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Meteorite dial… and meteorite case
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SpeedyPhill
·Again no information on which (Iron) meteorites that were used ...
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muonionalusta
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muonionalusta
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Marsimaxam
·Do people actually like watches in which it is difficult to tell the exact time?
The meteorite dial is interesting, but I believe the Speedmaster meteorite dial is a cooler looking watch.
The meteorite dial is interesting, but I believe the Speedmaster meteorite dial is a cooler looking watch.
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TDBK
·I thought it was a pretty sad use for a remarkable meteorite, in my opinion it's a pretty ugly watch. As regards the exact time, between lack of accuracy in timekeeping and lack of precision in setting, even my most precisely gradated watch can't be counted on to be all that accurate.
I would love to have an Apollo Soyuz meteorite Speedy though.
I would love to have an Apollo Soyuz meteorite Speedy though.
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OmegaRody
·For me its an ugly watch and not that easy to tell exact time. Use of a meteorite creative though.
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Tag7800
·I like it! Sort of high end cave man!
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MtnMarine
·Its interesting, but I don't think it would very hard to add a few markers to fix the legibility.
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timoss
·Looks like Fred Flintstone’s watch.
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Dr. Green
·Would be nice to see some more Meteorite Dials 🥰
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Ascalon
·Interesting, but not me, I'm afraid.
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Canuck
·Reminds me of a Tissot Rock Watch.
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenHi
Muonionalusta meteorite tend to rust!
It isn’t the best choice for a watchcase worn on the skin!
It’s an iron-nickel meteorite, but the percentage of nickel Isn’t high!
Gibbeon Meteorite from Namibia would be the better choice, but still it’s not a non reactive stainless steel!
Sweat on the skin let meteorites rust!
Also, Iron meteorites have a bit of radioactivity! Not really healthy!
Meteorite watches selling in Europe at Mineral-/Fosil-/Meteorite- Collector Shows for a couple of hundred Euros...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muonionalusta
Like ALL of my early watch purchases, I wished I had done my homework before purchase.
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenHi Twocats,
Most of iron meteorites In the market will rust! There are a few quite stable ones!
Gibbeon from Namibia is one of them. Meteorite dealers told me the most stable pieces are cut out of the center of large lumps of the meteorites!
That are the most expensive pieces, as You can only use a small part of the big piece!
Additional, to get the Widmanstätten pattern visible, the meteorite pieces need to get etched by nitric acid.
If, after the etching the piece is not painstakingly neutralized and cleansed of all Rest of acids, also in all the pores and hairline cracks it will start to rust after a while. You can oil the pieces, or clear coat with lacquer, but if there is still acid in the piece, it will start again!
I do like meteorites, it’s an really interesting rare material, but you have to know most of them naturally rust, but a few!
But that’s also part of the beauty, though not on an watchcase!
Gibbeon Meteorite would have been a better choice, not the Swedish one!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_meteorite
Greetings!
Thanks for your informative reply to my post. I had an idea of integrating the piece I had into a square of metal and back lighting it. It goes without saying it was a disaster but worth try. My buddy still has the piece I gifted him. I saw a website once selling knives made out of it, can't imagine they were for anything other than display.
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hanky6
·@TDBK have you seen the best of them all? Imho anyway.
https://www.fratellowatches.com/spe...sional-apollo-soyuz-with-meteorite-dial/#gref
https://www.fratellowatches.com/spe...sional-apollo-soyuz-with-meteorite-dial/#gref
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TDBK
·@TDBK have you seen the best of them all? Imho anyway.
https://www.fratellowatches.com/spe...sional-apollo-soyuz-with-meteorite-dial/#gref
I've been lusting after that one for quite a while. Maybe someday.
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Dr. Green
·# Tako Yaki
thank you for your feedback and explanations 😀
thank you for your feedback and explanations 😀
