Kimá

The name

Kimá · KI-ma — the Pleiades, the star cluster that marks the turning of the seasons.

The clock of the sky

The book of Job names the Kimá to mark the seasons: «Can you bind the chains of the Kimá?» (Job 38:31). For as long as we can remember, the Jewish people read the hour, the months and the festivals in the sky — the sun, the moon, the stars. That is why the watch carries its name: Kimá is the sky, given back to your wrist. And the three stars in its icon are, precisely, the Kimá.

The hours of the Jewish day are shaot zmaniyot: they stretch with the day and shrink with the night, computed for the real sky above wherever you are. This is how our sages measured time for three thousand years — and how this watch shows it, minute by minute.

What you'll see

The sky, alive on your wrist

• A living sky. A sun tracing its arc by day, the moon waxing at night, and the stars emerging at bein hashmashot (the twilight between day and night).
• The zmanim. Alot, netz, sof zman Shema, chatzot, plag, shkia, tzet. Tap any one and it tells you which moment of the Jewish day it is.
• The moon of the Hebrew month, with its true phase.
• A compass pointing to the Kotel, from anywhere in the world.
• The prayer of the moment — Shacharit, Mincha, Arvit, Kabbalat Shabbat — and its berachah, one tap away.
• The Hebrew date, always present.