15 Watches with Meteorite Dials, From Under $1,500 to $100,000+

Watches with meteorite dials are a decidedly small but steadily growing niche within the timepiece industry. As more and more watchmakers, large and small, turn to the literally out-of-this-world material to add intrigue and visual flair to their watches, meteorite’s profile among collectors and enthusiasts has risen — especially now that owning a meteorite-dial watch isn’t necessarily out of reach for all but the most deep-pocketed customers. The appeal of meteorite-dial watches is easy to discern: each dial is literally unique, with a textured surface made up of so-called Widmanstätten patterns formed by millions of years of heat, pressure, and slow cooling of the fallen space rock from which they are derived. Unlike more conventional dial materials, like brass, meteorite connects the watch’s wearer not only to the history, and even prehistory, of the natural world but also to the great beyond of outer space and the mysteries it holds. Here I have assembled a list of 15 meteorite-dial watches in a variety of styles and a wide range of price segments, starting under $1,500 and topping out in six-figure territory. 

Bulova Lunar Pilot Meteorite Limited Edition

Price: $1,495, Case Size: 43.5mm, Lug Width: 20mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 50 meters, Movement: Quartz HPQ NP20

Bulova’s Lunar Pilot is a modern homage to the watch worn by astronaut Colonel Dave Scott during the Apollo 15 moon mission for NASA — the only privately owned watch ever to visit the moon. With its spacefaring pedigree, what better a watch to host a meteorite dial (and probably the most affordable one on this list)? Limited to 5,000 pieces and released in 2024, the Lunar Pilot Meteorite Limited Edition features a dial constructed from Muonionalusta Meteorite, the oldest known space rock known to science, estimated to be 4.56353 billion years old. The material used to make the two-tone dial (with cutouts for the black chronograph subdials) has its origins in meteor showers that fell to Earth as meteorites and developed its unique crystalline textures through gravitational compression and slow cooling over millions of years, The sandblasted titanium case measures 43.5mm, and has a specially numbered caseback with a relief lunar motif. The watch contains the same high-frequency Precisionist caliber as the regular editions, and is delivered on a black genuine leather NATO strap with latched spring bars for easy changeability.

Nivada Grenchen F77 Genuine Meteorite

Price: $1,700, Case Size: 37mm, Thickness: 12.1mm, Lug Width: 22mm, Lug to Lug: 45mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic Soprod P024

Founded in 1926, Nivada Grenchen made a name for itself throughout the 1950s and ‘60s with its adventure-oriented dive watches and chronographs. Those vintage models continue to exert a strong influence on the modern incarnation of the brand, which was revived after a long hiatus in 2018 and today one of the watch world’s most closely watched boutique watchmakers. In 2023 came the return of the F77, Nivada Grenchen’s value-oriented take on the white-hot integrated-bracelet sport watch genre, which was followed a year later by a version with a titanium case and bracelet and a metallic gray-toned meteorite dial. Nivada Grenchen describes the dial’s geometric patterns as “reminiscent of French painter Pierre Soulages’s style” and no two dials are exactly alike. The titanium case measures a vintage-appropriate 37mm, with visible screws accenting the octagonal bezel, and the dial’s  broad baton hands are markers are silvered and faceted. Inside the case is a Swiss-made Soprod P024 automatic movement with a 38-hour power reserve.

Formex Essence 39  “Space Gold” Automatic Chronometer

Price: $1,990, Case Size: 39mm, Thickness: 10mm, Lug Width: 20mm, Lug to Lug: 45mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic Sellita SW200-1

Founded in 1999, Swiss indie brand Formex has built a following by making durable and stylish watches at value-oriented prices. As of 2024, its collection includes one of the most striking and affordable meteorite dials on the market. The “Space Gold” dial of this special edition of the brand’s Essence 39 Automatic Chronometer diverges from the typical PVD approach to coloring meteorite dials, instead infusing actual 18k rose gold via an electroplating process into that accentuates the iron-based meteorite’s natural textures. The dial is extra-thick, allowing for the presence of a beveled date window, and for the meteorite dial to be soldered directly onto the COSC-certified movement inside. As with all Formex watches, the movement is equipped with a patented case-suspension system drawn from the world of high-performance bikes, which uses four tiny springs between the upper and lower case to cushion it against shocks. It also features a quick-change strap system that requires no tools.

Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT II Meteorite

Price: $3,779, Case Size: 42mm, Thickness: 13.85mm, Lug Width: 21mm, Lug to Lug: 54mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic Caliber Ball RR1201-C

Ball's Hydrocarbon AeroGMT is not the first homage to the trendsetting “Pepsi” Rolex GMT-Master model of the 1950s, but it is one of the most solidly built, with a rugged, 42mm steel case and a bicolor, bidirectional GMT bezel made of scratch-resistant sapphire. The dial — made of 600-million-year-old Gibson meteorite in this 1,000-piece limited edition — features a 24-hour scale on its main face rather than a traditional 12-hour layout, with 12 corresponding hour markers instead placed on an inside flange. Using the red-tipped GMT hand along with both scales, the wearer can potentially read three time zones at once. Like all watches from Ball, the dial uses tritium-filled micro-gas tubes for its luminous elements rather than the more common Super-LumiNova; the former glows brighter and longer than the latter and requires no outside light source to activate. Beating inside is an ETA-based, chronometer-rated movement, protected from magnetic fields up to 4,800 A/m and impacts up to 7,500 Gs.

Corum Admiral 42 Meteorite

Price: CHF 7,200, Case Size: 42mm, Thickness: 10.3mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic Caliber CO 395 (ETA 2895 base)

The first Admiral’s Cup regatta was run in 1957, and Corum — then a relatively young watch brand, founded in 1955 — supplied the official timepiece of the biennial yacht race three years later. The aptly named Admiral’s Cup watch became an iconic watch for sailing enthusiasts, cleverly deploying colorful nautical pennants, used for signaling during races, at the hour markers. The last Admiral’s Cup took place in 2003, but Corum has continued to update its 1960s classic and has since expanded the original model into a full-fledged collection simply called Admiral 42. Many watch-history buffs are familiar with this story, but fewer might be aware that Corum also made some of the very first meteorite-dial watches, in 1986. The first Admiral 42 watches to use meteorite, however, debuted only recently, in 2024, their dials cut from a 4-billion year-old space rock discovered in Sweden. With unique-patterned dials in either a natural gray color or a tinted blue, the watches’ cases measure 42mm and feature the hallmark dodecagonal bezels that align with the pennant-shaped applied hour markers that are a callback to the watch’s regatta-racing ancestors.

Omega Constellation Co-Axial Master Chronometer Grey Meteorite

Price: $9,700, Case Size: 41mm, Thickness: 13.5mm, Lug Width: 24.2mm, Lug to Lug: 44mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 50 meters, Movement: Automatic Omega Caliber 8900

Omega has dabbled in meteorite dials for several years now, as one might expect from a watchmaker so closely tied to outer space exploration; in fact, the maker of the iconic Speedmaster “Moonwatch” just dropped a new moon-phase model with a moon-meteorite dial, which you can read about here. For this list, we looked beyond the Speedmaster family to spotlight this grey-meteorite-dialed model from the dressy yet quirky Constellation series, which has been in Omega’s collection in some form since 1952, predating both the Speedmaster and the modern Seamaster. Sized at 41mm in steel, the case features polished and beveled edges; a slim, black ceramic bezel with Roman hour numerals; elegant finishing for the hallmark “claws” on the bezel’s sides; and a conical crown. The dial’s hands and hour markers take visual cues from the triangular facets of New York City’s Freedom Tower. Behind the dial, whose eye-catching textures have been enhanced by PVD and galvanic treatments, beats the Master Chronometer-certified Caliber 8900, with a 60-hour power reserve.

Frederique Constant Classic Power Reserve Big Date Manufacture

Price: $19,995, Case Size: 40mm, Thickness: 12.19mm, Lug Width: 20mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 50 meters, Movement: Automatic FC-735

While it prides itself on making mostly accessibly priced Swiss-made mechanical watches, Frederique Constant has long been punching above its weight as an originator of in-house movements. The 31st, and most recent, is the automatic Caliber FC-735 that made its debut in 2023’s Classic Power Reserve Big Date Manufacture. As the watch’s lengthy moniker implies, it’s the first in the brand’s collection to combine a power reserve (at 9 o’clock, indicated by a slim hand traveling an arc from zero to 50 hours), a large date (between 2 and 3 o’clock, in an encircled double window), and a moon-phase display (at 6 o’clock, on a starry blue background). In its most exclusive iteration — limited to 35 pieces — the watch boasts a fully polished platinum case and a dark-blue-tinted meteorite dial that echoes the color of the alligator leather strap. The hands are hour markers are diamond-faced and hand-polished, and the array of functions is controlled entirely via the 3 o’clock crown, with no pushers or styluses required. The case measures 40mm and includes a sapphire exhibition back.

