To this large family, in time for Geneva Watch Days, comes the Astronomia Solar Bitcoin, upon which the heavenly bodies of our solar system share space with a recent addition to life on earth an extra-large rotating bitcoin symbol.
The watch has a base plate shaped like a microchip, because Bitcoin's mom & dad are both computers, & its movement is surrounded by an engraving reading "peer to peer" & "blockchain" & "decentralized digital currency," which are the "Drive Carefully, Me" of the cryptocurrency generation.
The case is 44mm, made from titanium & blacked out with DLC. The strap is black alligator. The price is $348,000.
This is the dawning of the age of Bitcoin" the announcement for this watch asserts. To my eyes, we seem to be witnessing the sunset rather than the dawning though, to be fair, crypto must've felt like the next big thing when Jacob & Co. thought up this concept.
You'd have to have a set of ₿rass ₿alls to wear this watch. For those who like bling & horological complications, there is no doubt that the Astronomia is a grail (or beyond the grail) piece, but the Astronomia Solar Bitcoin seems about six months too late. Then again, there are only 25 of them, so the question is: Are there 25 serious hodlers out there with portfolios diversified enough to afford one? Probably so & there is a zero percent chance that anyone who buys this watch is not thinking obsessively about it at Burning Man right now under the influence of some drug we have all yet to hear of.#WriteToEarnWCT
