STAR CHRONICLE MECHANICAL BROWN

The STAR CHRONICLE collection received the Winner Award in the prestigious German Design Awards 2025 competition and a gold award in the international NY Product Design Awards 2025: Season 1 competition.

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 written language.

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

In the model descriptions, you can read about the intricacies of design and engineering solutions, as well as some amazing stories behind the Star Chronicle collection! The full story 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 hours power reserve, accuracy -10+30 seconds per day;
• functions: date, day of the week, month;
• front and back glass - sapphire;
• case material - stainless steel;
• quick-release strap made of genuine leather with a butterfly clasp;
• water resistance - 100 meters;
• engraving on the back case;
• 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 Francysk Skaryna's original 16th-century coat of arms.

It is no coincidence that the Moon was 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 personified masculinity, while the first quarter Moon represented femininity. Compositionally, the dial depicts the sky with the Moon and the Sun, rendered in the style of medieval artworks: massive hands with a complex shape, a starry sky pattern, and elements of the hands.

According to one ancient myth, which survived under the name "Celestial Family" or "Celestial Wedding," the Sun and Moon represent an ideal married couple: the Sun is female, embodying the perfect Lady, the Month is male, appearing as the perfect 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, disturbances sometimes occur, the main culprit of which is the Moon due to the variability of its nature. Thus, it sometimes wooed Vechernitsy (Venus), for which it was severely punished by Perun. Astronomically, this corresponds to periodic convergences of Venus and the Moon in the sky.
The watch is powered by a Japanese automatic Miyota 9122 premium 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 decorated with a substantial brand dial. Sapphire front and back glass reliably protect against scratches. Water resistance is 100 meters.

The transparent case back reveals a specially crafted movement rotor with a seal made 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 early 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 produced.     

As part of the limited collection, 1% of the models feature a unique seal on the calendar dial. The seal is located at one of the date digits; for men's models, it is an image of a bull, which is associated with the Month (Moon). Their connection was revealed already in the Paleolithic era, when people noticed that during the new moon, the crescent of the night luminary resembled the horns of a bull. In this way, we emphasize the symbolism of celestial illumination, which speaks of strength, determination, and perseverance. There is no possibility of intentionally choosing such models; they will find their owners in random order.