Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 77

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, "Astrolabium Galileo Galilei", No. 028, Ref. 961-22. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with functions of the astrolabe, days and months and a yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle.

C .three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with screws, rounded bezel graduated with engraved alternating Roman and Arabic numerals for the 24 hours, teardrop fluted 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,he aspect of the sun and the moon in relation to each other. "Bâton" yellow gold and blued steel hands. M. Cal. UN-97, hand engraved, gilt, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.