Furlan Marri
Disco Volante AREA 51 | A new and unique tantalum wristwatch with meteorite dial | Made as a Pièce Unique for Sotheby’s in 2025
Auction Closed
April 3, 04:38 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 12,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Dial: meteorite
Calibre: cal. Peseux 7001 manual winding, 17 jewels
Case: tantalum, snap-on caseback
Case number: 20205
Closure: Furlan Marri leather strap and stainless steel pin buckle
Size: 38 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Furlan Marri Certificate of Origin, presentation case with outer packaging
Furlan Marri Disco Volante – The Sci-Fi Saucer
Ufologists reported multiple sightings of a Furlan Marri Disco Volante last year in the watch's maiden voyage to Earth. Now it turns out the flying saucers aren’t done with this planet just yet. Now we have an example that brings fragments of meteorite to our wrists. A souvenir of space and beyond.
The space-rock dial's sources are unknown. Be it from shattered asteroids, Mars or the Moon, this fusion crust of meteorite forms from friction and heat when passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. Housed in a tantalum case, a lustrous, hard metal, its high resistance to corrosion demonstrates cutting-edge technology. And, of course, Disco Volante translates to flying saucer – making it a quintessential Area_51 watch.