“The idea was to make something simple and a bit brutal, but beautiful… like life in Finland.” — Stepan Sarpaneva (QP magazine interview). 

Originally inspired by a Harley Davidson kickstart pinion, Sarpaneva’s Loiste II made from Stavax ESR steel is actually a cog itself. The first variation was built as a pocket watch, followed by the Loiste and now the Loiste II. Customizing functions like the foreboding looking double black moonphase complication, it measures both northern and southern hemispheres … and the display can be used to represent the physical moon on top (12 o’clock) or by its shadow on the bottom (6 o’clock).

The other ingenious feature is his own ‘Turbini’ winding mass, a turbine style rotor that spins with guillotine efficiency while revealing the movement. The metallic icing of this ticking cake is the intricately machined three-dimensional dial in brass or aluminum. Overall, very interesting and dangerous looking elements to this watch.

Via Watchismo. Michael & Sisko, you really don’t have to bring one of these back for me (heh).