Jose María Gómez

Orrery maker and globe maker.

Handcrafted exclusive museum quality planetariums and artisanal handcrafted globes.

Repair and restoration service.

 

orrery

Model of the photo: 8 planet orrery with calendar and moon phase indicator "Seven pointed Star"

Handcrafted in Spain.

Celestial globes

Our globes are completely handcrafted by us in the traditional way: hard papier mache hollow core reinforced with wood and covered by hand with natural plaster (not resin) creating a seamless perfect sphere. Then painstakingly covered with high quality paper gores printed with hand drawn celestial figures designed by us and artistically hand painted in professional watercolour and protected with several varnish coats.

Mounted in our designed wooden base hand turned by us and with our own brass cast parts.

As with our planetariums, the number will be limited because they are made entirely by us, from start to finish, always made by the same hands, prioritizing quality, not number, without resorting to external means; and this will continue to be the case in the future.

You will own a unique work.

 

Current models:

 Luxury 8 planet orrery with calendar and moon phase indicator.

"Seven pointed Star"

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Luxury 8 planet orrery with calendar and moon phase indicator

"Seven pointed Star"

Features:

Depicts the motion of the 8 planets of our solar system synchronized with a mechanical calendar and moon phase indicator (designed for the southern hemisphere for a client from Australia).

More than 250 parts. Countless hours of painstakingly work and design.

Solid brass artistically designed mechanism with crossed wheels and artistic brass pillars.

Hand engraved brass mechanism plates and handcrank with baroque acanthus (see videos below).

Embellished with genuine Swarovski® zirconias set.

Planet arms are engraved with each planetary symbol.

Hand turned wooden base.

Wooden pillars ornated with gilded acanthus leaves.

Planets and moons in semiprecious stones.

Wooden pillars ornated with gilt acanthus leaves.

Painstakingly handpainted and gilt framed relief zodiac wooden plates or full gilt plates to choose.

 

Measures:

Base diameter 24 cm. Perfect size for anywhere.

Distance from Neptune to Uranus when opposite: 45 cm

We are working on new features for this model.

Made to order.

 

 

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Large Ferguson paradox orrery

solid beech wood stained in mahogany tone

natural oak

solid sapelli wood (african mahogany) stained in deep mahogany tone

Black painted solid wood

Large Ferguson paradox orrery

Features:

 

Our version of the iconic James Ferguson Paradox orrery

It can be used to aid to explain several facts about the Sun - Earth - Moon system:

Seasons of the year:
The seasons result from the Earth's axis of rotation being tilted with respect to its orbital plane by an angle of approximately 23.5 degrees. This causes that one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the Sun than the other.

 If you rotate the mechanism holding the knob next to the pointer you can see that the Earth maintains its orientation as it orbits around the Sun.
If you set the mechanism approx. on 21 of June, the tilt directs to the Sun, so it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. If you continue rotating counterclockwise direction you will see how the miniature Earthglobe maintains its orientation according to the seasons and month printed in the dial.

Eclipse seasons:
An eclipse season is one of only two periods during a year when eclipses can occur, due to the orbital inclination of the Moon. In this planetarium the Moon orbit is represented with a ring that have engraved both the ascending (north) node and the descending (south) node.

When the nodes are aligned in the same line of the Earth and the Sun, eclipses can occur if in this period the Moon is in new moon (solar eclipse) or in full moon (lunar eclipse).
You can see how this possibility occurs by turning the pointer.
This ring rotates in the correct ratio of 18,6 years turn. The direction of the movement is retrograde respect of the Moon- Earth movement around the Sun.

The advance of the Lunar Apogee:
The lower base with the bronze pointer demonstrates the eccentricity of the Moon orbit.
The pointer displays the point of the apogee and it is easy to see its movement in the zodiac ring (ecliptic plane) that surrounds the Earth.
When the pointer is aligned between the Earth and the Sun and a node determines the possibility of an annular eclipse but if it is in the other side, the eclipses will be total.
When the pointer is between the Earth and the Sun it is possible to occur a supermoon in a full moon.
This pointer moves in practically the correct ratio. It rotates in advance one turn in approx. 8,85 years.

The different duration of the days troughout the year:

The earth terminator  divides the daylit side and the dark night side of the earth.

Due to the tilt of the earth axis, this varies throughout the year.

Materials:

The mechanism is made of solid brass. Sun is in solid brass.
The brass is polished without any coat. Over time it acquires a museum like look.     

The miniature Earth globe is 12 mm in diameter. It is made of wood and covered with handpainted paper gores in the traditional style with our own cartography without text due to its miniature size. It is protected with some coats of varnish.

The dial is a high quality print with our original design that depicts the months, the seasons of the year and the zodiac.  It is protected with several coats of varnish too.

 
The base is in solid beech wood stained in mahogany tone. It is available in sapelli wood stained in mahogany tone with the same dial or in natural oak whith orange dial.

 

Measures:

Base diameter: 14 cm

Miniature globe diameter: 12 mm

Made to order.

 

 

Miniature Ferguson paradox orrery

Miniature version of the Ferguson Paradox orrery

Base diameter: 8cm

Miniature globe diameter: 8mm

French telluriums

French telluriums

-- Discontinued --

Features:

Inspired on the original XIX century French geared models made by Fortin and Delamarche (XVIII and XIX centuries)

It is not a reproduction nor is it intended to be an exact replica of the original models.

You can see information about an original model of this type in this link of the Galileo Museum in Florence.

https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/gallery/Tellurium.html

and two similar original models sold in this link:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/style-private-collections/a-rare-louis-xvi-tellurium-charles-francois

They are completely handmade. There will never be two models exactly the same.

The mechanism is made of solid brass with an improved design in terms of strength and precision with respect to the original models.

Completely decorated by hand in gold on black in our own style inspired by the original models, including some geometric imperfections just like said models, so you will have a unique model.

Hancrafted earth globe in the french traditional way; plaster sphere over a hollow papier mache core with hand painted in watercolour paper gores applied on it with our own cartography. Colours are inspired by Delamarche's globes.

Measures:

Base diameter: 11,5 cm

Height: 20,5 cm

Globe diameter: 29 mm

-- Discontinued --

 

 

 

Emile Bertaux planetarium downscaled replica

Emile Bertaux planetarium downscaled replica

Features:

Museum quality downscaled replica of the outstanding planetarium after Emile Bertaux (XIX century)

You can see a similar model here:

https://www.chayette-cheval.com/lot/22846/5108541-planetaire-copernicien-et-globsearch=&

It depicts the motion of known planets of its date (up to Neptune), and the asteroid Ceres, all enclosed in a glass sphere.

The Moon rotates around the earth while mimics her real motion up and down due to the inclination of the Moon orbit.

The Earth rotates at a reduced speed ratio as in the original model.

All the mechanism is made in solid brass. Earth globe is made of wood with handpainted in watercolour paper gores applied on it.

Sun is made of solid brass. Planets and the moon are in natural howlite gemstone.

Glass sphere diameter: 25 cm.

This model was custom made for a client.

 

 

 

 

 

Restorations  /   repairs

XIX century Newton and Son orrery restored and repaired for a client.

Before

After

If you are interested in this orrery please visit this link:

https://monimoon.com/producto/1825ca-planetario-orrery-newton-en-condicion-de-museo/

Repair and reconstruction of lost parts for Ernst Schotte and Jan Felkl type telluriums.

For more info and orders please send us an email detailing which model you are interested in and your country to check shipping availability and calculate an approximate shipping cost. 

info@mcplanetariums.com

 

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