fossilized teeth of these extinct giants , the amazing dials on these watches show color and grain that belie the source of the material and are at least 10,000 years old - when the last large herds of Wooly Mammoth roamed the planet .
From materials thousands of years old we jump several orders of magnitude to fossilized dinosaur bone dating back 100-200 million years ! When initially exhumed from the ground , the fossilized bone looks fairly mundane ; much like a rusted rock . When shaped , sanded , polished , and finished , striations of dark grey create patterns over a varicolored Martian-red background in an ethereal expression of natural artistry brought to life through modern craftsmanship .
Traveling even further back to the very beginnings of our universe in our William Henry “ Wayback ” machine we find the meteorite dials . Not without precedent in the watchmaking pantheon , meteorite dials embody the ancient travelers of the cosmos that have seen billions and billions ( thanks Carl ) of years go by .
William Henry ’ s own dials display the iconic Widmanstätten patterns within a contrasting and colorful Timascus case . This creates a vibrant counterpoint to the monochromatic Thomson structures of the dial .
Each William Henry timepiece represents a merger of materials , design , and engineering that integrates a totemic representation of time into timekeeping itself .
Prices range from $ 4,000- $ 9,000 at www . williamhenry . com .
The Fossil Dinosaur Bone Dial This limited-edition Legacy model features a dial crafted from dinosaur bone ; an extraordinary fossil material that ranges from 100 to 200 million years old . The ‘ high red ’ dinosaur bone is considered the finest in the world and is found in the American southwest . Initially it has a similar appearance to rock , but after the painstaking process of crafting a precision dial , the beautiful hues and patterns are revealed . Surrounding the ancient dial is a forged Damascus case built with 300 layers of stainless-steel alloys and etched to reveal the individual patterns .
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