Iron meteorite

Aletai

Also called Armanty, Aletai Armanty

One of the largest known iron meteorites and the longest documented strewn field. Armanty and several other masses were consolidated under the official name Aletai in 2016.

The specimen

Classification
Iron meteorite, IIIE-an
Event
find
Where
Xinjiang, China
When it fell
unknown
Found
1898; additional paired masses recovered later
Known mass
more than 74 metric tonnes
Still cut for dials
Yes (as of 2026-08-21)

Louis Moinet currently lists multiple Aletai-bearing limited editions.

Watches

No watch in this catalog is recorded as carrying a Aletai dial yet. The models below are what the research documents.

  • Louis Moinet CosmopolisInset fragment

    Cosmic Art / Cosmopolis

    LM-135.50.CO · LM-135.50.25 · LM-135.50.55 · LM-135.20.20 · LM-135.20.50

    small meteorite insert mounted on the dial; one of twelve named meteorites

    Source
  • Louis Moinet Midnight StarDial components

    Cosmic Art / Midnight Star

    LM-87.20.20 · LM-87.20.50 · LM-87.20.60

    meteorite dial components

    Source
  • Louis Moinet Space OneDial components

    Cosmic Art / Space One

    LM-88.20.60 · LM-88.20.20 · LM-88.20.50

    meteorite dial components

    Source
  • Louis Moinet Speed of SoundSubdials

    Cosmic Art / Speed of Sound

    LM-130.20.51 · LM-130.20.30 · LM-130.20.31 · LM-130.20.50

    meteorite in chronograph/small-seconds counters

    Source

Sources