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Gübelin | R. Daners | International Watch Co.
Astrolabium | A yellow gold Astronomical calendar watch with day/night indication, moon phases, and Zodiac signs, Circa 1983
Lot Closed
June 11, 05:36 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: silvered chapter ring calibrated for twenty-four hours, signs of the zodiac and moon phases, planispheric center marked with the horizon and degrees for the angle of the sun between sunrise and sunset, subsidiary seconds dial with aperture for phases of the moon, inner gilt ring with signs of the zodiac and outer with the months, blued steel hour hand with the sun emblem, the dial signed Gübelin and with latitude of 40 N
Caliber: cal. 9720 mechanical, 19 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions
Movement number: 2’308’005
Case: 18k yellow gold, snap-on case back
Case number: 224’743
Size: 51 mm diameter
Signed: case signed by Gübelin and Daners, dial signed by Gübelin, movement signed by International Watch Co., Gübelin, and RD for Richard Daners
Box: no
Papers: no
Richard Daners (1927-2018)
Richard Daners was a master watchmaker and project manager for Gübelin. He is credited with making the present lot, as well as a modern concept of the Bras-en-L’air, of which he made three. Daners small series of Astrolabium watches, included No. 1 with double dials. No. 1 was one of two pieces with the latitude for Lucerne 1983, which was previously sold at Sotheby’s Geneva on May 20, 1997, lot 59. It should be noted that the present watch was made in only a handful of examples.