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Fascinated by the conquest of the stars, Louis Moinet has presented its Moon Race concept. This space race is staged through four key episodes in the conquest of the Moon.
It combines the finest craftsmanship with lunar meteorite and the most spectacular natural stones. These four timepieces all feature an authentic fragment of the spacecraft that shaped history. Each of them has travelled more than a million kilometres through interplanetary space before being presented in the Louis Moinet travel trunk, which invites us on a journey through space.
“First on the Moon” depicts the soft landing of Luna 9. The spacecraft is hand-engraved and then entirely painted. It includes an original piece of woven fibre from Luna 24.
“Man on the Moon” represents the modern-day Christopher Columbus, the first man to walk on the Moon. His astronaut’s suit is hand-engraved and coloured using a miniature painting technique. His visor is an authentic fragment of the polyimide film that protected his spacecraft across a wide temperature range (-250°C to 400°C).
“Around the Moon” depicts the spectacular rescue of Apollo 13, which managed to reach Earth with a badly damaged spacecraft. The spacecraft is hand-engraved and then enhanced with a fragment of the polyimide film that protected it on its return journey, particularly during its atmospheric re-entry.
“Last on the Moon” is the final episode of the “Moon Race”. One of the results of Luna 24 was the proof of the existence of water on the Moon. Luna 24 is depicted on its journey back to Earth. Its prodigious design is hand-engraved, and a real piece of Luna 24 (resin-coated braided fibre) adorns its side.
These exceptional creations are presented in a trunk made of natural elm burr and decorated with a lacquered fleur-de-lis. The black leather interior houses an 18th century treasure in its lid: the drawings by Buy de Mornas of the Copernicus Sphere & Ptolemy Sphere.
September 23, 2021