Description
The classically styled Bremont Hawking Limited
Edition watch, featuring a retrograde seconds hand
and grand date, contains 4 wooden discs inlaid into
the back of the watch taken from the desk at which
Hawking contemplated the mysteries of the
universe, one of his most treasured possessions.
This exquisite chronometer also contains some
meteorite to symbolise the cosmos which can be
seen at the centre of the striking hand-finished
closed case back, as well as an etching of stars
from the night sky in Oxford, on 8th January 1942,
the date that Hawking was born. The watch’s serial
number is printed on paper from original copies of
a 1979 seminal research paper commonly referred
to as “The ‘nuts’ and ‘bolts’ of gravity”, co-written
with one of Hawking’s longest serving
collaborators, Professor Gary Gibbons, that sought
to understand the thermal properties of black
holes.
Modified calibre 11 1/2’’’ BE-92AV. 25 Jewels. 38-hour power reserve. Nivaflex
mainspring. 28,800BPH. Glucydur balance wheel and Anachron balance spring.
Black hole spiral inspired tungsten rotor with wooden inlay taken from Stephen
Hawking’s desk. Only 88 pieces will be made; the
numbers referencing the year in which Hawking’s
“Brief History of Time” was published, 1988.
Whitened, full meteorite dial with 11 applied batons containing 33 claw set
0.8mm VVS FG Diamonds. Polished stainless steel Bremont Trip-Tick® construction. Case diameter 34mm,
strap fitting 16mm, case thickness 10.50mm. Bezel claw set with 60 white
brilliant cut 1.35mm VVS FG Diamonds. Total carat weight 0.7ct
