Panerai Jupiterium Planetarium Clock
In 1610, Galileo Galilei used a simple telescope to observe Jupiter and its four largest moons, proving that celestial bodies could revolve around something other than Earth. Panerai celebrates this achievement with the Jupiterium. It recreates Galileo's view mechanically, with Earth at the center and the Sun, Moon, Jupiter, and its satellites revolving around it. The mechanical components are housed in a glass sphere that completes a full rotation every 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.09 seconds, mirroring a sidereal day. To complete the display, the sphere is adorned with the zodiac constellations in Super-LumiNova, while a time display sits in the base, powered by the same manually wound single-line display perpetual calendar that drives the real-time movement of the celestial bodies. Pricing for the 242-pound clock is available by request.
