ULYSSE NARDIN. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K TWO-COLOURED GOLD AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET AND METEORITE DIAL

SIGNED ULYSSE NARDIN, MODEL PLANETARIUM COPERNICUS, NO. 1, REF. 800SC-22, CIRCA 1989

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ULYSSE NARDIN. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K TWO-COLOURED GOLD AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET AND METEORITE DIAL
SIGNED ULYSSE NARDIN, MODEL PLANETARIUM COPERNICUS, NO. 1, REF. 800SC-22, CIRCA 1989

With highly engraved gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, pierced and engraved nickel-finished rotor, the dial with a fixed centre representing the sun with rotating concentric rings composed of slices of meteorite representing Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury, a fixed ring for Earth and Moon, all within a rotating gold ring with months of the year and signs of the Zodiac, luminous hands, in circular white gold case with gold bezel engraved with Roman numerals, bar lugs, the crystal with gold demarcations indicating the positions of the planets in relation to the Earth and the Zodiac, glazed display snap on back, together with an 18k gold Ulysse Nardin link bracelet and concealed double deployant clasp, movement signed
40 mm. diam.

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US$15,000-25,000

Ulysse Nardin introduced the "Planetarium Copernicus" in 1989 as part of Ulysse Nardin's Astronomical Trilogy consisting of the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, the Planetarium Copernicus and the Tellurium Johannes Kepler models. Both the Planetarium Copernicus and the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei are featured in the Guinness Books of Records.

The Planetarium Copernicus model combines Ptolemy's geocentric universe with the Earth at its centre and Copernicus' heliocentric universe with the Sun at its centre. This allows the reading of the astronomical positions of the planets in relation to the Sun and the Earth. The moon rotates around the Earth. A perpetual calendar indicating the months and the sign of the Zodiac rotates once in 365.24 days at the exterior.
This watch is number 1 of a limited edition of 65 examples produced.

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