Girard-Perregaux Free Bridge Meteorite

Price: $25,700, Case Size: 44mm, Thickness: 12.2mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 30 meters, Movement: Automatic Caliber GP01800-2085

Girard-Perregaux made one of its most significant contributions to watchmaking history in 1867, a pocketwatch with a tourbillon mounted on three double arrow-headed golden bridges, a technical and aesthetic element that exerts influence on Girard-Perregaux watches to this day — even those without the addition of a tourbillon. The Girard-Perregaux Free Bridge Meteorite offers a new take on the 19th-century formula with an inverted movement whose bridges are positioned in the front, including the "Neo-Bridge" that supports the balance wheel at 6 o’clock and the openworked spring barrel directly above it. Atop one of the bridges sit the Dauphine hour and minute hands, which sweep over hour markes suspended from the flange. Underpinning all these elements is a base dial made of two plates, hewn from an iron-nickel alloy meteorite discovered in Namibia, finished in a rhodium plating that prevents corrosion. The Caliber GP01800-2085 movement that drives the watch has an array of silicon parts — the escape wheel, pallet lever, and arms of the balance wheel — which ensure high resistance to magnetism and friction.

Louis Vuitton Escale Automatic Platinum Meteorite Dial

Price: $98,600, Case Size: 39mm, Thickness: 10.34mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 50 meters, Movement: Automatic Caliber LFT023

Much like its high-fashion handbag competitor Hermès, Louis Vuitton has gained respect from watch enthusiasts in recent years for its impressive strides in high horology. The Escale collection of stylish dress watches, introduced in 2014 and revamped in 2024 as part of a larger refresh of the entire Louis Vuitton watch portfolio, Is defined by its overall elegant character. Its simple, round case measures 39mm and features understated details inspired by the brand’s famous travel trunks, like the riveted lugs, designed to look like brass brackets. The hour markers continue this theme, while the crown is shaped like a trunk rivet. At the highest end of the collection is this platinum-cased model with a meteorite dial and white-gold hands, powered by the proprietary automatic Caliber LFT023, distinguished by a solid gold micro-rotor.

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 116519LN

Price: $38,100, Case Size: 40mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic Rolex Caliber 4131

In 1962, Rolex became official timekeeper of the Daytona 500, and one year later it released the Ref. 6239 Cosmograph, nicknamed the “Daytona,” its now-famous racing-inspired chronograph watch. The watch was notable for its three-register dial and engraved tachymeter bezel. The Daytona, named after the famous racetrack in Florida, was first launched in 1963 and has been produced in various versions ever since, forever linked to the high-performance world of motorsport. This version, released in 2021, features an 18k white-gold case and an intriguingly textured dial made of metallic meteorite. Each meteorite dial is interwoven with crystallized surface patterns that make it unique from all others and impossible to replicate. The tachymeter bezel is made from Cerachrom, a durable, virtually scratch-proof material patented by Rolex; other patents abound throughout the movement, the in-house, COSC-certified Caliber 4130, which beats inside and amasses a 70-hour power reserve. 

Hermès Arceau L’Heure de Lune

Price: Starting at $43,000, Case Size: 43mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 30 meters, Movement: Automatic Hermès Caliber H1837

Hermès introduced its dazzling and technically innovative double-moon-phase watch, the Arceau L/Heure de Lune, in 2019. A year later, the luxury leather maestro-turned-watchmaker followed it up with additional versions in precious metal cases with three different types of meteorite dials: lunar, Martian, and “Black Sahara.” Powered by the Hermès proprietary Caliber H1837, the timepiece positions two satellite subdials, for the time and analog date, over two mother-of-pearl moon disks — one each for the Northern and Southern hemispheres — surrounded by the “sky” of the meteorite dial. The subdials rotate clockwise around the dial, covering and uncovering both moons as they go, every 59 days for an astronomically accurate view of the moon in the north and south. The presence of meteorite in these limited-edition models elevates the experience to something truly cosmic in scope.

