ULYSSE NARDIN, PLANETARIUM COPERNICUS REF. 800-22, A TWO-TONE GOLD AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH

CASE NUMBER: 04/65

Details

CIRCA: 1991
CASE MATERIAL: 18k white gold with pink gold bezel with inlay black enamel Roman numerals
DIAMETER: 39 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Black leather strap
DIAL: meteorite dial with fixed centre representing the sun, rotating concentric rings representing Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, fixed ring for the Earth and Moon, all within a rotating gold ring with months of the year and signs of the Zodiac
MOVEMENT: Automatic, gilt-finished and engraved
FUNCTIONS: Time, astronomical position of the planets
BUCKLE: Ulysse Nardin 18k white gold pin buckle


Lot Essay

Ulysse Nardin introduced The Trilogy of Time collection in 1985 inspired by the works of the three legendary astronomers – Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler.
The Astrolabium Galileo Galilei was released in 1985 and was followed by the present model, the Planetarium Copernicus, in 1988. The Planetarium showed a view of the five main planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) in relation to the Earth and the Sun.