{"product_id":"sarpaneva-lunations-eclipse","title":"Sarpaneva Lunations Eclipse","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarpaneva Lunations Eclipse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI've always liked simple things. Steel. Good tools. Honest watchmaking. Maybe that is the Finnish side of me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears ago, while working at Parmigiani, I learned from my fellow countryman Kari Voutilainen how complicated watches should be made. Later, working with Vianney Halter, I learned something entirely different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There are no rules. Everything is possible.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat combination can be dangerous. The result is Lunations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first glance, it is simply a Sarpaneva. A steel watch. Helsinki dial. Hours and minutes. The familiar Korona case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing moving across the dial. No rushing seconds hand. No distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For me, steel has always been alive. Light moves across it. Shadows appear and disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurfaces change character throughout the day. The watch is never completely still.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEclipse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, I have become more interested in removing things than adding them. Making a watch quieter. Slower. Allowing space to breathe. The dial shows only what is necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime is almost secondary. The real madness lives on the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn the watch over and you will find the Moonment® calibre and a moon phase mechanism so precise that it will accumulate a single day of error only once every 14,000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unnecessary achievement. Which is probably why it was worth pursuing. Most moon phase watches place the moon at the centre of attention. This does not. \"The moon does not need to be seen to be present.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt remains where it has always been. Pulling tides. Illuminating darkness. Quietly influencing the world around us whether we pay attention to it or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe moon lives on the reverse side of the watch, known primarily to its owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaithful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHidden in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between Finnish practicality and independent watchmaking, I stopped worrying about doing things the obvious way. I became more interested in doing things because they felt right. Lunations is my expression of that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA steel landscape on one side. The moon on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy kind of madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarpaneva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242893848747,"sku":"lunations-eclipse","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/2783\/3515\/files\/SPN_Lunations_SDT.webp?v=1792011420","url":"https:\/\/www.exquisitetimepieces.com\/products\/sarpaneva-lunations-eclipse","provider":"Exquisite Timepieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}