Alliant savoirfaire traditionnels et prouesses techniques, les montres complications poetiques expriment une vision du temps unique, porteuse dhistoires. Six years after the launch of the lady arpels jour nuit model, it once again celebrates celestial orbits by drawing inspiration from the historic tradition of planetariums. Combining the technical virility and the sheer wonder embodied in the crux of the universe they bring about a wondrous product that becomes an apparel of ones. Ancestors of modern planetariums, they were animated by hand or using clockwork mechanisms of great complexity. This planetarium watch is elegant, impressive, and expensive. Mercury, venus and earth together with its satellite, the moon. The lady arpels planetarium features the sun at the center of the dial and is circulated by venus green enamel, earth turquoise, mercury pink motherofpearl, and the moon. To be clear, saturn will go around the dial once every 29 years.
Youre forced to pause and consider the elegant interplay of mechanics and artistry. Distinguished by its refined aesthetic and automatic movement, developed specifically for the maison, the lady arpels planetarium watch depicts the sun and the nearest planets. This complex masterpiece was developed in three years. I know you will be happy to know the earth makes one complete rotation in 365 days, mercury 88 days, and venus 224 days, while the moon orbits the earth every. Astronomical watch accurately shows the solar systems. For this 2014 edition of the sihh, the maison achieved its dream of reducing the scale of the heavens to the dimensions of a wristwatch. Midnight planetarium between 50000 chf and 250000 chf. Jul 03, 2014 the latest addition to a collection that fuses technical prowess with fanciful visual styling, van cleef and arpelss midnight planetarium poetic complication brings the movements of the. Besides showing the time, this watch also accurately displays the movement of 6 planets in our solar system as they orbit the sun. Its midnight planetarium poetic complication watch, introduced at sihh 2014, has six rotating disks, each bearing a tiny sphere representing one of the six planets visible with the naked eye the disks rotate at different speeds so that each sphere makes one revolution. Its midnight planetarium poetic complication watch, introduced at sihh 2014, has six rotating disks, each bearing a tiny sphere representing one of the six planets visible with the naked eye. T ime and the astral bodies this new poetic complication timepiece provides a miniature representation of the movement of six planets around the sun and their position at any given time.
The discs are made of aventurine, and each planet is a. The midnight planetarium is an incredible feat of engineering, design and artistic craftsmanship. The van cleef fairy is the creator of a starry and magic sky, it releases a swarm of stars and planets that will arrange in the sky to form the dial, then the lady arpels planetarium watch. Van cleef and arpelss midnight planetarium poetic complication. This astronomical watch accurately shows the solar system. In this deep world of horology, its easy to lose sight of just how fascinating the careful assortment of gears, jewels, levers, and screws that make up a wristwatch movement really are. The watchs innovative design allows you to take the solar system with you anywhere, along with a neat lucky day feature where on a preset day earth. The latest addition to a collection that fuses technical prowess with fanciful visual styling, van cleef and arpelss midnight planetarium poetic complication brings the movements of the. Arpels turns its gaze to the heavens and gives pride of place to a captivating chapter in its watchmaking history. This new poetic complication timepiece provides a miniature representation of the movement of six. Six planets on the dial orbit the sun in real time.
This astronomical watch accurately shows the solar systems. The watchs innovative design allows you to take the solar system with you anywhere, along with a neat lucky day feature where on a preset day earth falls below the painted star on the bezel. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. It disperses into thousands of small particles, stars and planets. The sophisticated concept replaces hands of a watch with six small planets orbiting around a central rose gold sun. In fact, youll be carrying an entire planetarium around on your wrist. It plays host to the sun surrounded by its closest planets. Featuring an amazing 396 moving parts, the midnight planetarium displays an accurate representation of six planets and their rotations around the sun, from. Instead of hands denoting the hours and minutes, it incorporates six of our solar systems planets rotating a tiny version of the sun in real time. In keeping with one of the maisons cherished sources of inspiration, planets and constellations appear in enchanting guise to e. Mar 26, 2018 the exceptional timepiece is a new iteration of the maisons midnight planetarium piece, reimagined for female connoisseurs and collectors. This new poetic complication timepiece provides a miniature representation of the movement of six planets. Earth and mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn all visible from earth with the naked eye telling the time is a simple question of observing the pink gold shooting star, a cherished lucky motif.
We discover the fairy holding a source of light in her hands, and lets it fly away. The midnight planetarium watch is a unique and beautiful piece that measures the movements of the 6 planets closest to the sun. Much in vogue in the 18th century, these objects provided a threedimensional. It was founded in 1896 by alfred van cleef and his fatherinlaw salomon arpels in paris. Besides showing the time, this watch also accurately displays the movement of 6 planets in our solar system as they.
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