Calypso - Shadows Black Corner - The Marco Polo's Journey

“The Marco Polo's Journey” is the result of a creative, graphic, and exotic collaboration between Black Corner, its watch brand “Shadows,” and Anka. Black Corner is a music group and the artistic and design label of artist and designer Blyne. This series of four watches celebrates the 700th anniversary of the death of the Venetian explorer Marco Polo. How? By extolling his curiosity, audacity, and courage, and by retracing his journey, which revealed to the world the secrets of a then-unknown Asia.

More than just a watch: discover the explorer within.

Wearing one of the four "The Journey of Marco Polo" watches, designed by Shadows Black Corner based on Anka's "Calypso" model, is to step into the shoes of the intrepid Venetian and have the audacity to "travel the world," to explore the planet. It's having the fearlessness to go to the ends of the earth to discover what is most precious: what resides deep within oneself, and all around. This journey, as much spiritual as physical, invites the wearer to quench their thirst for knowledge and discovery, to open their world to other peoples, to different cultures, languages, traditions, and riches. As Marco Polo's adventures, encounters, and explorations taught us, it's about learning or relearning tolerance, respect, and wisdom, so that we can share these "treasures."

In the colors of Venice, at the time of the mysteries of Asia

The centerpiece of “The Marco Polo's Journey” collection proudly displays the colors of Venice, the explorer's birthplace: blood red and gold. The case and bracelet are draped in the blood red of the Venetian flag, while the gold of the City of the Doges' banner creates an elegant contrast on the bezel and the sunburst, smoked dial. The concept truly comes to life at the heart of the dial. Blyne and the Black Corner team have replaced the hour markers with glyphs. Each of the 12 glyphs indicates the time, but in an Asian language, living or dead, from a country where Marco Polo lived or which he visited during his journey. The “I” at 1 o'clock pays homage to Latin, the native tongue of the Venetian hero. On the back of the watch is an elegant engraving: a portrait of Marco Polo, a map of his journey to the rising sun, and a Latin quote unearthed from his writings by Blyne: “Libertas seras temporis et spatii ignorat”: “Freedom ignores the constraints of space and time.” A quote to ponder…

Black Corner: a label unlike any other…

Founded in London by Blyne in 2015, almost exactly 10 years ago, Black Corner is a unique and atypical label. It's both an electro-rock/dark-wave group drawing inspiration from electro, post-punk, new wave, original 80s East Coast rap, and nu metal, and a global artistic creation and design label. Black Corner creates music and produces its works, available on all digital platforms and on vinyl. The label designs street couture clothing, jewelry, accessories, sneakers, everyday objects, artwork, street art, books, documentary and fiction films, music videos… The inspiration for this hyper-creative collective: the dystopian, chaotic, and often violent beauty of this dying post-20th-century world and the painful gestation of the next…

FEATURES :

Materials: Rubber

Movement: Miyota Quartz

Case: Rubber

Dial: Each index is replaced by a glyph from an Asian language of a country visited by Marco Polo

Needles: With blue Super-LumiNova

Diameter: 39mm

Thickness: 9.5mm

Lug width: 15 mm

Glass: Mineral

Bottom of the box: Engraved – portrait of Marco Polo, map of his journey, Latin quote

Waterproof rating: 10 bar (100 m)

Strap: Interchangeable rubber

Warranty: 2 years

Limited edition of 100 numbered copies

Delivery expected in September 2025