You could never accuse community watch brand CODE41 of failing to surprise. In recent years it has produced a rectangular pseudo-skeleton hand-wound travel clock that fits in your pocket, the Mecascape, made an everyday tourbillon for under 10 grand and unveiled an insanely futuristic chronograph, the NB24 Stratom, featuring a redesign of the iconic Valjoux 7750 movement.
However, its latest launch has, by the brand’s own admission, been its most challenging to date: a moonphase. Or the Moon INCEPTION, to give it its proper name.
“[The challenge was] was approaching this more technical side of watchmaking,