24. Björn Weckström

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C.24 Björn Weckström

Professor, sculptor and jewellery designer. Exhibitions of his work shown all over the world.

1935	Born on February 8th in Helsinki, Finland.
1956	He graduates from the Finnish Goldsmith School in Helsinki and he settles as an independent artist. Continues his studies in Europe, the USA, Mexico and the Far-East.
1958	Opens his own gallery in Helsinki.
1963	The first designs for Lapponia. Lapponia was established in 1960 by Mr. Pekka Anttila and manufactures jewellery in gold, silver and platinum, watches in gold and silver and objects in silver and bronze. Weckström still works for Lapponia Jewellery OY. In 1971, Poul Havgaard starts to design jewellery for Lapponia and his first watches were sold in 1986.
1974	Björn Weckstöm's first watches are manufactured by Lapponia.

Weckström designed the following watches:

1	1974	'Sun Dial'. Gold 750 o/oo with an ETA 2512 mechanical movement. Pendant watch (Ref.no.2 21001). Produced until 1985.
2	1974	'Time Adviser'. Gold 750 o/oo with an ETA 2512 movement (Ref.no. 228001). Produced until 1985.
3	1974	'Time Tube', sterling silver with an ETA 2442 mechanical movement (Ref.no. 668001). Produced until 1985.
4	1974	'Time Machine', sterling silver, automatic movement ETA 2784 (Ref.no. 668002). Produced until 1985.
5	1976	'Super Star', sterling silver, FHF 59-21 mechanical movement (Ref.no. 668003). Produced until 1985.
6	1976	'Equator', sterling silver, liquid crystal display of Brown Boveri (field effect), module 900.087 (Ref.no. 668004). Produced until 1985.
7	1980	'Isadora', 585 or 750 o/oo gold, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 28004). Produced until 1985.
8	1980	'Pola Negri', 585 or 750 o/oo gold, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 28005). Still in production.
9	1981	'Astral', sterling silver, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 668005). Produced until 1990.
10	1981	'Argenta', sterling silver, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 668006). Produced until 1990.
11	1981	'Protos', sterling silver, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 668007). Produced until 1990.
12	1981	'Kitty Hawk', sterling silver, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 668008). Still in production.
13	1981	'Istral', sterling silver, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 668009). Still in production.
14	1981	'El Dorado', 750 o/oo gold, ETA 977.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 28006 and 28007). Still in production.
15	1982	'Coco' (Ref.no. 28008). Still in production.
16	1983	'Golda', 585 or 750 o/oo gold, ETA 202.001 quartz movement (Ref.no. 28009) with leather strap and 28010 with gold bracelet. Produced until 1990.
17	1985	'Bussola', 750 o/oo gold with leather strap and a quartz movement (Ref.no. 28011). Produced until 1991.
18	1989	'Macao', sterling silver (Ref.no. 228015). Still in production.
19	1992	'Azzuro', sterling silver (Ref.no. 228016). Still in production.
20	1993	'Spectra', ladies' watch, 585 o/oo or 750 o/oo gold with leather strap (Ref.no. 28017) or with gold bracelet (Ref.no.28018), ETA 280.001 movement.
21	1993	'Xanadu', 585 o/oo or 750 o/oo gold with platinum and a spectrolite dial (Ref.no. 28019). ETA 280.001 movement.

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