Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – CVDK Real Moon Joure Green Meteorite

Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – Astronomical Masterpieces CVDK Real Moon Joure Green Meteorite Dial - 2022

 

WHEN THE UNIVERSE MEETS THE MOST
ACCURATE  3D MOON PHASE IN THE WORLD...

A magical gathering between the oldest known magma from space and the most accurate 3D moon phase in the world. Christiaan van der Klaauw proudly presents the CVDK Real Moon Joure Green Meteorite. 

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Meteorites that fall to Earth represent some of the original, diverse materials that formed planets billions of years ago. 

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Our beautiful Haute Horlogerie Real Moon Joure contains a specially made Green Meteorite dial bearing the most accurate 3D moon phase in the world ever incorporated in a mechanical watch.

WHAT IS METEORITE

A meteor is a space rock - or meteoroid - that enters Earth’s atmosphere. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, or that of another planet, like Mars, at high speed and burn up, they are called meteors. This is also when we refer to them as “shooting stars.” When a meteoroid survives its trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it is called a meteorite. Most space rocks smaller than a football field will break apart in Earth’s atmosphere. 

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Traveling at tens of thousands of miles per hour,  the object disintegrates as pressure exceeds the strength of  the object, resulting a bright flare. Typically less than 5 percent of the original object will ever make it down to the ground. These meteorites, pieces of meteors that are found, typically range  between the size of a pebble and a fist.

Beautiful meteor showers

Several meteors per hour can usually be seen on any  given night. When there are lots more meteors, you’re watching  a meteor shower. 

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Some meteor showers occur annually or at  regular intervals as the Earth passes through the trail of dusty debris left by a comet (and, in a few cases, asteroids).

Why do we care about meteorites?

Meteorites that fall to Earth represent some of the original,  diverse materials that formed planets billions of years ago. By studying meteorites, we can learn about early conditions and processes in the solar system’s history. 

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These include the age and composition of different planetary building blocks, the temperatures achieved at the surfaces and interiors of asteroids, and the degree to which materials were shocked by impacts in the past.

What do meteorites look like?

Meteorites may resemble Earth rocks, but they usually  have a burned exterior that can appear shiny. This “fusion crust” forms as the meteorite’s outer surface melts while passing through the atmosphere. There are three major types of meteorites: the “irons,” the “stonys,” and the stony-irons. Although the majority of meteorites that fall to Earth are stony, most of the meteorites  discovered long after they fall are irons. Irons are heavier and easier  to distinguish from Earth rocks than stony meteorites.

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How do we know where meteorites come from?

Most meteorites found on Earth come from shattered  asteroids, although some come from Mars or the Moon. In theory,  small pieces of Mercury or Venus could have also reached Earth, but none have been conclusively identified. Scientists can tell where meteorites originate based on several lines of evidence. They can use photographic observations of meteorite falls to  calculate orbits and project their paths back to the asteroid belt. 

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They can also compare compositional properties of meteorites to the different classes of asteroids. And they can study how old the meteorites are – up to 4.6 billion years. It is the oldest known  example of magma from space.

THE MOST ACCURATE
3D MOON PHASE IN THE WORLD

Our CVDK Real Moon Joure represents a special interpretation of our rotating  3-dimensional real moon indicating the true moon phase. The moon orbits around the earth every 29,530588853 days. 

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Our hand-made 3D miniature moon indicates the moon phase so  accurately that it deviates only one day  in 11,000 years. It is the most accurate  3D moon phase in the world ever  incorporated in a mechanical watch.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: Astronomical Masterpieces

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 Model:  CVDK Real Moon Joure Green Meteorite

Movement
Type: Automatic mechanical
Calibre: CVDK7382, automatic 

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35 jewels, twin barrel, power-reserve; 96 hour max.,
complication; CVDK Real Moon Joure module.
Functions: 
Hours, minutes, complication;
3D moon phase; the watch is equipped with
the most accurate 3D moon phase in the world.
Case

• High quality Steel  ( € 39,950.- € 57,450. )
  
• Rose gold  ( € 60,450.- € 77,950. )
  
• White gold  ( € 65,750.- € 83,250 )
  

ø 40 mm, sapphire crystal,
sapphire crystal case-back.
Dial
Green Meteorite with white rhodium plated indexes.
Strap
Black leather.
Buckle: Logo engraved steel folding clasp.

