Marcus Hanke
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If I may quote myself ...
Reading the tides display of the "Moonstruck" is an ease: Both, the sun and the moon disks show dark blue sectors, symbolising the gravitational forces of these two celestial bodies, as well as the centrifugal force of the Earth rotation.
The dark sectors printed around the sun symbol and moon window are their gravitations, pulling the Earth's oceans towards them. The smaller sectors On the opposite side indicate the ocean waters that are permitted to rise as an effect of the Earth's centrifugal force.
Sun and Moon are each causing their tidal mountains to follow them on the Earth's oceans, with smaller mountains on the exact opposite side. However, when both gravitation sources are straightly aligned on either the same side of the Earth, or on opposite sides, their tidal effects add to "spring tides".
When Moon and Sun are offset at a roughly 90 degree angle, when seen from the Earth, their tidal effects compensate each other to a certain degree, causing "neap tides" on the oceans.
Hope this helps,
Marcus
A wristshot of the Ulysse Nardin Moonstruck
Good news for UN: a new point of sale has just opened at the Bucherer Store of Paris. My weekly visit at this candy shop gave me the opportunity to shoot a wristshot of one of the icons from UN: the Moonstruck. I wish to UN a lot of success with this new ...
Thanks for the photo Fx!
We don't see this one too often. I will expect regular UN reports from this new store from you and Nico! You can each take turns going every other week, and the rest of us UN junkies can see weekly treasures :-)
A very interesting watch, indeed, but an icon, I am not sure.
Thanks for the superb wristshot, Fx. Best, Nicolas
It has the potential of an icon ...
... but it has to be made one by Ulysse Nardin itself: persisting mentioning, pointing it out in catalogues, advertisments, showcasing it whenever possible. If you consider the Sonata to be a UN icon, then the Moonstruck must be one as well. Just my 2 cen...
The problem for the Moonstruck is that this is not UN first astronomic watch.
Their first set may well be iconic, I think. That is why I don't see the Moonstruck as an icon. The Sonata is unique. Best, Nicolas
Hi Fx, thanks for the post ! In addition to all the functions, I like most the...
hand painted enamel globe !! Very interesting complications which include high and low tides , right ? Cheers, Gordon
Yes, and the only wristwatch showing the distribution of high and low tides ...
... over the globe, although only very roughly, of course. All other tidal watches indicate the tides only for a specific place, coupled to the moon phase display. Marcus
If I may quote myself ...
Reading the tides display of the "Moonstruck" is an ease: Both, the sun and the moon disks show dark blue sectors, symbolising the gravitational forces of these two celestial bodies, as well as the centrifugal force of the Earth rotation. The dark sectors...
Thank you very much Marcus ! Great explanation and...
I confess that I do not understand 100% but the information are very interesting ! Given the pull by the sun and moon to create high tides, what are the indictors for low tides ? Or am I not understanding the functions properly ? Cheers, Gordon
For low tides, no indicators are needed ...
... since the "low tide" is wherever there is no high tide. The reason is simply that the water used for building up the "heap" that follows the gravitational pull of moon and sun has to be amiss elsewhere, which is causing the low tides in all reagions t...
It is a neat watch...
And an example of what I like about UN in terms of originality. However, it is one serious chunk of metal. I struggled with the size when I tried it on. Dave