Watch made from meteorites costs R$1.2 million and enters the Guinness Book; meet the

Have you ever thought about the possibility of having a clock with meteorite fragments on your wrist? This is possible thanks to a Swiss company called Les Ateliers Louis Moinet, which produces this type of product. On July 31st, one of his models entered the Guinness World Records.

The company is named after Louis Moinet, the inventor of the chronograph who was also an astronomer. Therefore, the manufacturer seeks to make watches with materials related to space.

Find out more about the record-breaking watch

The model that entered the record book is called Cosmopolis and has 12 meteorites, that is, fragments of rocks from space that fell to Earth. Such fragments remain on the face of the clock.

The creative director and also owner of the watch brand, Jean Marie Schaller, is an old friend of people who hunt meteorites, like Bruno Fectay and Luc Labenne, and they were the ones who helped collect these fragments.

(Photo: Reproduction/Guinness World Records)

According to information from the company, the meteorites used, as well as their origins, are as follows:

• Allende Meteor Shower;
• Toluca asteroid;
• Dhofar Moon Fragment 461;
• Asteroid Black Chondrite L5;
• Fragment of Mars Dhofar 1674;
• Asteroid Sahara 97093;
• Erg Chech meteorite;
• Gibeon meteorite;
• Asteroid Jbilet Winselman;
• Aguas Zarcas Meteorite;
• Asteroid Aletai Armanty;
• Asteroid Isheyevo.

All of these components used to produce the watch are authenticated by a certificate made by meteorite hunters participating in the Meteoritical Society.

Watch production

When manufacturing the item, its design was first created, in which the 12 meteorites that would be used could gain the prominence they deserved, in addition to combining with the desired contemporary aesthetic.

With this defined, the meteorites needed to be cut very carefully as they are fragile materials. The process of placing each fragment into the watch was also very careful.

You meteorites they were added so that they looked really nice. To do this, some of them are in the central part of the dial and others on the side.

More details about the value

According to the watchmaker, its value is 225 thousand Swiss francs, which, in Real, is equivalent to around R$1.2 million. The company's intention is to keep the piece in a museum to serve as an inspiration for innovative craftsmanship.