As the title suggest you can no carry a miniature planerarium on your wrist
thanks to Van Cleef & Arpels
This watch is so beautiful so mesmerizing so majestic.
The Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planétarium Poetic Complication. This SIHH realese features the representation of movement of 6 planets around the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all beautifully displayed on the dial. The movement is self winding and contains 396 components
The shooting star circulates the watch every 24 hours and is used as an hour marker.
The bezel allows you to select your own lucky day (If you can wear this beauty you’re already lucky)
Using the position of the you can find out the day and month as well.
The case back is decorated with such grace its hard to imagine how much detail and time this timepiece took to make, the oscillating weight itself is decorated with a night sky.
The Watch case is 44 mm and made of rose gold and has a leather strap with a folding buckle.
The planets have the following movements and are made of the following materials.
- Mercury: Rotates around the dial every approximately 88 days and is made of serpentine
- Venus: Rotates around the dial every approximately 224 days and is made of chloromelanite
- Earth: Rotates around the dial every approximately 365 days and is made of turquoise
- Mars: Rotates around the dial every approximately 687 days and is made of red jasper
- Jupiter: Rotates around the dial in almost 12 years and is made of blue agate
- Saturn: Rotates around the dial in over 29 years and is made of sugilite
- It is true to the actual planets revolution around the sun which is truly extraordinaire.
The Blue star dial goes perfectly with the rose gold casing of the watch.
The selected gems are perfect for their corresponding planets and are easy on the eyes.
The day, month and year can be set using two push buttons and viewed through two apertures on the dial.
Truly a magnificent timepiece that can be admired by everyone not only watch lovers.
