Korona K0 Seasons

From Sarpaneva

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I hope to clap eyes on these in person in a few weeks, but for now I will rely on the words provided by Sarpaneva -

Finland is a country of brutal honesty. When we say we have four seasons, it means we have four seasons. In autumn Mother Nature explodes in colour, but in winter she totally freezes over. In spring she slowly awakes, and in summer she doesn't sleep at all.

To salute these stark contrasts, Stepan Sarpaneva created four distinct watches that keep glowing through the cycle of seasons. Korona K0 Seasons is Sarpaneva’s second collaboration with James Thompson of Black Badger Advanced Composites.

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If I were picking favorites, it would be the Summer - which reminds me of long winter nights spent in Turku and Helsinki waiting for Mid Summer's Eve ; )

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Here are the pertinents:

MOVEMENT

• Modified Soprod A10 calibre, 11.5 lines, 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
• Mechanical automatic self-winding
• 25 jewels
• 42-hour power reserve
• Rhodium-plated with perlage finishing

CASE

• Stainless steel, 46 mm in diameter, 11.2 mm in thickness
• 2.5 mm sapphire crystal with multi anti-reflective coating
• Double secured, water-resistant screw-down crown
• Signature moon face relief on caseback
• Water-resistant to 20 ATM

DIAL

• Two-part stainless steel, DLC, TiN
• Luminous teal, green, violet, blue, in collaboration with James Thompson of Black Badger Advanced Composites
• Rhodium-plated hands, polished, matt blasted. Blued steel seconds hand.

STRAP

• Leather in various colours
• Stainless steel buckle