$18,400
Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, "Planetarium Copernicus", No. 025, Ref. 801.22, 1990's. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with functions of the planetary cycle, days, months, zodiac signs and moon phases, with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. three body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel with engraved Roman numerals for the 12 hours, transparent case back, screwed bars, domed sapphire crystal with a web on lines that start from the center (the Earth) and radiates outward in a spider design. six revolving satined blue rings engraved with the names of five planets each on a gold cartouche fixed with a central disc representing the Sun, the Earth disc fixed to one of the blue ring attached to the Moon which rotates around the Earth, outer gold ring engraved with the 12 signs of the zodiac and the months. "Bâton" two-tone hands. Cal. UN-80, movement and rotor with engraved decoration, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, white gold rotor. Case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Notes (1988) Planetarium Copernicus This wristwatch, the second in the Trilogy series, was introduced in 1988. This watch made history as is was the first wristwatch to feature the entire solar system, the sun, the moon and the planets. The planets on the watch are the Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The astronomic
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-22
