Chondrite meteorite
Allende
A scientifically important carbonaceous chondrite containing calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions among the earliest solids formed in the Solar System.
The specimen
- Classification
- CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
- Event
- observed fall
- Where
- near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico
- When it fell
- 1969-02-08
- Found
- immediately after the fall
- Known mass
- about 2 metric tonnes
- Still cut for dials
- Yes (as of 2026-08-21)
H. Moser introduced full Allende dials in 2025; Louis Moinet also uses fragments.
Watches
No watch in this catalog is recorded as carrying a Allende dial yet. The models below are what the research documents.
- H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Tourbillon Allende Meteorite MexicoFull dial
Pioneer
3804-0903 · 3804-1214
full meteorite dial
Source - Louis Moinet Allende MeteoriteSealed capsule
Cosmic Art
LM-45.10B.M2
fragment in a capsule at 3 o’clock
Source - 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
Sources
- Field Museum — Digitization Allendefall location, 2 t recovered mass, strewn field and early Solar-System inclusions
- Meteoritical Bulletin Database — Allendeobserved fall, CV3 classification and mass
- Smithsonian Institution Archives — 1969 falldate, location and scientific importance
- timekeepers.club — H. Moser watch reportfull dial and exact references