Ulysse Nardin. A fine and rare platinum automatic astronomical wristwatch
Model: Tellurium
Reference: 889-99, No.42/99
Date: Circa 1992
Movement: Jewelled finely engraved automatic, pierced and engraved nickel-finished rotor
Dial: Blue sunken dial with outer ring indicating months and the Zodiacs, raised inner rotating cloisonné enamel map of the continents with outer 24 hour ring for second time zone, moon indicator rotating around the earth in real time, solar and lunar eclipse indication, green dragon head and tail hand indicating month and Zodiac signs, flexible spring bending from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn to reveal the part of the earth lit by the sun and indication of time and location of sunrise and sunset
Case: Polished round, snap on exhibition back, blue Arabic hour markers and Roman quarters engraved to bezel, down turned lugs
Strap/Bracelet: Blue Ulysse Nardin alligator leather
Buckle/Clasp: Signed platinum buckle
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 43mm
Accompaniments: Ulysse Nardin Trilogy of Time and Moonstruck brochures, new Ulysse Nardin fitted box
Footnotes:
In 1987, Dr. Ludwig Oechslin and Ulysse Nardins new owner Rolf Schnyder launched a revolutionary astronomical wristwatch, the Astrolabium. Only three years later, the Planetarium followed, and in 1992 the Tellurium completed the 'Trilogy of Time'. The Astrolabium Galileo Galilei shows the solar and lunar time. The Draco line indicator can be set to show when the Sun and Moon line up with the Earth to create an Eclipse. The Tellurium indicates the time and place of the sunrise and sunset. The Planetarium Copernicus sychronises the planetary cycles and shows the exact astronomical position of the planets.
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