MOONMACHINE Watch – The Moon of Stepan Sarpaneva on the Watch of MB & F

Finnish independent watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva, a founder of the company Sarpaneva, with the assistance of the brand MB & F in 2012 has introduced a new model MOONMACHINE. The novelty is the first artistic interpretation of the watch machine of the brand MB & F. The basis of the new item was taken specially designed model Horological Machine № 3 Frog, which Stepan Sarpaneva gave his trademark moon indicator with face of the moon itself framed by the luminous stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
In the work of the independent watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva stand out three themes: the famous "moon face", the constellation of the Northern Hemisphere, and, of course, legendary toothed case Korona, which received its name from the shape of the corona, which is formed by a plasma atmosphere of the Sun. It is these features appear in the novelty MOONMACHINE.

Maximilian Büsser and Stepan Sarpaneva

Two of the lunar face, placed in a window in the form of Korona, is a moon-phase indicator, and the rotor of the model - it is a disc made of steel and gold 916-carat carved with laser stars and constellations that can be seen in the sky of the Northern Hemisphere. The multi-layered rotor is in the background of finished hand-moon parties. Starry sky is hiding the rotor of the mechanism from the curious gaze, and its vibrations set in motion the laser-cut stars. The location of stars is also not accidental: they form the seven brightest stars of Ursa Major, also known as the Big Bucket, or Plow, and the seven brightest stars of Ursa Minor, also known as Small Bucket, a constellation that includes the North Star.
The novelty MOONMACHINE is designed based on a three-dimensional mechanism developed by Jean-Marc Viderreht/Agenhor. The mechanism on the 36 rubies consists of 319 components and performs 28,800 vibrations per hour. Indications of hours and minutes are passed through the ceramic ball bearings by means of rotating hemispheres.

Do not kiss a frog in a full moon, can happen anything!

The first aluminum hemisphere, made a revolt in 12 hours, is an indicator of an hour, on the second hemisphere, undergoing a revolution in 60 minutes, is located the indicator of minutes. Phases of the Moon are indexed by two lunar faces in the window in the form of Korona.
The model MOONMACHINE is released in three limited series of 18 specimens each: a black titanium case with moon faces in white gold on a dark blue sky, in titanium with moon faces in white gold on a background of blue sky, as well as in the case of pink gold with moon face of pink gold on a background of the anthracite sky.
Back sides of both displays and hemispheres are protected by a sapphire glass with a two-sided anti-reflective coating.
MOONMACHINE comes on a strap in crocodile black leather with a folding clasp in titanium and gold 750.

Written by Lucy Vuiton

MOONMACHINE watch

MOONMACHINE watch