Our watch of the week
This time, the Holzkern ladies’ watch Uranus is our watch of the week. It is particularly versatile and multi-faceted and impresses with two true eye catchers: The marble clock face and the bezel made from walnut wood.
The different components of the Holzkern Uranus
Marble, etymologically referring to “glowing, shining”, is a carbonate rock consisting of the calcite, dolomite or aragonite minerals. However, there are various meanings of marble: Petrographically, it is a metamorphic rock which is created by a transformation (metamorphosis) of limestone and other rocks rich in carbonite caused by heat and pressure in the earth’s interior. Apart from the petrographic explanation, cultural and economic definitions of marble concepts can be distinguished.
A number of major buildings and works of art are made of marble. At the present, marble is mainly used for flooring and stair covering, tiles, sinks and façade panels. The extraction of marble – which has been practised for thousands of years – is still a laborious and complex process today.
Today, this precious material can also be found in Holzkern watches. The Uranus ladies’ watch comes with a complex marble face which has many different facets and layers.
The real walnut is a deciduous broad-leaved tree from the walnut family. It is commonly referred to as walnut or walnut tree. The common name derives from Old English wealhhnutu, literally ‘foreign nut’ or ‘nut of the Romans’, as it came to Germany via France or Italy. Its fruits are popularly known as walnuts. However, the tree provides precious wood as well. Walnut wood has been used for our watch-of-the-week’s bezel, or in other words; the bezel comes with a thin frame made of walnut wood.
Leather is chemically preserved animal skin with a largely maintained fibre structure. The terms leather and fur must be differentiated. Leather is made from a layer of the skin which is called leather hide (dermis). The so-called papillary layer with its very fine fibre structure is going to be the grain side of the leather. The skin of larger animals such as cows, horses, donkeys and pigs is referred to as both leather and skin in its raw, untanned condition. Our watch of the week is equipped with a brown leather wristband.
