Stardust on Your Wrist | Feb 26, 2007 |
Symbol comes first: While looking for the astrological or astronomical pieces, people are usually interested in the background of one thing or another. It is not the planet signs, symbols of Zodiac or the multifunctional complicated devices that they are keen on. People appreciate the very symbolic meaning of the thing. Or I can even say - a symbol of what had long become a mythology.
And there are people sharing this point of view or having quite a similar approach. Wolfgang Steinkruger, great designer and the general manager of Sothis Company understood it long time ago. Wolfgang Steinkruger doesn't deny the fact that observing the night vault of heaven made him pay attention to the old time connection set by the people between the Earth and stars motion. It has got a hypnotizing impact on him.
Sothis is a divine personification of the star Sirius in the Big Dog constellation. To get the real value of the product of any company, and especially of the watch company you need to know something about its background. That is the company's history of foundation, its main aesthetic values and so on.
The star Sirius is the brightest one in northerly winter sky. When the Egyptian calendar was introduced, it meant the astronomical beginning of the New Year.
Origins and technologies
The origin of the significant and harmonious name Sothis can be found in Bielefelds. Bielefelds is the metropolis at the edge of Teutoburg Forest. The main designer and owner of Sothis Wolfgang Steinkruger established himself as a world known manufacturer of timepieces within the shortest time. Sothis has got serious mechanical development, such as the moon phase used in the model range 'Spirit of Moon' or 'Stardust'.
Unique design
Superior ornamentation and refined engraving of the Stardust timepiece along with its gold plated rotor makes this timepiece a real treasure for true connoisseurs of original design. The depiction of stars as well as the deep blue color of the 'Stardust' watch dial makes it really precious from the aesthetic point of view. White, detailed watch scale and yellow color of the second hands makes an obvious but beautiful reminiscence to the night starry sky, when the sky is cloudless and the Moon surrounded by the stars is looking at the Earth inhabitants like a mythological deity.
Dial of the Stardust watch is whether black or silver. Stardust model features leather strap with deployment buckle. Like many other unique and original timepieces, Stardust collection represents a limited edition of five hundred pieces.
Hidden universe
Another great detail of the Stardust model is a sapphire glass on the back side of the watch. The back case of Sothis timepiece being transparent makes it possible for the owner to observe the most amazing peculiarity of the watch - work of the movement. The Sothis constellation engraved on the back case creates the impression of the Milky Way passing before the eyes of an observer, which offers a perfect opportunity to draw an analogy between the watch movement and the universe.
I think Stardust watch by Sothis is a great stylized timepiece worth of the careful attention. Stardust watch is am amazing follower of the old astrological and astronomical traditions of watchmaking.