In a market where brands all too often rely on legacy over innovation, Diatom watches stand out as something truly unique. Our timepieces offer consumers a tangible connection to the cosmos by incorporating authentic meteorite fragments and lunar-flown Kapton foil into their designs, with the scarcity of these sought-after materials placing a natural limit on the number of each model we can create. This article takes a deep dive into the materials used in our watches and gives an insight into what makes them truly special.
Meteorite fragments: A Billion-Year Journey to Your Wrist
The first of these materials is genuine meteorite, fragments of which adorn the dial of each Diatom watch to offer consumers a direct link to the mysteries of the universe. These celestial stones have travelled through the cosmos for billions of years, forming unique crystalline structures known as Widmanstätten figures in the process. The distinctiveness of these patterns means that each fragment features its own unique fingerprint, making every Diatom timepiece a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Apollo 11 Kapton foil
Not content with just incorporating meteorite fragments in our watches, we’ve also gone to great lengths to source genuine Kapton foil from the Apollo 11 Command Module, the very same material used to shield Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on their historic journey to the Moon. Such an inclusion celebrates this undeniable pinnacle of human ingenuity and offers a real piece of spacefaring history to all Diatom owners.
Limited by nature
The combination of these extraordinary materials creates timepieces that go beyond traditional watchmaking. The inherent rarity and profound significance of the meteorite fragments and Apollo 11 Kapton foil mean that Diatom Watches cannot and will not be mass produced. In fact, to do so would diminish the very thing that makes them special. By limiting our editions, we ensure that lucky Diatom watch owners become part of an exclusive narrative that stretches all the way from the dawn of the cosmos to the very peak of manned spaceflight.
