ULYSSE NARDIN

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Ulysse Nardin Tellurium - Johannes Kepler. Platinum Cloisonné enamel Perpetual World Time. ? In-Depth A Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler, One Of The Three Original Trilogy Of Time Watches From The 1990s A very big blast from a very cosmic past. The Tellurium Johannes Kepler is the third release in the Ulysse Nardin Trilogy Of Time, and was originally unveiled in 1992. The very large enamel representation of the Earth as seen from directly above the North Pole, is the centerpiece of the astronomical indications. It rotates once every 24 hours and the position of the Sun is shown by the bezel tab at 12:00. There is a line passing from the North Pole through the location of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, showing where the Prime Meridian is located. The position of the Moon in its orbit, as well as the portion of its surface that's illuminated or in darkness when viewed from the Earth's surface, is shown by a Moon disk that makes one orbit once per synodic month. A calendar and zodiac ring shows both the month, and as well, the sign of the Zodiac through which the Sun is transiting as seen from Earth. The ring rotates once per tropical year (365.24217 mean solar days) rather than once every 365 days. If you look closely, you'll see a green hand that looks like a stylized serpent's head, and another, opposite to it, that looks like the snake's tail. These are indications for what are called the Moon's Nodes. The orbit of the Moon is tilted somewhat with respect to the Plane of the Ecliptic (the common plane in which the Earth and planets appear to orbit). This means that the orbit crosses the Plane of the Ecliptic at two points which are opposed by 180 degrees. These are sometimes called the North Node (where the Moon passes above the Plane of the Ecliptic) and the South Node (where the Moon descends below it). In ancient times these were known as the caput draconis et cauda, or Head and Tail of the Dragon (Harry Potter fans will recall that the first password to Gryffindor Tower in The Sorcerer's Stone is ""Caput Draconis."") The Tellurium Johannes Kepler: as shown, 43mm platinum case, with self-winding caliber Un-88; hand-painted enamel Earth, with astronomical complications.