Raketa have released a new limited edition version of their iconic Copernicus featuring a dial made with aventurine and agate.
Price is 1,290€ without VAT (roughly $1,500)
https://raketa.com/w/en/product/raketa-copernicus-0280/
Ever since the brand “Raketa” was created in 1961 to celebrate the first manned space flight by the Russian cosmonaut Gagarin, the kosmos has always been a source of inspiration for Raketa’s watchmakers. It’s therefore no wonder that one of the most iconic Soviet Raketa watches was the “Copernicus” model: its design was entirely inspired by Copernicus’ revolutionary discovery in the 16th century that the sun lies at the centre of the solar system, and all the planets revolve around it - and not the other way round as had been thought up to then.
When Soviet Raketa designers created the Copernicus model, they had the following idea in mind: the big circle (minute hand) symbolises the Earth, and the intermediary circle (hour hand) symbolises Jupiter. Why? Because the Earth orbits the sun in 1 year and Jupiter in 12 years: exactly the same ratio as between the minute hand (big circle) that “orbits” the dial in 1 hour and the hour hand (intermediary circle) that “orbits” the dial in 12 hours. This “in-house” story was never made public during Soviet times. We decided to “officially” reveal it in connection with the release of this new limited edition of the Copernicus watch: it adds an interesting twist to this already very quirky watch.
This 300 piece limited edition is based on Raketa’s existing “Copernicus” model, with the following differences:
- The dial is made from two different stones: beautiful dark blue aventurine that looks so much like the dark sky sparkling with stars, and the round yellow agate which conveys so well the feeling of incandescence on the sun’s surface
- The second hand is represented by a circle (the smallest disk), opposed to the straight second hand in the standard collection
- Black PVD case
- Exhibition caseback
- The decoration of the automatic movement (entirely produced at the Raketa Watch Factory): stars and planets are engraved on the automatic bridge, the rotor has beautiful hand-made Neva waves and the movement is gold plated reminiscent of the color of the sun.
Specs:
- Movement: Calibre 2615
- Case: Stainless steel with black PVD
- Diameter: 40.5mm
- Lug to lug: 45mm
- Thickness: 16.55mm
- Lug width: 22mm
- Crystal: Sapphire
- Caseback: Mineral
- Dial: Semi precious stones: aventurine and yellow agate
- Water resistance: 5 ATM
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