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For millennia, humanity thought the Mainland and its surrounding islands was the only substantial landmass in existence. That is, until the world's first satellite launched and sent back images of two other continents in the far ocean. The Horizon, first intercontinental sailing ship ever built, sets sail for the new lands with a crew of world-renowned experts. Nearly to new shores, disaster strikes during a freak storm, leaving the ship at the hands of a lone survivor: Dr. Alexander Pryce. Without the expertise of his colleagues, Pryce must survive in uncharted land while he waits for rescue, alone. Or so he thinks.

Sunflower Clock by Athanasius Kircher, 1643

Directed by Michael Ritchie Cinematography by Brian Probyn

Only a few examples are known of this extraordinarily rare work of military horological history. Commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Corps, designed by Longines Watch Company of Switzerland, the A-9 was the precursor of the modern Master Navigational Chronometer. Circa 1940.

Rolex, circa 1952.