Office Panerai’s Jupiterium Donated to Museo Galileo

The freshly-inaugurated “Galileo and the measurement of time” exhibition space in Museo Galileo has received a stunning planetary clock created by Office Panerai, the fabled Italian watchmaker. The intricate machinery is called The Jupiterium, and it is equipped with a perpetual calendar that will work without adjustments until 2100.

Weighing 110 kg (242 lbs) and comprising 1,476 parts, the Jupiterium is a true work of art. It was donated to the museum, thus reinforcing the watch manufacturer’s dedication to educational research. The planetarium shows Jupiter and its four moons as Galileo discovered them four centuries ago, calculating their position with stunning precision.

Director of the Museo Galileo, Professor Paulo Galluzzi, talked about the “fruitful and long-lasting partnership with Office Panerai” and expressed his excitement about this latest project and the opening of a new section in the museum. Describing the amazing planetary clock, Galluzzi said that “the Jupiterium is in fact the solution to what was one of Galileo’s dreams – that of using the motion of Jupiter’s satellites as a perfect planetary clock – pursued by him with extraordinary intelligence and admirable determination”.