中国时间 cn-time 钱币是人类历史长河中经济发展的见证,把古钱币与时间的载体“钟表”艺术地结合,则是一种走近历史的方式,让现代人穿越时空的阻隔。 中国是世界上最早发明计时仪器的国家,宋元佑三年(公元1088年),身为宰相和科学家的苏颂,主持建成了被外国人称为“世界上第一台机械钟”的水运仪象台。它吸取各家机械结构之长,采用民间水车、筒车,以及桔槔、凸轮、天平秤杆等机械原理,是集观测、演示和报时为一体的自动化天文台,精确度已达到误差每日一秒,更因为采用了早期的擒纵机构,成为机械钟的祖先。而这一伟大的发明,比欧洲的机械钟早600多年! 钱币形式的外圆内方,在秦始皇统一中国时(公元前221年)开始,当时以半两为货币单位,重如其文;钱体厚重,外圆内方,取天圆地方之意;钱文隆起而雄伟,半两的“两”字中“人”字高耸。秦半两的出现令“圆形方孔”钱币成为中国货币的基础,这种币形一直沿用了两千多年,是中国货币发展过程中的一个里程碑,古钱币手表,因为古代铸币方法的限制,每一枚都绝不相同,具有非凡的纪念价值和历史意义。
微刻、微雕起源于三千多年前的古代中国,是一种以刀代笔,以精小细微为特征的风格独具的艺术形式。雕刻时肉眼看不见,凭感觉运刀,靠经验完成创作,因而人们又称之为“神刻意雕”,作品具有“微中藏世界,神韵读华章”之妙趣。微雕珍藏手表,就是为了让更多的人接触这种濒临灭绝的技艺,为了让更多的人惊叹它的神奇而传承它,每一件作品都让大师们的技艺发挥得淋漓尽致,将微雕技艺融入先进制表工艺中,在方寸表盘间刻下意象万千,以小见大,别有洞天;微雕珍藏手表将《兰亭序》、《孙子兵法》、《般若波罗密多心经》等名篇表现出来,还把龙凤呈祥、富贵万代、如意吉祥等中国传统经典图案,材料有猛犸象牙、玉石、K金等微雕而成。
Micro-engraving and micro-carving originated in ancient China more than 3,000 years ago. It is
a particular artistic style characterized by delicacy and compactness, which is carved by knife. It
is invisible to the naked eye when the artist is carving, so it is completed solely rely on the
artist’s feeling and experience. The appearance of micro-carved treasure watches was to
enable more people to know this workmanship which is on the edge of extinction, to let more
people marvel at its miracle and to activate more people to inherit it. The artist's gifts are at
their acme on each article, they combine the micro-carving technique with advanced watch
making process, engrave numerous images on the tiny watch dial. The artists have carved
many masterpieces on the micro-carved collecting watches, including “Orchid Pavilion Preface”,
“Sunzi's Military Strategy & Tactics”, “Heart Sutra” and so on, and also carved some typical
traditional Chinese patterns, such as “Dragon-Phoenix”, “Everything goes well”, and auspicious
designs. Generally, the micro-carving articles are mainly made from ivory tusks of the woolly
mammoths, jades, and K gold.