Review: Sarpaneva Lunations

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The world of independent watchmaking constantly fascinates us The brands constantly challenge status quo to create something stunning and extraordinary – beyond what we are usually exposed to by the large conglomerates.

Stepan Sarpaneva is one of such independent watchmakers The eponymous watchmaker, who launched his brand in 2003, is probably most famous for his signature stylised “moon face” and quirky but contemporary case design.

Over the last few years, the Finnish watchmaker had launched some interesting pieces, including one of our favourites: Korona K0 Northern Lights Naturally, with a bar that was set pretty high, Sarpaneva requires something that is extraordinary to blow our minds again Now, does his Baselworld 2019 novelty – the Lunations – make the cut?

Sarpaneva Lunations

Case, Dial, and Hands

The 42mm timepiece is a culmination of Stepan’s horological works for the last 25 years.

For those who are into independent watchmaking, one can certainly tell that it is a Sarpaneva at the first glance.

The watch is firstly fitted with Sarpaneva’s signature “Korona” case It has a unique shape that resembles a bottle cap, with a pair of relatively short lugs The shorter lugs allows the watch to sit more snugly on the wrists, especially for Asians who has generally have smaller wrist sizes.

The shape certainly exudes a contemporary vibe, in which it complements the other elements of the watch as well This particular model is cased in stainless steel, and it also features some form of engraving that is bespoke for this particular piece

The dial for this piece is slightly interesting.

The watch features a cut-out dial, which further accentuates its theme It is complemented with a blue and purple chapter ring (again, there are other colour combinations as well), which adds an additional dimension to this incredible-looking timepiece In addition, the pair of blue “Sarpaneva-styled” hands completes the look of the watch

The Moonphase

The pièce de résistance for the Lunations certainly lies in its moon phase complication.

There are not one, but two interesting features to this particular moon phase display

Accordingly, this is one of the most accurate moon phase that Sarpaneva had produced to date This moon phase requires only an adjustment once every 14,000 years, which is incredible.

There are, in fact, only one or two watches that are more accurate than Sarpaneva’s latest creation (Andreas Strehler’s Sauterelle à Lune Perpétuelle is the only one that comes to mind at this current juncture) In fact, Stefan told us that he actually worked with Andreas for the calculations.

The other interesting thing about the watch is its moon phase aperture The aperture on the Lunations work differently from any other moon phase watches.

For this piece, the aperture is fitted with thousands of optic fibres, and it is laser-machined to create the design of the signature “moon face” The disc, interestingly, is actually simply a plain white disc – filled with RC Tritec’s Lumicast to provide the luminescence in the dark The execution here is definitely unusual, but it yields interesting results []

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