1930 - Blue Aventurine
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The story
Five days.
Four nights.
Five days. Four nights.
On June 13, 1930, Henri Guillaumet takes off from Mendoza toward Santiago, carrying mail across the Andes. At the time, these flights formed a fragile link between continents, crossing mountains where weather and altitude left little room for error. Somewhere over the range, a storm closes in, forcing him down at more than 3,000 meters. His aircraft is destroyed on impact. He survives, but finds himself alone in the mountains, with no radio and no rescue in sight. He begins to walk. With no clear path, he moves through snowfields, guided by instinct alone. Over five days and four nights, he crosses the Andes on foot, covering more than 160 kilometers through one of the most hostile landscapes on earth. On June 18, he emerges from the mountains, alive. A journey that would leave a lasting mark on the history of early aviation.
« Ce que j'ai fait, je te le jure, jamais aucune bête ne l'aurait fait. »
Nearly a century later, one man decided to go back.
Same route.
Same silence.
Five days. Four nights.
Nearly a century later, the route remains.
Photographer and explorer Thomas Goisque sets out from Santiago to retrace the same crossing, this time on foot. The objective is simple: to follow the path across the Andes, through the same landscapes of snow, altitude, and distance.
The conditions have changed, but the terrain has not. From high mountain passes to volcanic plateaus and remote valleys, each stage of the journey echoes the route once taken across these mountains.
Along the way, time becomes part of the journey itself, on his wrist, the 1930 follows the same rhythm, its aventurine dial reflecting the night sky above the peaks. Carrying only what is necessary, he moves across the Andes step by step, documenting the journey as it unfolds.
The dial
Blue
Aventurine
Aventurine
Aventurine is a form of quartz shot through with glittering particles, copper, fuchsite, or hematite, that catch and scatter light in every direction. The effect is unmistakable: a dial that seems to hold a fragment of the night sky within it.
Each aventurine dial is unique by nature. The density and distribution of the mineral inclusions can never be perfectly replicated, making every 1930 a one-of-a-kind object. What you see on your wrist will never exist on anyone else's.
Technical file
SPECIFICATIONS
Gallery
The watch
in the field
« Ce que j'ai fait, je te le jure, jamais aucune bête ne l'aurait fait. »
ENGRAVED ON THE CASEBACK - THE SPIRIT OF THE EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS