I've always liked simple things. Steel. Good tools. Honest watchmaking. Maybe that is the Finnish side of me.

Years 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.

"There are no rules. Everything is possible."

That combination can be dangerous. The result is Lunations.

Over 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.

Time is almost secondary. The real madness lives on the other side.

Turn 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.

An 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."

It remains where it has always been. Pulling tides. Illuminating darkness. Quietly influencing the world around us whether we pay attention to it or not.

The moon lives on the reverse side of the watch, known primarily to its owner.

Constant.

Faithful.

Hidden in plain sight.