Phases

1″ diameter, watch parts

The end of the year makes me think back on what’s happened in the past 12 months. And what strikes me is never the specific events, but the fact that everything’s followed the same pattern that it did every other year. regardless of travel, job changes, growing children, the year follows its own rhythm. Like the moon rolling through its phases, the years’ pattern unfolds again and again. I like this watch mechanism because it still spins, giving me a tiny sense of control, as if I could change or reverse the phases of the moon.