Since the meteorite is encased in a water-tight case, chances of oxidisation are extremely low. Our opinion is that oxidisation only occurs if the material is exposed to the elements. This may not be uniform, and may happen only in specific areas or spots. Oxidisation will result in a colour change in the surface. Iron Meteorites like the Muonionalusta have a tendency to oxidise. This pattern is impossible to recreate on Earth, so no two dials will be alike. Muonionalusta meteorites consists of Nickel+Iron, the Widmanstätten patterns you see on your dial are unique (the criss-cross of lines), and are formed by a slow-cooling process that occurs over millions of years as the meteorite travels in space. We ensure in our Quality Control process that these imperfections are not visible with naked eye, and may only show with microscopic examination.
Meteorite watch windows#
You may still find tiny imperfections on the Meteorite dials, especially with the flatness, and cutting around date windows etc. We pay utmost attention to our dials, we lose 4-5 Meteorite discs for each completed Meteorite dial, making this process cumbersome. These are not industrially produced raw materials, they're made of iron, and make it challenging to achieve the same levels of tolerances as our other dials. Meteorite dials on the other hand, are cut from a raw Meteorites. Dials can be manufactured with high levels of tolerances with flatness, finishing, and cutting. Watch dials are made of brass using industrially perfected processes. Due to the rarity of this material and the challenges in manufacturing, we can only make small batches at a time.
We then sent it to our manufacturing partners in Switzerland who cut the rock and processed it to our specifications to be used in our watch dials.
We worked with Meteorite hunters to source pieces from the Muonionalusta meteorite. Most meteorites found on Earth such as the Muonionalusta, are ferrous (Iron based). The specific Meteorite of your dial is from Muonionalusta, along the border of Sweden and Finland. Meteorites are space rocks that have fallen on Earth over thousands of years.
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