Iron meteorite
New York
An officially named but provenance-poor iron meteorite; chemistry overlaps the high-iridium end of the Cape York IIIAB range.
The specimen
- Classification
- Iron meteorite, IIIAB
- Event
- specimen with unknown original find location
- Where
- unknown; reportedly obtained via a fishing-vessel captain in New York
- When it fell
- unknown
- Found
- reported provenance begins around 1965; purchased for classification in 2007
- Known mass
- 2.95 kg
- Still cut for dials
- No longer (as of 2026-08-21)
The only documented Louis Moinet piece is sold.
Watches
No watch in this catalog is recorded as carrying a New York dial yet. The models below are what the research documents.
- Louis Moinet Only USADial components
Cosmic Art
No commercial reference was published for this model.
meteorite dial element
Source
Sources
- louismoinet.com — Louis Moinet meteorite-watch cataloguedial use and sold status
- lpi.usra.edu — Meteoritical Bulletin No. 101formal provenance and classification record
- Meteoritical Bulletin Database — New Yorkofficial name, uncertain provenance, 2.95 kg and IIIAB class