Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 437

ULYSEE NARDIN ASTROLABIUM GALILEO GALILEI Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 218, Ref. 921-22. Made in the 1990?s. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with astrolabe, days and months, and an 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, solid case back with six screws, rounded bezel graduated with engraved alternating Roman and Arabic numerals for the 24 hours, solid downturned hinged lugs. D. Gray and silver, off-center gold disk with division for the 12 signs of the Zodiac, overlapping rings representing the following: equinoctial time, local time, the months, signs of the zodiac, the elevation and azimuth of the sun and the moon on the planisphere, the diurnal and nocturnal hours, the moon phases, the aspect of the sun and the moon in relation to each other. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. UN-97, hand engraved, gilt, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. From The Arman Collection