Extremely complicated watches designed expressly for women can be rare in the watch world, making the new Lady Arpels Planétarium even more spectacular. Inspired by the more complex Midnight Planétarium for men, these watches bring miniature mechanical planetariums to the wrist. The module for this automatic movement was the result of a collaboration with renowned master watchmaker Christiaan van der Klaauw. On the aventurine dial, it depicts an 18K pink gold sun and its three closest planets using gemstones: a turquoise earth, a green-enamel Venus and a pink mother-of-pearl Mercury. Each rotates around the dial in real planet orbit times. Earth, which rotates around the dial once every 365 days, has a moon that rotates around it every 29.5 days. The shooting star on the dial indicates the time. The 38mm 18K white gold watch is adorned with diamonds, and a full diamond-set bracelet is available.
Details
| Company | Van Cleef & Arpels |
| Price ($) | 255,000 |
| Price range | $200,000 - $300,000 |
| Gender | Male |
| Case | Round |
| Complications | Minutes Hours Additional features |
| Water Resistance | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic |
| Power Reserve Range (hours) | 24 - 48 |
| Power Reserve | 36 hours |
| Case Size | Medium (31mm - 39mm) |
| Case Diameter (mm) | 38 |
| Case Colour | White Gold |
| Case Material | White Gold |
| Gemstones | Diamonds Adventurine Turquoise |
| Limited Edition | Limited edition |
| Caliber | Vallefleurier Q020 with a Christiaan Van der Klaauw module |
| Where to buy | Van Cleef & Arpels in Palm Beach, Florida |
| Reference Number | VCARO8R500 |
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Van Cleef & Arpels conception is rooted in passion and marriage, that of Estelle Arpels and Alfred Van Cleef. Yet their union was not only one of love but also of profession, as Estelle Arpels was the daughter of a dealer in precious stones and her husband, the son of a lapidary. As a result, the two faced a bejeweled destiny, bearing timepieces and jewelry of utmost delicacy and elegance.Debuted in 2022, the Lady Arpels Heures Florales watch embodies this affection and expertise at the brand's foundation. Featuring a complex mechanism that, at the turn of every hour, opens and closes the flowers, Van Cleef & Arpels replace numerical representation of time and instead chooses to represent its passing through the beautiful cycles of nature. This is just one of the many wonders found in Van Cleef & Arpels collection of watches, however. Channeling the poetry of time, the brand has also conceived the cobra-textured Cadenas watch with a bending human figure, the astronomical Midnight Planetarium Watch and the Alhambra models that flaunt the brand's classic clover motif.
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