 

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Christiaan van der Klaauw - CVDK Planetarium Eise Eisinga Edition

Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – Astronomical Masterpieces CVDK PLANETARIUM Eise Eisinga Limited Edition 2020

THE OLDEST WORKING PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD
MEETS THE SMALLEST MECHANICAL PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD...

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A magical gathering between the oldest working Planetarium in the world and the smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world. 

 

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Christiaan van der Klaauw and the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium proudly present the CVDK Planetarium Eise Eisinga Limited Edition watch.

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Art and science captured in an enchanting  way in a hand-painted masterpiece. In a very limited edition of only 6 steel and 6 rose gold models, with each of the 6 watches will bear its own unique planet  name.

 

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This beautiful Haute Horlogerie masterpiece contains the smallest  mechanical Planetarium in the world showing real time the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the sun.

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• ORBIT OF MERCURY: 87.97 
• DAYSORBIT OF EARTH: 365.24 
• DAYSORBIT OF JUPITER: 11.86 
• YEARSORBIT OF SATURN: 29.46 
• YEARSORBIT OF MARS: 686.98 
• DAYSORBIT OF VENUS: 224.70 DAYS

 THE SMALLEST MECHANICAL PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD

 

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This is the ultimate way to carry the universe closely to your heart. Our in-house designed module gives you the smallest mechanical heliocentric planetarium in the world. 

 

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It displays  real time the solar orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. It also shows you the minutes, hours, date and month.

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The result is a magnificent spectacle that continues to fascinate in all its complex mechanical beauty. This is astronomical watchmaking at the highest level, intricately designed and executed.  

 

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Our Planetarium is one of the most complicated watches in our collection, a fitting tribute to the grand masters of planetarium design such as Nicolaas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Christiaan  Huygens and Eise Eisinga.

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This smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world is located at the 6 o’clock position. The Sun  is positioned exactly in the middle of the Planetarium ۞

 

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The planet closest to the Sun is Mercury. Mercury is followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. 

 

The planets orbit around the sun as follows:

 

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 ROYAL
EISE EISINGA PLANETARIUMDISCOVER THE SOLAR SYSTEM
THE OLDEST WORKING PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD

 

DISCOVER THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Suspended from the ceiling of the living room of a beautiful canal house in Franeker, is the oldest still working planetarium in the world. This accurately moving model of the solar system was built between 1774 and 1781 by the Frisian wool comber, Eise Eisinga.

 

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WHO WAS EISE EISINGA

Eise Eisinga was born in Dronrijp on February 21, 1744.  He attended primary school there. Like many children, at that time, he had to work at home, which his case was in his father’s wool combing establishment. In addition to combing wool,  he inherited his father’s interest in matters such as astronomy and mathematics. He was so curious that he went to Franeker every week, where he studied Euclides’s maths books with  Willem Wijtses, a wool dyer. At the age of 24, Eisinga married Pietje Jacobs, after which he settled in Franeker in 1768,  working as a wool comber.

THE END OF TIME

On May 8, 1774, a special constellation of planets formed.  In the early morning, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon were positioned closely in the sky. It was claimed that the mutual forces of these celestial bodies would knock the earth off its path and cause it to be burned up by the sun. A preacher from Bozum, Eelco Alta, made this prediction. In April 1774, the Leeuwarder Courant published a piece about the writing of this ‘lover of truth’, as he called himself. His piece of writing carried the title: ‘Philosophical concerns about the conjunction of the planets’. Alta’s ideas caused a lot of unrest among the population. The authorities attempted to intervene by banning the piece of writing, but the damage had already been done.

