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The STAR CHRONICLE collection received the Winner Award in the prestigious German Design Awards 2025 competition, and also won gold awards in the international design competitions MUSE Design Awards 2024: Season 2 and NY Product Design Awards 2025: Season 1.

The HVILINA Star Chronicle collection is inspired by ancient Belarusian myths and legends about the Moon and the Sun, and our ancestors' understanding of celestial mechanics. Many of these legends predate the advent of writing.

Iryna Klimkowicz - journalist-publicist, former employee of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, co-author of the encyclopedic dictionary "Belarusian Mythology" - helped the HVILINA team gather unique material.

In the model descriptions, you can read about the intricacies of the design and engineering solutions, as well as some amazing stories behind the Star Chronicle collection! The full history of the myths and legends will be published later, in a separate article on our website.

FEATURES:

• movement - Miyota 9122 premium automatic, 26 ruby jewels, 40-hour power reserve, accuracy -10+30 seconds per day;
• functions: date, day of week, month;
• front and back crystal - sapphire;
• case material - stainless steel;
• quick-release strap made of genuine leather with a butterfly clasp;
• water resistance - 100 meters;
• engraving on the case back;
• decorated crown;
• specially made movement rotor, decorated with a seal;
• case diameter - 43 mm;
• case thickness - 12.6 mm;
• strap width - 22 mm;
• limited edition - 500 pieces of each model;
• warranty – 24 months;
• watch lifespan – from 10 years.

Our ancestors' ideas about cosmic order and the interaction between celestial lights changed over centuries under the influence of science, culture, and religion. However, many even the most archaic stories are a reflection of real astronomical events. The Star Chronicle collection is inspired by these amazing stories.

As a visual representation of the Moon and the Sun on the dial, HVILINA designers developed a stylized image of the original coat of arms of Francysk Skaryna from the 16th century.

It is no coincidence that the Moon is depicted on the dial in its first quarter. In archaic tradition, the full Moon and the first quarter Moon were perceived as two different celestial bodies. The full Moon embodied masculinity, and the first quarter Moon - femininity. Compositionally, the dial depicts the sky with the Moon and Sun, executed in the style of medieval artworks: massive hands of complex shape, a star-studded sky pattern, elements of the hands.

According to one ancient myth, which has survived under the name "Heavenly Family" or "Heavenly Wedding," the Sun and Moon represent an ideal married couple: the Sun is female, embodying the ideal Lady, the Moon is male, appearing as the ideal Lord. The stars are their children. The cosmos is their home and yard, which together embody a perfectly ordered universe.

But even in this perfect order, disruptions sometimes occur, the main culprit of which is the Moon due to the variability of its nature. Thus, it sometimes courted Vechernitsa (Venus), for which it was severely punished by Perun. Astronomically, this corresponds to the periodic convergences of Venus and the Moon in the sky.
The watch is powered by a Japanese Miyota 9122 premium automatic movement with 26 ruby jewels. The watch features a calendar displaying the date, day of the week, and month. The case is made of stainless steel. The crown is adorned with a prominent brand dial. Sapphire crystal front and back reliably protect against scratches. Water resistance is 100 meters.

The transparent case back reveals a specially crafted movement rotor with a seal in the form of a batleika, where the Sun and Moon appear as the main characters of the "cosmic theater." Batleika is a Belarusian folk puppet theater that has been widespread since the beginning of the 16th century. The stylization of the batleika on the movement rotor represents the theatricality and lyricism with which our ancestors described the phenomena they observed.

The volumetric box is also designed in the shape of an improvised batleika and can accommodate up to two models: men's and women's for paired ordering. The collection is limited, with 500 pieces of each model to be produced.    

Within the limited collection, 1% of the models feature a unique seal on the calendar dial. The seal is located in place of one of the date numerals; for men's models, it is an image of a bull, which is associated with the Month (Moon). Their connection was revealed as early as the Paleolithic era, when people noticed that during a new moon, the crescent of the night luminary resembled the horns of a bull. In this way, we emphasize the symbolism of celestial luminescence, which speaks of strength, determination, and perseverance. It is not possible to purposefully choose such models; they will find their owners in random order.