Cyrus debuted in 2010 as a young watchmaking company from Switzerland, born out of the desire to preserve solid and essential values in the field of luxury products. Their flagship model is certainly the extraordinary Klepcys, which was developed by one of the greatest contemporary masters of watchmaking - Jean-Francois Mojon, who is also the winner of the Best Watchmaker Prize of the 2010 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix. It took Cyrus no less than three years to develop the Cyrus Klepcys, but the result was an amazing watch with three major functions interpreted in a way that the world has never seen before. These three unique ways to read various aspects of time are all patented.
The most distinctive of the new complications, and the one that truly captures the attention, is the unique moon phase indicator, inspired by the ancient Babylonian tower, reaching a height of 91 meters. This stronghold was known as the tower “with its top in the heavens” and the old legend says that Cyrus, after conquering the Babylon, pointed his finger towards sky and said “That will be out next conquest.”
In 2012, Cyrus pays homage to the great conqueror, making his dream come true. The Mars is conquered and captured in two limited editions of 33 Cyrus Klepcys Mars timepieces. The new Klepcys Mars features red accents all over dial, and bears an image of the legendary Martian face, which was discovered in the Cydonia region of Mars by the Viking 1 explorer, back in 1976.
Same as the original Cyrus Klepcys, the Klepcys Mars watch shows current hours, minutes and seconds on the linear basis. This actually means that the hour hand indicates the current hour on the retrograde 180° axis, but at the same time, the discs for the minutes and seconds are being perfectly aligned with the hour, offering the wearer a completely new way to read time.
Cyrus Klepcys watch is also distinguished by its retrograde date, rotating in 3D. The first digit is in a constant motion from 0 to 9, automatically jumping back to its starting position when it reaches the end of the date-axis. The first digit also rotates on itself in 3D. For example, once reaching 29 it will retrograde and rotate to reach 30. Again, to display 31, the first digit will rotate on itself to display 0.
The third unique complication - which was first seen on the Cyrus Klepcys as a beautiful moon phase indicator with a full realistic Moon figurine crafted in gold – is now a three-dimensional sphere representing the planet Mars in miniature. The surface of the celestial body is reproduced to the tiniest detail, painted by hand to create realistic crater images. The figure rotates around its axis at the same speed as in the space – about 40 minutes slower than Earth – at 24 hours, 37 minutes and 22 seconds for the sidereal day.
Among the other interesting features, there is an 18mm-diameter medallion in 18-carat red gold, featured on the back of the case, which is inspired by a stater coin of Cyrus. The medallion depicts the great paladin on a winged horse setting off to conquer the planet Mars. The watch is presented on a black rubber bracelet with 3D pyramids reproducing the Martian landscape, but the replacement band is also delivered with it, and it is made of classic black alligator leather.
Cyrus Klepcys Mars uses automatic CYR599 movement built on 366 individual components. The manufactured mechanism beats at 28.800 vibrations per hour and offers at least 40 hours of power reserve. The movement is nested in 48mm-diameter case which is made either of titanium (539.101.B) or of black DLC-coated titanium (539.102.B). Only 66 pieces of this watch are available for purchase, which certainly means they are truly exclusive and very expensive, but for most of us they are a far better way to explore Mars than traveling to outer space.
Author: Marina Milojevic
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