. Basic maintenance of an automatic watch includes: Removing the dial and hands from the movement Checking and cleaning Dismantling the machinery Pre-washing and checking the parts Checking the teeth of the trolleys and rails, and checking and cleaning the axles. Checking and cleaning the bearing stonesChecking, cleaning and adjustment of wheels and intermediate spaces Anchor and float check Operation check and adjustment Spring Assembling and oiling the machinery [...]
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 [...]
The Pook 1938 is a high-quality automatic watch with the spirit of 70’s designed by Andreas Prepula. It is also a faithful for all Pook watches, with unique attitude. The dial and hands have a double coated lume so it doesn’t go unnoticed. The watch has a high-quality stainless-steel case and the strap is made of a nylon fabric. Movement is Japanese premium automatic Miyota 9039. The serial numbered watch is handmade, a limited edition only to 100 pieces. Pook 1938 Edition- is hand-assembled in Finland at the Pookwatches workshop and delivery starts immediately.
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 [...]