Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2012

LOT 406

ULYSSE NARDIN ASTROLABIUM GALILEO GALILEI Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, "Astrolabium Galileo Galilei", movement No. 904-258, Ref. 951-22. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, rare and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with astrolabe, days and months, and an 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin deployant buckle. Accompanied by a box and extract from the archives.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with four screws, rounded bezel graduated with engraved alternating Roman and Arabic numerals for the 24 hours, fl uted lugs, sapphire crystals. 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. Gilt with oil de paris decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.