Mumbai, Nov 2 Swiss space fanatic-cum-watchmaker Patrick Hohmann's passionate dream was to combine 'space and time' that he achieved uniquely by creating exclusive watches made from material that has had a history of space travel, under the brand name 'Spaceborn'.
The founder of Werenbach, a watch making company in Zurich, Switzerland, Hohmann was lured by the space virus nearly a decade ago and it took him to Kazakhstan, scouting for parts of Russian Soyuz rockets.
Hohmann, 47, recounted his story wowing a select Indian audience via a webinar organized by Space Geeks Mumbai a startup launched by a trio of space geeks, Chintamani Pai, Ankush Bhaskar and Virendra Yadav all born Mumbaikars.
With the help of local contacts to 'prey' on the burnt-out and discarded space scrap fallen on the remote steppes in Kazakhstan, Hohmann finally produced the first of the magnificent mechanical and quartz-powered time-pieces around five years ago.
"My mission was simple I wanted to bring Space on Earth Starting with the first watch in 2013 when we sold some 30 watches By 2017, we offloaded 5,000-plus, including maybe a couple of Ind!" Hohman told from Switzerand on phone, with a tinge of pride over the success of his bizarre venture.
The 'Spaceborn' series includes Mach-33, which is equivalent to 33 times the speed of sound or the Escape Velocity to exit the Earth's gravitational pull, Leonov, and the upcoming Soyuz O1 collection
( With inputs from IANS )
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