While I wasn’t wanting, Swedish watchmaker Gustafsson & Sjogren modified its model identify to the extra easy “GoS.” Why? I’m positive it didn’t have something to do with individuals misspelling it. To deliver some cheer into our lives throughout international pandemic pandemonium, GoS introduced the completely attractive Skadi watch — named after a Nordic goddess of Winter. Skadi is particular not solely due to its aesthetics but in addition as a result of it’s the results of mastery coming from at least 4 people who find themselves on the high of their discipline.
Having placing their creative and technical experience into this watch are Patrik Sjogren (finisher and watchmaker), Johan Gustafsoon (steel employee and forger who additionally creates Damascus metal), Anders Hedlund (engraver and knifemaker), and Peter deWit (jeweler and gold caster). Collectively, these skilled artisans have devoted to constructing 5 Skadi watches, solely considered one of which has been produced to date. For what you get, the value is definitely fairly affordable.
At 44.5mm-wide and 10.5mm-thick, the Skadi is rather more wearable than its daring visuals would possibly lead one to imagine. The case is two-tone completed proper, utilizing 18okay purple gold and a black PVD-coated “Damasteel” that’s produced by Johan Gustafsson in Sweden. This method shouldn’t be so simple as coating Damascus-style as a result of doing that may take away the varied textures and finishes. The approach was first utilized in collaboration with Geneva-based Singer Reimagined, for a piéce distinctive model of the Monitor 1 timepiece made for the ONLY WATCH public sale. Now, that very same approach is getting used for GoS itself, together with the gold. I wish to say that I like how, despite the fact that metal is combined with gold, the watch clearly doesn’t skimp on the quantity of gold it makes use of. The black Damascus metal, then again, feels extra beauty to me. I like that.
At a look, the Skadi watch doesn’t seem to have valuable stones, however blue sapphires are set by Peter deWit at every hour marker, in addition to within the crown. Lastly the lugs and caseback are engraved by Anders Hedlund, with motifs that he says are impressed by Viking-era paintings. Word that the motion of the watch (seen by means of the caseback window) additionally makes use of a mainplate produced from Gustafsson Damasteel. The motion is a modified model of a Unitas 6498 base, which is outwardly produced by Soprod. It’s a chronometer-grade motion, and the Damascus metal plate has additional attention-grabbing ornament on it.
For the Skadi dial, GoS did one thing that I want to see in individual. The face itself is in white mother-of-pearl, with an utilized brass ring for the indexes and black Damascus metal fingers. Beneath the dial is meant to be an utility of Tremendous-LumiNova. Meaning all the dial glows at nighttime — which sounds fairly pretty, really. This isn’t the primary time GoS has supplied such a dial, as this was completed on the 2019 GoS Sarek Glacier timepiece.
Hooked up to the Skadi watch is an alligator strap and special-locking 18okay gold buckle that can make it a bit extra “blingy” than the model’s customary moose leather-based strap. In all, the GoS Skadi is a little more of a celebratory piece than what a lot of the world is prepared for proper now, however the firm is producing simply 5 of them, and for those who order one now, the Skadi will definitely arrive after the COVID-19 disaster has ended. Value for the GoS Skadi watch is $42,000 USD. Be taught extra on the GoS web site right here.
