STAR CHRONICLE MECHANIC SILVER SPACE

The STAR CHRONICLE collection received the Winner Award in the prestigious German Design Awards 2025 competition, and was also honored with 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 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 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 jewels, 40-hour 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 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 interactions between celestial lights changed over centuries under the influence of science, culture, and religion. However, many of even the most archaic stories reflect real astronomical events. The Star Chronicle collection is inspired by these amazing tales.

As a visual representation of the Moon and the Sun on the dial, HVILINA designers developed a stylized image of Francysk Skaryna's original coat of arms 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 represents the sky, featuring the Moon and the Sun, crafted in the style of medieval artworks: massive hands of complex shape, a star-studded sky pattern, and hand elements.

According to one ancient myth, which survived under the name "Celestial Family" or "Celestial Wedding," the Sun and the Moon represent an ideal married couple: the Sun is feminine, embodying the ideal Lady, the Moon is masculine, appearing as the ideal Lord. The stars are their children. Cosmos is the home and the courtyard, which together embody a perfectly ordered universe.

But even in this perfect order, disruptions sometimes occur, with the Moon being the main culprit 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 periodic conjunctions of Venus and the Moon in the sky.
The watch is powered by a Japanese automatic Miyota 9122 premium movement with 26 jewels. The watch is equipped with a calendar displaying the date, day of the week, and month. The case is made of stainless steel. The crown is adorned with a voluminous brand dial. Sapphire glass front and back reliably protects against scratches. Water resistance is 100 meters.

The transparent back cover reveals a specially made movement rotor with a seal crafted 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's 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 a paired order. The collection is limited, with 500 pieces of each model to be produced.    

As part of the limited collection, 1% of 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 sickle of the night luminary resembles a bull's horns. In this way, we emphasize the symbolism of celestial illumination, which speaks of strength, determination, and perseverance. There is no possibility of deliberately selecting such models; they will find their owners in random order.