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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, d
by adolph 2y ago
“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.”
The design is oriented around the meterorite's iron: Widmanstätten patterns, also known as Thomson structures, are figures of long phases of nickel–iron, found in the octahedrite shapes of iron meteorite crystals and some pallasites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern
- senectus1 2y agoMy wedding band has a meteorite ring component. The owner of that watch is going to have a heavy lump that rusts on his wrist lol. pretty cool though.