Piaget Andy Warhol Clou de Paris Watch

Price: $60,000, Case Size: 45mm x 43mm, Thickness: 8.08mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 30 meters, Movement: Automatic Piaget Caliber 501P1

Pop Art legend Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a big fan of Piaget watches and a close confidante of Yves Piaget, scion of the Swiss watch-and-jewelry maison’s founding family. Warhol owned at least seven Piaget watches, the most famous of which is the so-called “Black Tie” model, defined by its cushion-shaped 45mm case with signature gadroons. In 2024, Piaget resurrected the Black Tie model in a collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, and formally renamed it the Andy Warhol watch. The most noteworthy model from the ‘70s-inspired collection combines a Clou de Paris “hobnail” guilloché texture on the white-gold case with a blue-hued meteorite dial, bearing the Dauphine hands and vintage-style markers of its predecessor. Powered by the in-house Piaget 501P1 automatic movement, the watch also offers Piaget’s enhanced “Made to Order” personalization service — ensuring that prospective owners can achieve, and even outlast, that elusive 15 minutes of fame that Warhol once talked about, at least among their fellow timepiece enthusiasts. 

Arnold & Son Luna Magna Platinum Meteorite

Price: $73,500, Case Size: 44mm, Thickness: 15.9mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 30 meters, Movement: Manual-wound Caliber A&S1021

Named for 18th-Century British horologist and astronomy pioneer John Arnold, Arnold & Son appropriately makes the watch with the world’s biggest 3D moon-phase display. The luxurious limited edition released in 2022 finds that photorealistic lunar globe floating beneath an off-centered, white lacquered subdial, both framed by a dial cut from a piece of iron-rich octahedrite meteorite, its crisscrossing patterns enhanced by a grey-beige PVD coating. Measuring a full 12 mm in diameter, the miniature moon is positioned perfectly between two sapphire domes on the front and back of the watch, giving the 44-mm platinum case a not-unwieldy thickness just shy of 16 mm. The hand-wound Caliber A&S1021 that powers the watch offers an impressive 90-hour power reserve and features an indication on its back side for the age of the moon, which works in concert with the ultra-accurate setting of the moon-phase that replicates the actual lunar cycle of 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2.8 seconds.

Zenith Chronomaster Sport Boutique Edition

Price: $98,600, Case Size: 41mm, Thickness: 13.6mm, Lug to Lug: 46.8mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic El Primero Caliber 3600

Zenith introduced the Chronomaster Sport in 2021 and has built it out as a major product family since then. At the upper echelon of luxury and exotic materials is the first all-gold version of the model, which launched in 2024 and also boasts a dial crafted from extraterrestrial meteorite, hand-finished in a warm, golden sheen that accentuates the texture of the meteorite’s Widmanstätten patterns, which are unique on each individual dial. The bezel is fully set with an assortment of diamonds, sapphires, and spinels (5 carats of gem setting in total), while 12 baguette-cut diamonds serve as the hour markers. Beating inside is Zenith’s El Primero Caliber 3600, which drives a central seconds hand that makes a complete rotation around the dial in a lightning-fast 10 seconds rather than the usual 60 seconds. This enables the wearer to read elapsed times to 1/10-second, using the hand and the ultra-legible bezel, which is graduated to 1/10-second increments. Speaking to its exclusivity, the Chronomaster Sport in gold with gem-set bezel and meteorite dial is available only at Zenith authorized boutiques.

De Bethune DB28XP Meteorite 

Price: $138,000, Case Size: 43mm, Thickness: 7.2mm, Crystal: Sapphire, Water Resistance: 30 meters, Movement: Manual-wound Caliber DB2115v7

Named after the Chevalier de Bethune, a French nobleman credited with inventing an escapement device for watches and clocks in 1727, De Bethune is the passion project of entrepreneur David Zanetta and watchmaker Denis Flageollet. Since its origins in 2002, the brand has firmly cemented its status in the upper echelon of independent high-horology purveyors, its timepieces made particularly distinctive by hallmarks like the cases’ hollowed-out, floating ergonomic lugs and by the complexity of the in-house calibers inside, characterized by large, Delta-shaped bridges. The DB28XP is a head-turner even among the elite ranks of meteorite-dial timepieces, with its polished black zirconium case and dazzling starry-sky dial made from Muonionalusta Meteorite. Sporting a subtle cross-hatched texture, the dial has been blued in a thermal oxidation process and its constellation of stars is achieved by dozens of tiny gold pins individually hand-driven into the surface. An aperture at 6 o’clock allows a view of the manually wound Caliber DB2115v7, equipped with a titanium balance wheel, a silicon escapement, and six full days of power reserve.