The latest model from GoS combines black damascus steel with red gold and glacier-blue luminous Mother of Pearl to illustrate the landscape ruled by Skadi – the Winter Goddess in Norse Mythology. Skadi is pronounced Skah-dee and she personifies strength, courage, and endurance. Her most mentioned attributes are her bow and skis as she is very skilled at using them both to hunt and to engage in battle.
Hands and movement components are made from Johan Gustafsson´s damascus steel which have been featured in previous GoS models but are now re-introduced in Skadi with further refinement. The engraving on both case lugs and movement is done by master knifemaker Anders Hedlund, who also does the outstanding engraving work on Sarek Trollius. GoS introduce another master craftsman to the GoS collective as master goldsmith Peter deWit cast the 18k gold parts for the case and has his jewel fitters apply the premium quality blue sapphires in all indexes and the handsculpted damascus steel crown.
The dial is made from white Mother of Pearl, which is both colored and backlit through clever use of modern Swiss Super-Luminova. This technique was developed by Patrik Sjögren during 2018 and was first introduced in Sarek Glacier during Baselworld 2019.
The icy blue glow has a close resemblance to the light reflections in a snowy landscape during a moonlit night.
The collaboration with Master knifemaker Anders Hedlund continues as he engraves both the sides of the lugs with a viking knot pattern and the damascus steel bridges of the movement.
The movement bridges are manufactured from one solid piece of Johan Gustafsson´s artistic damascus steel. Patrik Sjögren manufacture and finish the bridges and he has further refined the finishing from damscus steel movements GoS introduced in 2012. The goal is to achieve a maximum contrast of the damascus steel pattern and to combine that with high gloss polished bevels.
Anders suggested to draw inspiration from Viking shield decoration and to fill the engraving with gold for maximum contrast to the damascus steel.
The gold-filled line is framed by recessed bevels. These bevels are also high gloss polished. The final finishing step reveals the pattern also on all highgloss polished bevels and illustrate how the damascus steel pattern continue through the material.
