{"product_id":"vintage-planetary-movement-necklace","title":"Armillary Sphere Pendant Necklace with Pivoting Gold Tone Rings","description":"\u003ch2\u003eYou tip your hand and the rings fall out of line, then find their level again.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt reads like something lifted off a Victorian desk. A slim triangular frame, and hanging inside it two gold tone rings, each one hung on its own pair of tiny pivots, one nested inside the other around a small grey bead with an iridescent sheen. Underneath, a kite shaped charm with a faceted blue stone set into its face, swinging on its own loop. The chain is long and fine, a cable run with small beads spaced along it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason it holds attention is that the rings genuinely move. They are not soldered into a fixed pose: they are pivoted, the way a ship compass is pivoted, so every photograph of this pendant shows the sphere in a slightly different attitude and so does every glance down at it. Nothing drives that movement. There is no motor, no spring and no battery anywhere in the piece, and the maker never claims one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Benefits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRings on real pivots\u003c\/strong\u003e Two rings, two pairs of pivot points, one nested in the other. Tilt the pendant and they swing out of alignment and settle back. That is a gimbal, and it is the whole design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA centre that stays put\u003c\/strong\u003e The small grey iridescent bead sits in a gold tone band at the heart of the sphere while the rings turn around it, which is exactly the logic of an armillary model.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne point of colour\u003c\/strong\u003e The kite charm below carries a small faceted blue stone, the only colour on an otherwise metallic piece, and it moves independently of the rings above it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong enough to swing\u003c\/strong\u003e The chain drops the pendant well below the collarbone, which is what gives the sphere room to move instead of pressing flat against the chest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNothing to power\u003c\/strong\u003e No cell, no switch, no winding. The movement comes from the pivots and from you, which means there is nothing in it that can stop working.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest for:\u003c\/strong\u003e People who fidget with what they wear, anyone drawn to instrument and astrolabe shapes rather than to charms, and gift buyers looking for one strange beautiful object rather than an obvious pendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost celestial jewellery prints a sky onto something flat. This one builds the instrument instead, and the difference is that it does something in the hand. The triangular frame is what holds the illusion together: it gives the sphere a mount to hang from, so the rings read as an apparatus rather than as loose loops of wire. Then the scale keeps it wearable. At this size, worn long, it swings quietly against a plain dark top and only reveals what it is when someone gets close enough to look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuick Product Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e armillary style pendant, two rings mounted on pivots inside a triangular frame; small grey iridescent bead at the centre in a gold tone band; kite charm with a faceted blue stone below; gold tone and silver tone metal; long fine cable chain with small beads spaced along it; no motor, no battery; packing list is one necklace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow It Fits Your Routine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt wants a plain background. A black knit dress, a dark rollneck, anything unpatterned, and the pendant does all of the work on its own without a second piece anywhere near it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause it hangs long, it also survives a coat and a scarf better than a short pendant does. It sits below the collar line, so it stays visible when you are wrapped up, and it stops competing with anything you wear at the throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandle the pivots gently. They are small joints and they are the part that gives a piece like this its life, so avoid catching the rings on a bag strap and store it hanging rather than heaped in a dish where the frame can be bent. Wipe the metal with a dry soft cloth, and keep perfume and water off it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a mechanism? Does it wind up?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. There is no motor, no spring, no battery and nothing to wind. The rings move because they are hung on pivots, and they move when the pendant does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the pendant really 18K gold?\u003c\/strong\u003e We are not repeating that claim. The maker's sheet says 18k gold for the pendant on one line and Other for the material on another, and the two cannot both be right on a piece at this price. Since the maker contradicts itself, we describe the colour as gold tone and leave the metal unnamed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the grey bead at the centre, and the blue stone?\u003c\/strong\u003e The maker names neither. We can tell you the centre is a small grey bead with an iridescent sheen and that the charm below carries a small faceted blue stone, and we are not going to put a gem name on either of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long is the chain?\u003c\/strong\u003e The maker prints 21 to 50 cm, and 21 cm cannot go around a neck, so we do not trust that line. What the photographs show is a genuinely long chain: worn over a dress the pendant lands well below the collarbone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%; overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 480px; width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; text-align: left;\"\u003eFeature\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; text-align: left;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003ePendant\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eArmillary style sphere, two rings on pivots inside a triangular frame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eMovement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003ePivoted rings only. No motor, no spring, no battery, nothing to wind\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eCentre\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eSmall grey bead with an iridescent sheen, held in a gold tone band\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eCharm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eKite shape with a small faceted blue stone. Neither stone nor metal named by the maker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eGold tone with silver tone parts on the bail and frame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eNot established. The maker gives Other on one line and 18k gold on another, so we name none\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eChain\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eLong fine cable chain with small beads spaced along it\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eLength\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eNot reliably stated. The maker prints 21 to 50 cm, which cannot be right at the low end\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #fafafa;\"\u003eOne necklace\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eKeep water and perfume off it, wipe dry, store hanging so the frame and pivots stay true\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moko Boutique","offers":[{"title":"A long necklace","offer_id":43038916935774,"sku":"SU00366793-A long necklace","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/7031\/2286\/files\/9c82b80c-500d-4773-b690-ddbde65f905b.jpg?v=1784673322","url":"https:\/\/www.moko.boutique\/de\/products\/vintage-planetary-movement-necklace","provider":"Moko Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}