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ULYSSE NARDIN. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH
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ULYSSE NARDIN. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH

SIGNED ULYSSE NARDIN, ASTROLABIUM GALILEO GALILEI MODEL, REF. 911-22, CASE NO. 103, CIRCA 1992

Closed30 November 2015

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ULYSSE NARDIN. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH
SIGNED ULYSSE NARDIN, ASTROLABIUM GALILEO GALILEI MODEL, REF. 911-22, CASE NO. 103, CIRCA 1992
Finely engraved automatic jewelled movement, three-tone silvered dial, analogical and perpetual representation of the Gregorian calendar, solar hand indicating solar hours, sunrise, sunset, dawn, and dusk, indication for month, day, zodiac sign, location of the sun, equinox and solstice, cardinal points and temporal hours, moon hand indication of the rise and fall of the moon, moon phases, solar and lunar eclipses, circular case, bezel with inlaid black enamel Roman and Arabic numerals for 24 hour indication, hinged hooded lugs, glazed display back secured by four screws, 18k gold Ulysse Nardin buckle, case, dial and movement signed
40 mm. diam.

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With Ulysse Nardin Certificate dated 13 December 1993, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

An Astrolabe is an instrument used to indicate the positions of the sun, moon, and stars as seen from the earth. The Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, launched in 1985, is the only astrolabe watch designed to be worn on the wrist, and shows the wearer a number of accurate astronomical indications. They include the display of local and solar time, the orbits and eclipses of the sun and the moon and the positions of several major stars. This reference is part of Ulysse Nardin's Astronomical Trilogy consisting of the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, the Planetarium Copernicus and the Tellurium Johannes Kepler models.

A similar watch is illustrated in Armbanduhren - 100 Jahre Entwicklungsgeschichte by Kahlert, Mühe, Brunner, 5th edition, p. 430, pl. 1478.