Yuri Gagarin was the first human in history to leave our planet. Since that first off-world journey, more than 500 astronauts have followed to date. Writing both space and mankind’s history, many of these astronauts are seen as heroes and role-models for us here on Earth. They have achieved something so few humans have, experiencing…
Space changes people. Astronauts return to Earth having realized things are different than what they thought they knew before gazing at our planet from hundreds of kilometres above it. Their new perspective shifts their mindset – shifts their boundaries – shifts their worldview. And it is from this principle that I have made the ideology…
A watch made from a space rocket… For two years, this idea gnawed away at me at all hours of the day and night - yet when I raised the subject afresh, my wife simply rolled her eyes.
Admittedly, it was absurd. But at some point, I’d come to be in possession of the knowledge about…
On our first two visits to Kazakhstan in 2012, we never even made it near the exclusion zone: a metal trader met us near the boundary and handed the material over. When procuring the material for the “Earth Collection”, we wanted at all costs to be there when the booster fell from space.
A journey into…
Through the combination of watches and literary pursuit, Patrick Hohmann, founder of WERENBACH, joins two worlds to create something entirely new: the fusing of timepieces with a true tale of adventure. The book is inspiring, captivating and authentic - just like the watches themselves. They are made from space rockets, produced under uniquely challenging conditions…
Werenbach is launching part one of its new watch collection. What sets these watches apart is the material that goes into them: the case is made from the melted-down outer shell of a genuine Soyuz space rocket following its mission. Numerous adventure-filled trips to the Kazakh Steppe were required to procure the material for watch…
On 23rd January, 2013, Andrea Duttweiler, Marco Vannotti and Patrick Hohmann founded the company Werenbach in Zürich-Hottingen, Switzerland.
The purpose of the company was to produce watches from genuine rocket material. In so doing, Werenbach sought to go one step further than other comparable watch brands, who had thus far succeeded solely in incorporating single pieces…
It was on a warm April weekend. I had to release the stress from a hard working week and went jogging in the woods. Running helps me the best to unwind. When I think back to this moment today, my memories are only vague. But I remember the moment very well when I had this…