Forget smartwatches - wear this £150,000 PLANETARIUM on your wrist



Midnight Planétarium watch rotates six planets around a tiny rose gold sun

Mercury will make a lap around the watch's face in just 88 days, Venus will require 224, Saturn in 29.35 years and Earth completes a rotation in a year

Inspired by planetariums, the watch's movement was created for Van Cleef & Arpels' by Dutch watchmaker Christiaan van der Klaauw



If there was ever a timepiece that would silence the boasts of smug smartwatch wearers, then this would be it.

The magnificent Complication Poétique Midnight Planétarium lets you tell the time by placing a microcosm of the solar system on your wrist.

The intricate watch incorporates Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — all the planets visible to the naked eye.

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Instead of hands denoting the hours and minutes, planets rotate around a tiny rose gold sun in real-time.

Mercury will make a lap around the watch's face in just 88 days, Venus will require 224, and Earth of does it in one year.

Saturn, which is the farthest planet from the sun in the watch, won't make it back to its starting position for 29.5 years. A shooting star on the outer edge of the watch face indicates the time.



The magnificent Complication Poétique Midnight Planétarium lets you tell the time by placing a microcosm of the solar system on your wrist The discs are made of polished aventurine, and each planet is a semiprecious stone (left). A version with diamond decorations costs £247,700 (right)



HOW THE WATCH TELLS THE TIME

Instead of hands denoting the hours and minutes, planets rotate around a tiny rose gold sun in real-time. Mercury will make a lap around the watch's face in just 88 days, Venus will require 224, and Earth of course does it in one year. Saturn, which is the farthest planet from the sun in the watch, won't make it back to its starting position for 29.5 years. A rotating rose gold outer rim lets the wearer choose a special day on which the Earth will move under the star engraved in the sapphire crystal.

Inspired by planetariums, the movement of the watch was created for Van Cleef & Arpels' by Dutch watchmaker Christiaan van der Klaauw.

The discs are made of aventurine, and each planet is a semiprecious stone.

Mercury is serpentine, Saturn is sugilite, Venus is chloromelanite, Earth is turquoise, Mars is red jasper and Jupiter is blue agate.

A rotating rose gold outer rim lets the wearer choose a special day on which the Earth will move under the star engraved in the sapphire crystal.

With all those gemstones, and 396 working parts, it comes with a hefty price tag of £185,800.



A version with diamond decorations costs £247,700.



The watches are available on request from the company.



A rotating rose gold outer rim lets the wearer choose a special day on which the Earth will move under the star engraved in the sapphire crystal