Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 534

ULYSSE NARDIN TRILOGY OF TIME SET OF THREE EXTRAORDINARY PLATINUM ASTRONOMICAL WATCHES Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, No. 35 / 100. A limited edition set of three very rare and very fine platinum wristwatches. Made in a limited edition of 100 sets circa 2004. Accompanied by the original fitted winding box, setting and adjustment tools, a book: The Trilogy of Time, certificates and instructions for each model. A. Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, No. 35/100, Ref. 999-70. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, selfwinding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with astrolabe, days and months, and a platinum Ulysse Nardin buckle. B. Tellurium Johannes Kepler, No. 35/100, Ref. 889-70. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, two-time zone, self-winding, water-resistant to 30 m., platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, signs of the Zodiac, sun and moon eclipses, 24 hours, the view of the Earth as seen from the North Pole and a platinum Ulysse Nardin buckle. C. Planetarium Copernicus No. 35/100, Ref. 839-70. Very fine and unusual, astronomic, selfwinding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with functions of the planetary cycle, days, months, zodiac signs and moon phases and a platinum Ulysse Nardin buckle.

A) C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with four screws, rounded bezel graduated with engraved Roman numerals for the hours, straight fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Gray and silver, off-center silver 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, aperture for day of the week indication. White gold and black baton hands, stylized yellow gold sun, white gold moon and blued steel serpent indicators. M. Cal. UN-97, hand engraved, rhodium-plated, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm B) C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel engraved with blue enameled Arabic numerals for the hours and 4 blue enameled tabs with Roman numerals at the quarter hours, transparent case back, fluted lugs, domed sapphire crystal. D. Hand painted polychrome enamel, central disc depicting the continents, surrounding white gold ring with engraved Arabic numerals for the 24 hours of a second time zone. Spring overlapping central disc, bending according to various times of the year, separating the part of the Earth illuminated by the Sun from the part in darkness and indicating sunrise and sunset. Outer ring with the months and 12 signs of the Zodiac. Rotating moon representing its phases. Dragon head and tail hand indicating months and Zodiac signs respectively. Two luminous white gold hands indicating hours and minutes, blued steel serpent and moon indicators. M. Cal. UN-87, rhodium-plated, hand-engraved, 64 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm. c) C. Three-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, stepped rounded bezel with engraved radial Roman numerals for the 12 hours, transparent case back, domed sapphire crystal divided into 12 sections that start from the center (the Earth) and radiate outward in a spider design. D. Six rings with the names of 5 planets revolving around a central gold disc representing the Sun; the Earth disc fixed to one of the rings attached to the Moon which rotates around the Earth, outer gold ring engraved with the 12 signs of the zodiac and the months. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. UN 80, rhodium-plated, hand-engraved, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, white gold decorated and skeletonized rotor. Case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.