Van Cleef Solar System Watch

Van cleef arpel have debuted a gorgeous new astronomical watch the 44mm midnight planétarium at geneva s annual salon international de la haute horlogerie.

Van cleef solar system watch.

The midnight planétarium watch depicting the universe captures the paths of planets. Solar system montage watch. Andrew rader on twitter this watch tracks real time orbits of planets. The watch shows both numerical time.

Self winding mechanical movement stern manufacture equipped with a planetarium module born of an original idea by van cleef arpels and with the support of christiaan van der klaauw 48 hour power reserve. It s a beautiful timepiece. The creation of this spectacular device took 3 whole years of work and 396 separate pieces which is why it costs 245 000. Solar system watch solar system planets our solar system van cleef arpels astronomical watch cool watches punk rock apple watch cool stuff.

A few years back van cleef arpels developed a day night watch in which the sun and moon alternated over 24 hours for dominance on the dial. Then the company designed a constellation watch a wrist sized sky map as seen from the beautiful paris sky. Half science memorabilia half fashion statement this watch s design is understated to make room for the beauty of our solar system. The timepiece was innovative and elegant but not spectacular.

V an cleef arpels turns its gaze to the heavens and gives pride of place to a captivating chapter in its watchmaking history. Mercury s 88 days is fine but saturn s 29 5 years is a milestone. Your very own a solar system to orbit around your wrist. Midnight planétarium is a luxuriuos masterpiece of science and design a watch that shows 6 planets from the solar system rotating around the sun in their actual pace.

In keeping with one of the maison s cherished sources of inspiration planets and constellations appear in enchanting guise to evoke voyages and dreams.