From the beginnings of modern cartography, 142 drawings of maps are attributed to Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), a German scholar who moved to Basel following his conversion to Protestantism. His work, Novus Orbis, resembled an encouragement to exploratory voyages, was included in his major work, Cosmographia Universalis, a richly illustrated and detailed cartographic collection.
The New World dial is made of small fragments of stone. A mosaic using stone marquetry, blending different type of stones into a colorful New World map! These stone fragments are manual carved and polished down to a thickness of 0.50 mm.
Finished, this stone dial gives you a feeling of a map used by an explorer setting out for his “grand voyage”!
This is the most colorful of the three dials and also the one that takes to longest time to make.
On the wrist… You are ready to set sails!
Best
Blomman