Badollet
Stellaire
The breathtaking dial of the new Stellaire watch enables the watch owner to admire various parts of a hand-wound mechanical BAD1630 movement as well as its meteorite base plate. The latter was manufactured from the Cape York meteorite, named after the place where it landed, in Melville bay to the west of Greenland. Supposedly 10,000 years old, it was discovered in 1818, during a dangerous expedition, headed by English explorer Sir John Ross.
Louis Moinet
Astralis
The Louis Moinet Astralis watch is an innovative timepiece characterized by the top level of technical sophistication. The watch boasts a one-of-a-kind union of complications: an astral Tourbillon, a split-second column-wheel Chronograph, a 24-hour Planetarium that features four extremely rare meteorites.
The Astralis watch will be available in a limited number of just 12 pieces.
The 24-hour planetarium revolves once a day, showing off four planets presented with help of meteorites. The planets are the following:
1) Mars: Louis Moinet has proudly become the first and only watchmaking company to equip its timepiece with an authentic meteorite from the planet Mars. It is worth mentioning that less than 75 meteorites from Mars have received authentication by scientific institutes.
The Jiddat al Harasis 479 meteorite from Mars covered a distance of over 55 million kilometers.
2) Mercury: This planet is presented by the world’s most precious meteorite: Sahara 99555 that is actually the most ancient known rock in the entire solar system. It is estimated to be 4 billion 566 million years old!
3) The Sun: For the sun, Louis Moinet has chosen the extremely beautiful Itqiy meteorite. It is an asteroid that formed close to the sun. The meteorite brought important scientific indications on the formation of the solar system. Yet, the scientists haven’t determined its origin.
4) The Moon: Louis Moinet is also extremely proud to represent the only watchmaking company to use a lunar meteorite - Dhofar 459. It is important to mention that less than 100 meteorites from the Moon have been identified worldwide. These meteorites are of extreme rarity and intended for the most discerning collectors.
