Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 72

Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, No. 196, Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, Ref. No. 910-22,1990's. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, waterproof, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with leather strap and 18K white and yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle.

C. three-body, massive, polished, satine, bezel graduated with engraved Roman numerals, hooded lugs with the U.N. anchor symbol, transparent back. D. blue and mat silver bearing the following indications: the Equinoctial ti me, the local time, the months, the zodiacal signs, the elevation and azimuth of the sun and the moon on the planisphere, the diurnal and nocturnal hours, the phases of the moon, the aspects in which the sun and the moon stand to each other. M. 13"' engraved gilt brass, "fausses cotes" decoration, 33 jewels, lever escapement, annular balance with three arms, antishock system, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring, 18K engraved and skeleton white gold rotor with bi-directional winding. Signed on the case, numbered on the movement. Diam. 40 mm.