Independents

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Thanks for sharing 🤗

Thank you! Astrolabs are extremely fascinating and it is by far my favourite daily beater.

The astronomic display will help to keep our lifes inperspective. So many of our so important issues will evaporate without a trace when looking at them from the moon. Thank you for sharing this unusual piece. Best, Daniel

An astrolabe for the wrist!

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If at all..! Wear it in good health! All the best, Niall

Good to wear, understated and very precise <1 sec per day deviation

... and I absolutely adore them. Besides Ludwig Oechslin/Ulysse Nardin, Mr. van der Klaauw was always a personality I admired. I love all his watches, but of course his astronomical timepieces are my favourites! Marcus

NO idea how to read it and cannot understand the functions ! LOL !!

It takes a while to get used to the watch and understand everything what is displayed.

so I understand you can see the sunrise and sunset? Is it made for your location? Is it dynamic, is the horizon changing? Sorry for all these questions but I LOVE your watch! Br, Dirk

Hi Dirk, The watch is made for my location which is 50 degrees latitude north with the North Pole as projection point. It gives the date, local time, position of the sun on the ecliptic, position of the moon on the ecliptic, position of the ascending and ...  

Hand engraving by Jochen Benzinger. ...  

Thanks for sharing! Which was first, this or the Oechslin/Ulysse Nardin piece? Superb dial. Best Andreas

Hi Andreas, The Ulysse Nardin Astrolabium Galileo Galilei was introduced in 1985. This series of Christiaan van der Klaauw Astrolabium was available from 2005.

glad that the art of astronomical complications is kept alive! Best Andreas