F77 SST METEORITE MK1 - 37MM

F77 MK2 with meteorite dial, no date, flat link bracelet, worn on the wrist

The swiss automatic F77 SST meteorite MK1 watch that carries the universe on its dial

In the world of watch dials, the word "unique" is used constantly and almost never means anything. With the Nivada Grenchen F77 SST Meteorite MK1, it is the most literal truth in the product description. Every single dial on every single watch is cut from a different fragment of genuine meteorite, drifted through the solar system, and eventually fell to Earth.

The Widmanstätten crystalline structure visible on each dial, those flowing, interlocked metallic bands of iron and nickel, takes millions of years of slow cooling in the near-absolute-zero vacuum of space to form. It cannot be replicated in a laboratory. It cannot be manufactured. It can only be found.

F77 MK2 stainless steel with meteorite dial and integrated flat link bracelet
Swiss engineering matched to cosmic material

The case of the F77 SST Meteorite MK1 is constructed entirely from 316L stainless steel, at 37mm in diameter and just 12.1mm thick, with a lug-to-lug span of 45mm, the case sits closer to the wrist and fits a broader range of wrist sizes than the bulkier sport watches that dominated the previous decade. The case finish alternates between satin-brushed and polished surfaces throughout, a technique that requires significantly more manual labour than a single-finish case and signals a level of craft attention that most watches at this price point do not offer.

What Widmanstätten actually means

The Widmanstätten pattern named after the Austrian scientist Alois von Beckh-Widmanstätten who first documented it in 1808, is a crystalline structure of interlocking iron-nickel alloy bands (kamacite and taenite) that forms exclusively in iron meteorites during extremely slow cooling over geological timescales. The bands grow at rates of less than one millimetre per million years. Modern metallurgy has never successfully replicated this structure artificially.

Nivada Grenchen F77 Titanium Meteorite MK1 side profile showing the slim case
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Case

37mm, 316L stainless steel

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Glass

Double-domed Sapphire crystal

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Dial

Genuine meteorite

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Movement

Automatic Soprod P024

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Crown

Screw-down crown

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Water resistance

10 ATM / 100 m

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strap

Stainless Steel Bracelet or Canvas Velcro Strap

Nivada Grenchen F77 Meteorite on the wrist beside a meteorite slice with Widmanstätten pattern held between fingers
A piece of deep space

The F77 SST Meteorite MK1 is made for the buyer who wants their watch to mean something beyond its technical specification. It is for the first-time buyer of a serious Swiss watch who wants to own something genuinely impossible to replicate. And it is for the seasoned collector who has realised that the most interesting pieces in their collection are the ones with an actual story to tell, not a brand story, not a marketing story, but a material story that begins four billion years ago in deep space.

The Swiss made designation

Inside the F77 SST Meteorite MK1 beats the Swiss-made Soprod P024 automatic movement, a calibre chosen for its reliability, precision, and everyday usability. Operating at 28,800 vibrations per hour, the P024 delivers a smooth sweep of the seconds hand and the kind of mechanical performance expected from a serious Swiss watch. With 25 jewels and approximately 38 hours of power reserve, it gives the F77 a movement that feels as considered as the meteorite dial itself.

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