Thursday 4 August 2011

::Type of Astronomical Watches::

Blu Galaxy
This brilliantly sparkling astronomical watch creates a heavenly display through a dial comprised of three disks made from Aventurine, a special type of glass.
Each disk rotates concentrically at different speeds and is inset with diamonds.
Two diamonds on the middle disk indicate hours while three diamonds signal minutes on the outer disk, the central disk for seconds.
The watch is available in stainless steel, white gold, or red gold, as well as three sizes, 36, 39, or 42mm.

Jaeger LeCoultre Grande Complication
This celestial time instrument comprises an incredible 527 parts and is testament to formidable technical mastery. Its complexity is due to the combination of three major watch complications, a minute repeater, a flying tourbillon and a zodiac calendar with sidereal time.
It is the only astronomical watch to indicate celestial time through use of a flying tourbillon which moves round the dial once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds indicating true time or sidereal time. Astronomers use the sidereal unit to track the direction of stars. Most wristwatches typically display mean time.
This most distinguishing design feature revolves round a dial which is intricately decorated with star charts on the beautiful blue lustre of the laquered face.
The dial is intricately decorated with important celestial information and blue lustre.

Ulysse Nardin Moonstruck
At the center of the Moonstruck is the earth viewed from the top, pivoting around which are the moon and Earth indicators.
By using two discs that revolve around this central map of the earth, the Moonstruck reproduces the rotation of the Moon around the Earth, as well as the Sun’s relative position.
The moon indicator not only shows you its relative position to earth but through the use of an orb gives you the moon’s phase as well as rather ingeniously revolving so its lit side always faces the sun.
Also featuring a rotating GMT hand and disk , these can be used together with the sun indicator for world time zones.
Features a beautiful mother of pearl dial and ceramic bezel.

Sarpaneva Korana K3 Black Moon
The darkly distinct design of this moonphase watch by Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva features an enigmatically stylized moon face which has been hand-engraved. The moon phase indicator shows a complete moon phase cycle through its “relieved dial”.
The uniformly black appearance perhaps hinting at the long dark winters in Finland.
The K3 has a lattice-like skeletonized dial revealing sections of the Soprod A10 automatic movement within.
Limited to 20 pieces, each one comes with a hand-bound book “Black is the Moon” recounting the legend of Lilith the seductive temptress that preyed on men during the new moon.
The Sarpaneva Korona K3 Black Moon won a 2009 Red Dot Design Award for communication design.

Citizen Astrodea Celestial
This reasonably priced Astronomical watch comes with a 10x magnifying glass so you can truly appreciate the level of detail of the dials complex star chart, representing 1,109 stars.
Its equipped with a myriad of celestial functions including Daily Duration of Sunshine, Equinox Indications, Sunrise & Sunset, among other cosmic information. Available with either northern or southern hemisphere versions of the dial.

Van cleef & arpels midnight in paris
The Van Cleef & Arpels “Midnight in Paris” recreates a map of the stars in the night sky above Paris. The orbiting of the stars is achieved by using a rotating Aventurine glass disk.The art of bringing life to a dial, the jeweler’s sensitivity, aesthetic and technical watch-making prowess. Van Cleef & Arpels has channelled their exceptional know-how towards masculine elegance.Genuine meteorite stone from 4.5 billion years ago has been set into a disk that surrounds the calendar in the back of the watch.

Van Cleef & Arpels incorporated meteorite because it represents “the only known physical material that provides information shedding light on the creation of the solar system elements”


Patek Philippe Celestial
Founded in 1839, Patek Philippe is the last privately owned independent Geneva watch manufacturer and one of the largest traditional watchmaking companies in the world.
Patek Philippe is well known for its sophisticated high-end astronomical watches.
This one provides information about the night sky by using a dial constructed from a series of superimposed layers of sapphire crystal disks which concentrically rotate and tell you information about the cosmos.Using the Geneva sky as a reference, it will give you the time of meridian passage of the moon as well as Sirius, the position of the stars, a beautifully Milky Way rendered in gold.Inside the Platinum and Rose Gold 43mm case is a mechanical self-winding movement Caliber 240 LU CL with a 48hr pwer .

As Philippe Stern, President of the company confirms, “As an independent company, Patek Philippe enjoys total creative freedom to design, produce and complete what experts agree to be probably the finest timepieces in the world.”

Arnold & Son Grand Moon Tourbillon
Arnold & Son are British watchmakers founded in 1764, maker of the first ever pocket chronometer they became the leading supplier to the Royal Navy.
Their “Grand Moon Tourbillon” astronomical watch combines the complex beauty of a tourbillon with its celestial design.
It uses a retrograde, hand painted moon phase that calculates the phase of the moon based on the moon’s exact synodic period.
Other celestial touches include a movement decorated with diamond constellations and a power reserve of 96 Hours.
Price:$295,750

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