" I failed them. "

Yes, I’m still in orrery mode - a little one set in a pocket watch case.  The planets are solid metal - gold, silver and copper tones.  It was made to be a desk ornament but could be very carefully used as a fob or pendant.  It doesn’t move - no orbit or rotation - just an assemblage piece made to look like it might move.  

Ratchet and Clank at the exact same millisecond:

Finally finished this! I wish I could even begin to explain how excited I am for this movie to come out. I’ve been playing the games a lot recently and it’s reminding me why I loved them in the first place.

I won an auction recently - 12 gorgeous empty antique/vintage pocket watch cases.  I wanted to use resin and embed the planets - unfortunately that resulted one of the cases being permanently stuck to a wood board when the resin leaked through a seam.  So I thought I’d try something different with this one.  

It’s a pretty simple design - the case, two large clock gears and then the brass swedge.  All the small planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are on the inner ring followed by the giants Jupiter and Saturn on the middle ring and finally, Uranus and Neptune on the outer ring. It doesn’t automatically move - no clockwork or electric movement.  The glass does come off and the swedge (with the planets) can be gently rotated.