Punto Vernal, Old Ingenious

Punto Vernal, is a company dedicated for more than 30 years to the recovery and reproduction of instruments, which come from the world of science, and that for their special aesthetic characteristics and usefulness, have been a milestone and an advance in the development of the human species of all centuries.

The astrolabe, for example, was the precursor of today’s computers, a real jewel of astrophysics and mathematics.

The armillary sphere or representation of the geocentric theory. The nocturlab or star clock, lunar and perpetual calendars, sundials, hourglasses…, up to the world of vision and optical toys based on retinal persistence and precursors of today’s cinema: zootropes, praxinoscopes, other studies on anamorphosis and stereoscopy and a long list of objects that will make you enjoy and feel like travelers in the time of science and culture.