S.U.F Helsinki Vetehinen S

As you’re probably aware, we’re enormous fans of Sarpaneva here at Watch Vault. As spectacular as they are, their price point can sometimes be prohibitive. But alas, Stepan and his team have a solution to this issue, and that solution is S.U.F Helsinki.

What Tudor is to Rolex, S.U.F is a sub-brand of Sarpaneva and allows some of Stepan’s watchmaking magic to accessed by more people. But it’s not only a price-pointed product. They are quite different to Sarpaneva in their mostly tool-watch vibe, and therefore have an appeal all of their own.

This particular piece is known as the Vetehinen, and was S.U.F's first dive watch. It was named in tribute to the Finnish Submarine of 1942 who was famously willing to conserve his torpedoes and instead order a steep, fast dive to ram his underwater adversary. A pure demonstration of Finnish 'Sisu'.

It features a beautifully proportioned 42mm case made of Finnish steel, measuring in at just 11.45mm thick. This is topped by a uni-directional bezel, which surrounds a 2.05mm thick sapphire crystal, which along with it's screw-down case back and crown endows it with 300m of water resistance. Beneath this lies a spectacular glossy Sunray brushed blue dial, with large Superluminova indexes and classic Sarpaneva lumed hands.

It’s powered by a modified Soprod A10 automatic, and to finish it off is mounted to a beautiful handmade black salmon leather strap with steel tang buckle, and also includes a Grassbay strap by Erika`s Originals MN.

This particular example was first sold in April 2024 and presents in TZ Near Mint condition. There’s some light strap change marks on the rear of the lugs, but that’s it. Please see images for full condition details.

Currently mounted to the handmade Salmon strap. This shows some lifting near a couple of the pin holes, which is just a by-product of the scaled finish and where they happen to lay in relation to the holes. The strap has not even been broken in.

Keeping COSC time, and under manufacturers warranty.

Comes with S.U.F leather watch holder, MN strap from Erika’s Originals, instruction manual and warranty card dated April 2024.

Produced in a limited run of 26 examples, these have now sold out. This is as close to new as you'll get.

Brand: S.U.F

Year: 2024

Model #: Vetehinen S

Case Material: Stainless Steel

Case details: 42mm

Movement: Self winding automatic Soprod A10

Dial: Blue

Paraphernalia: S.U.F leather watch holder, MN strap from Erika’s Originals, instruction manual and warranty card dated April 2024

TZ Grading: Near Mint

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