The Midnight Planétarium
COLLABORATION WITH VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The legendary Van Cleef & Arpels presented its most complicated watch ever at the SIHH in Geneva in 2014, the Midnight Planetarium Poetic Complication™. The complication - a Planetarium module created exclusively for Van Cleef & Arpels - was developed in Switzerland by Christiaan van der Klaauw Astronomical watches. This complex masterpiece was developed in three years. It has a self-winding mechanical movement containing 396 separate parts.
Van Cleef & Arpels
Midnight Planétarium Poetic Complication™
Technical detailsMovementSelf-winding mechanical movement with a Christiaan van der Klaauw Planetarium module developed exclusively for Van Cleef & Arpels.
FunctionsA miniature representation of the movement of six planets around the sun and their position at any given time. Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
CasePink gold case, 44mm diameter.
DialPink gold, aventurine, serpentine, chloromelanite, turquoise, red jasper, blue agate and sugilite.
StrapBlack alligator bracelet.
BucklePink gold folding buckle.
MovementSelf-winding mechanical movement with a Christiaan van der Klaauw Planetarium module developed exclusively for Van Cleef & Arpels.
FunctionsA miniature representation of the movement of six planets around the sun and their position at any given time. Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
CasePink gold case, 44mm diameter.
DialPink gold, aventurine, serpentine, chloromelanite, turquoise, red jasper, blue agate and sugilite.
StrapBlack alligator bracelet.
BucklePink gold folding buckle.