Although the 1919 eclipse is one the most famous of all time, eclipses have always been admired as sensational events, and often considered as a source of research for scientific, philosophical and religious studies in every culture and every century.

The circular dial is filled with a luminous pigment (C1 and BGW9 Swiss Superluminova) that represents the solar crown formed during an eclipse. During the event, the solar crown is the only element of brightness, as darkness fills the whole sky inside and outside the edge of the sun.