Loading...Jean Marc from 219 is a jeweler, a watchmaker, but above all a highly spirited and educated person in Mexican history, the Mayan history and culture. We had quite some interesting conversations, about watches, philosophy and history.
Banned to the east sea, legends says that the God of The East
Star would come back to reverse the power and to command
the whole Mayan Nation.
KUKULKAN HIGH JEWELLERY MUZO EMERALDS GMT
expresses the amazing symbol of the pre-columbian plumed snake, being
the first watch ever created using maya numerology as time indicator
and offering maya’s low relief hand-made engraving as a particular
esthetical code. Traditionally set exclusively in high jewellery items,
Muzo Mine emeralds (Columbia) were considered too precious and
too consequent to be used in watch making. In 2012 and as never
made before, weight’s price has been sacrificed for this 12 pieces
limited edition in order to dedicate to the legendary Kukulkan the
most legendary gem ornament and to propose, as a final result, a
unique and prestigious collection piece.
Details on the above timepiece:
KUKULKAN HIGH JEWELLERY MUZO EMERALDS / TECHNICAL DETAILS
Functions : Hours-minutes-seconds and GMT
First watch using mayan numbers as time indicator
Movment: ETA Valgranges A07.171
Jewelling 24 rubies
Power reserve 46 hours
Self-winding movment with Swiss-Lever escapment
Crown : at 3 o’clock / hand engraved
Dial: Hours indicator Mayan numerology (patent registered by 219)
Mate Black rhodium treatment with superluminova injection in the low relief lines made by chemical reduction of material
GMT 24 hours timezone indicated with arabic numbers
Original dial designed by 219 including four elements :
The 5th mayan sun, the Kukulkan ( Pyramid, a sanke head in the Pyramid and 219 designed as a pyramid, inside the snake jaw.
Case : Case diameter : 47 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
18 carat AU 750 PD
Innovative case acoustic imitates “rattling noise” which the rattle snake is know for when it shakes its tail (patent registered by 219)
52 Muzo emeralds baguettes setted after having been sorted directly in the muzo mines of Colombia so as to get the most homogenous result (12 carat total weight). Mayan century was 52 years long so number 52 was sacred and revelant because it’s a multiple of number 13, which was important for the mayas. (Chichen Itzá scales are number 51 + the top of the pyramid means 52, for each side).
Water resistance: 5 ATM
Glass: Sapphire crystal without anti-reflecting treatment
Case backside: The case back side offers the surprise of a traditional mayan Low relief engraving (200 hours hand work) representing the symbol of death”(found in Chichen Itzá ruins) surroundhead” by the circle of the the 20 days of the Tzolkin Kalendar which is the calendar of the East Star (260 days), the Star of the Kukulkan (known as a planet by the romans and called Venus because it’s cycle is the same than human being preignancy). The Tzolkin was apparently invented by the olmecs 3000 before Christ birth. Numbers 13 and 20 were sacred by the mayas and they adopted this calendar because the 260 days were associated to human preignancy and to wheat grow period (which is associated to the skin of the snake). Each day is associated to a different glyph which represents one or several symbols like crocodile, Dragon, wind, death, snake, moon, jaguar, eagle, etc. This association is supposed to express the arrival of the Kukulkan on the 12.21.2012 to reverse the power and command the whole mayan nation in synchronisation with the birth of the sixth sun.
Strap: 2 different straps (Full grain leather Alligator strap and rubber strap) with stainless steel deployant claps
Limited Edition to 12 pieces
Jean Marc at his booth:
Jean Marc is holding one of his timepieces dedicated to the Mayan calendar in his hands.
Above you see a quick shot taken at GTE. Not the best lighting conditions unfortunately.
There are two versions of this timepiece, steel and gold. It has a GMT complication, and the Gold version is limited to 12 pieces and made of true Mayan Gold.
Details on the steel timepiece:
I have also seen a yellow gold version which was at the booth, take a look:
