Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 74

Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, No. 082, Astrolabium Galileo Galilei, Ref. 970-22, 1990's. Extremely fine and unique, astronomic, self-winding, waterproof, 18K white and yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, 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 on a yellow gold medallion, screwed bars, transparent back. D. blue and mat silver bearing the following indications: the Equinoctial time, 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, aperture for two consecutive days of the week. M. 13"' gilt brass, "fausses cotes" decoration, 33 jewels, lever escapement, annular balance with three arms, antishock system, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, engraved and skeletonized white gold rotor with bi-directional winding. Signed on the case, numbered on the movement. Diam. 40 mm.