Kari Voutilainen has created a timepiece that challenges conventional watch design with the Voutilainen 28 Ti, an exceptionally hand-finished watch in which the movement takes centre stage.

Presented at Baselworld, the 28 Ti is distinguished by its reversed architecture. Instead of hiding the mechanical components beneath a conventional dial, Voutilainen exposes the movement on the front of the watch, allowing the wearer to experience the intricate mechanics directly.

Two elegant Breguet-style hands float above the tiered mechanical construction, while a striking 13.60mm balance wheel dominates the composition. Highly polished pinions and wheels mounted on the platinum elements create a symmetrical visual arrangement, turning the movement into a piece of kinetic art.

The unusual architecture continues around the back. Through the sapphire caseback, the wearer can see a small-seconds display and a semicircular power-reserve indicator, adding another layer to the watch's mechanical presentation.

The movement is housed inside a 39mm titanium case and consists of 299 components. Its reversed construction draws inspiration from Voutilainen's celebrated Vingt-8, first introduced in 2011. Once fully wound, the manually wound calibre provides an impressive 65-hour power reserve.

Every element of the watch is finished by hand in the workshops of the Finnish-born watchmaker, who is based in Switzerland. The attention to finishing is particularly evident in the polished wheels, pinions and architectural surfaces visible from the front of the watch.

Completing the design is a crocodile leather strap, chosen to complement the sophisticated character of the titanium case and highly decorated movement.

With a listed price of CHF 86,000, the Voutilainen 28 Ti represents the independent watchmaker's philosophy at its most expressive: rather than using the movement merely to power the watch, the mechanism itself becomes the principal design feature.