This year marks eighty years since the first appearance of Tove Jansson’s Moomin family (and their friends) in ‘Comet in Moominland’, and a new collaboration between Stepan Sarpaneva and Moomin Characters Oy. The new Sarpaneva x Moomin 80th Anniversary Limited… Read More ›
The watch world’s supreme ‘moon man’ Stepan Sarpaneva marks two decades since his Finnish watch adventure (with both his eponymous brand and successful side venture S.U.F. Helsinki) with two limited edition pieces – Stardust and Stardust Nostromo. In a Korona… Read More ›
For a number of years now, the official custodians of the Moomin legacy have celebrated ‘Moomin’s Day’ on the 9th of August, the date chosen because it is the birthday of writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. Her Moominvalley works are… Read More ›
A number of weeks ago, Stepan Sarpaneva used Instagram to announce a new in-house movement (aka ‘Moonment’) to mark his fifteen year anniversary. Formally launched at Baselworld 2018, the latest incarnation of his Mr Moon is a moon phase complication… Read More ›
The second collaboration between MB&F and Stepan Sarpaneva has been a long time coming for fans of both, but the Moonmachine 2 finally made its debut this year, and we had the opportunity to spend a little time with it… Read More ›
In Beijing on the 18th of October 2016, independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen joined with new partner Chinese phone brand 8848 and company founder Du Yingying to launch a series of limited edition (180 units) of mobile phones based on the 8848 Titanium… Read More ›
Stepan Sarpaneva’s Korona K3 has come in a number of forms, including a quite amazing white enamel dialled Northern Stars (amazing because the enamel dial somehow seems more stark and pristine than your usual enamel dial) which I only fleetingly… Read More ›
Of all the abused words in the English language the word ‘unique’ is currently one of the most assaulted. Thrown around as though it is going out of style, it is applied with reckless abandonment to things of which there… Read More ›
Perhaps you’ve heard about Stepan Sarpaneva’s 2012 release, the Korona K0 Wuoksi, or his MB&F collaboration, the Moonmachine. If you’re keeping an eagle eye out you may well have even seen his announcement of a new S.U.F. “Myrsky” in 2013…. Read More ›
Having recently had the privilege of meeting Max Busser and chatting to him about various and sundry including his Moonmachine collaboration with Stepan Sarpaneva, I thought that it was only appropriate that I give you a ‘companion interview’ with Stepan…. Read More ›
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