Stepan Sarpaneva (born February 1970 in Turku) is a Finnish watchmaker.
[3] In Switzerland since 1994, he has worked for several watch brands including Piaget, Parmigiani, Vianney Halter and Christophe Claret.
At Parmigiani, he worked as the right-hand man for legendary Finnish watchmaker Kari Voutilainen[4] In 2003, he returned to Finland and founded a company called Sarpaneva Watches.
The following year,[6] he also founded S.U.F Helsinki[7] (SarpanevaUhrenFabrik) to make and sell larger batches of more affordable watches.
It launched with a matching iPhone app to track the moon phases.