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In the celestial tapestry of time, 2024 marks the golden jubilee of Christiaan van der Klaauw Astronomical Watches, 50 years adorned with dedication, innovation, and horological brilliance. To commemorate this auspicious occasion, we unveil the mesmerizing CVDK Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture: it is the only mechanical Planetarium watch in the world that displays all 8 planets, showing real time the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune around the Sun. An exceptional Haute Horlogerie CVDK masterpiece, echoing our enduring commitment to the art of timekeeping.
CREATED BY 3 GENERATIONS CVDK
As the shining centerpiece of our jubilee, we will be celebrating the unveiling of our newest CVDK masterpiece, the ‘CVDK Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture’ . This unique CVDK timepiece was created by the three generations of CVDK: Mr. Christiaan van der Klaauw, Daniël Reintjes & Maria Reintjes and Pim Koeslag. The concept and complication are rooted in the ‘CVDK Kepler’s Planetarium Clock’ that Christiaan developed in 1995. Daniël Reintjes & Maria Reintjes have created the design for this beautiful new CVDK watch, which incorporates many details from their 15 years of creative development. This is notably reflected in the stunning Aventurine Glass ‘signature’ dial and beautiful new case with ‘Klaauw’-shaped lugs. Pim Koeslag meticulously transformed the original compass and pencil drawings into a fully developed 3D CAD design using his technical expertise and experience. The entire piece was crafted in the CVDK atelier, from prototype to final production. Now, in 2024, this extraordinary watch will be unveiled by the three generations of CVDK to fittingly celebrate 50 years of astronomical complications.
ECCENTRIC PLANETARIUM
The CVDK Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture is the only mechanical Planetarium watch in the world that displays all 8 planets, showing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune around the Sun in real time. The planets follow eccentric paths, closely mirroring reality as accurately as possible. The Sun 0 is positioned exactly in the middle of the Eccentric Planetarium.
The 8 planets orbit around the sun as follows:
Mercury 87.97 days
Venus 224.70 days
Earth 365.24 days
Mars 686.98 days
Jupiter 11.86 years
Saturn 29.46 years
Uranus 84.02 years
Neptune 164.80 years
The ‘CVDK Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture’ boasts a staggering number of gears, with a total of 3338 teeth. At its heart lies the in-house developed Manufacture Movement. It is the most complicated watch ever created in the atelier of Christiaan van der Klaauw Astronomical Watches.
Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture
Technical Specifications
| Functions | Hours, minutes, seconds - by rotating sun logo in the center, date indicator, zodiac sign indicator | |
| Complication | Eccentric Planetarium | |
| It is the only mechanical Planetarium watch in the world that displays all 8 planets,showing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune around the Sun. | ||
| Manufacture movement | Uni-directional automatic winding | |
| Jewel | 32 | |
| Power reserve | 60 hours | |
| Frequency | 21.600 vibrations/hour (3Hz) | |
| Escapement | Jeweled swiss lever escapement | |
| Decoration | Bridges:star shaped, with hand circular finishing | |
| Star decoration: frosted, with rhodium plating | ||
| Mainplate:perlage decoration and rhodium plating | ||
| Rotor: rose gold-plated brass,skeletonized and in the shape of the CVDK logo | ||
| Rotor weight: rhodium plated tungsten | ||
| Dial | Aventurine glass (goldfluss) creating a star filled sky with zodiac signs, Eccentric Planetarium with hand painted planets | |
| Case | ||
| Material | 18K rose gold/ platinum | |
| Diameter | 44mm | |
| Crystal | Domed sapphire crystal engraved with signature index | |
| Caseback | Sapphire crystal case-back | |
| Strap | ||
| Material | Dark blue leather | |
| Buckle | 18K rose gold folding clasp with CVDK logo | |
| Reference | Rose gold：CKGP1104 | |
| Platinum：CKGP2204 | ||
