Ulysse Nardin. A fine and rare platinum limited edition self-winding two-time zone astronomical wristwatch

SIGNED ULYSSE NARDIN, TELLURIUM JOHANNES KEPLER MODEL, NO. 05, REF. 889-99, CIRCA 1992

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Ulysse Nardin. A fine and rare platinum limited edition self-winding two-time zone astronomical wristwatch
Signed Ulysse Nardin, Tellurium Johannes Kepler model, No. 05, Ref. 889-99, circa 1992
Cal. UN 87 finely engraved nickel-finished lever movement, 64 jewels, finely engraved and pierced rotor depicting Ulysse Nardin's logo, the blue matte dial the blue dial with outer ring indicating month and sign of the zodiac, luminous hour hands, the rotating centre piece depicting the earth seen from above the North Pole with outer rotating silvered 24 hour indication for the second time zone, the moon rotating around the earth, the dragon-hands indicating the eclipses of the sun and the moon, a 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 to indicate the time and place of sunrise and sunset, the heavy circular water-resistant-type case with blue enamel Arabic and Roman numerals to the bezel, glazed snap on back, downturned fluted lugs, case, dial and movement signed
43 mm. diam.

拍品專文

The platinum version of this model was produced as of 1991 in a limited edition of 99 examples only. It is part of Ulysse Nardin's Astronomical Trilogy consisting of the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, the Planetarium Copernicus and the Tellurium Johannes Kepler models.

The model is illustrated in Armbanduhren - 100 Jahre Entwicklungsgeschichte by Kahlert, Mühe, Brunner, fifth edition, p. 430, pl. 1478.