[Rockhounds] This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a million years ago

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/style/toledano-chan-meteorite-watch-b1m/index.html








On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 8:23 AM Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com> wrote:

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> In watchmaking, heritage matters. But while rival European horologists
> vaunt the traditions of their centuries-old workshops, design duo Toledano
> & Chan’s new creation has a longer history altogether: It was carved from a
> meteorite that slammed into Earth around 1 million years ago.
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> The Brutalist-inspired watch, dubbed the B/1M, was made from part of the
> Muonionalusta meteorite, the remains of which were first discovered in the
> Swedish village of Kitkiöjärvi in 1906. Since then, dozens more fragments —
> scattered around by the force of its collision with Earth — have been found
> across northern Scandinavia.
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> While small amounts of the meteorite have been used on luxury timepieces
> before, artist Phillip Toledano and watchmaker Alfred Chan wanted to go one
> step further.
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> “You often see meteorite dials; they are not uncommon on watches,”
> Toledano told CNN via Zoom from New York, where he is based. “But an entire
> meteorite case, dial, lugs — all that stuff — is very unusual.”
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