NO NEED TO PANIC

Eisinga’s vast knowledge of mathematics and astronomy came in  handy when, in May 1774, turmoil broke out in response to Eelco Alta’s  prediction. In order to give the people a correct picture of the solar  system, he built a model of the solar system in his living room.  Only seven years passed between his very first idea and the final  realisation of this project. Since 1781, Eisinga’s model has closely  followed the paths of the 6 planets in our solar system. This makes it the oldest still-functioning planetarium in the world.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: Astronomical Masterpieces

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Model:  CVDK Planetarium Eise Eisinga Edition

Movement  

Type: Automatic mechanical
Calibre: CVDK7386,
35 jewels, twin barrel,
Power-reserve; 96 hour max., complication; CVDK Planetarium module.
The rotor is engraved with planets, stars and the ‘Sun with 12 Claws’, the logo of Christiaan van der Klaauw.
Each case is uniquely engraved with the name of one of the 6 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn.
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Functions
Hours, minutes, complication; date, month, 
Planetarium; the watch is equipped with the smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world,
showing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the Sun.
Case

• High quality steel Ø 40 mm
• Rose gold, Ø 40 mm

Sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal case-back.
Dial
Oil painted dial made by the artist Gaël Colon, rose gold plated indexes.
Planetarium with customized colored hand painted planets.
Strap
Black leather.

• Buckle: Logo engraved steel folding clasp.
• Buckle: Logo engraved rose gold folding clasp.
  

Exclusive model  - Unique 6 piece 

 

PRICES : € 43,950.- steel 

Limited Edition: 6 unique watches in steel, each uniquely engraved with the
name of one of the 6 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn

 

PRICES : € 58,450.- rose gold 

Limited Edition: 6 unique watches in steel, each uniquely engraved with the
name of one of the 6 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn

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Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – COMPLICATION CVDK Hypernova Grey

Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – COMPLICATION CVDK Hypernova Grey Dial Steel 44mm - 2019

COMPLICATION HYPERNOVA

The beautiful CVDK Hypernova with a new grey guilloched dial combines a full chronograph with a day/night indication, an ingenious date display and a beautiful super luminova moon phase indication.

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The super luminova moon phase can be read at the 6 o’clock position. When the Moon is left of the centre, it is in its first quarter. When the Moon is in the centre, it is full Moon and right of the centre, it is in its last quarter. If the Moon is not visible, it is new Moon.

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The artists of Christiaan van der Klaauw Astronomical Watches can give every watch the attention it deserves. This attention is reflected in the beauty and quality of the watch. All watches are made by hand and subjected to countless quality tests. Christiaan van der Klaauw are therefore so convinced of the quality of their products, that they give a three-year warranty on the movement and the case.

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It houses the CVDK7759 self-winding movement, power reserve of more than 48 hours, the rotor is based on the ‘Sun with 12 Claws’, the logo of Christiaan van der Klaauw.

All Christiaan van der Klaauw watches are delivered in an exclusive luxurious watch box.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: COMPLICATION
 
Model: CVDK Hypernova Grey

Ref.  CKHN3335

Movement 
Calibre CVDK7759, automatic winding,
25 jewels, power-reserve; 48 hour max.
Functions Hours, minutes, complication;
small seconds, day/night indication, day, date,
month, super luminova moon phase, chronograph;
12-hour counter, 30-minute counter, seconds counter.
CVDK HYPERNOVA ROTOR
The rotor is based on the ‘Sun with 12 Claws’, the logo of Christiaan van der Klaauw.
Case
High quality steel, ø 44 mm, sapphire crystal,
sapphire crystal case-back.
Dial
Grey with white rhodium plated indexes,
super luminova.
Strap
Brown leather.
Buckle: Logo engraved steel folding clasp

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Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius - Unique

Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – ATELIER CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius Rose Gold 40 Edition - Unique piece

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THE MASTERPIECE PLANETARIUM 

ZODIAC SIGN SAGITTARIUS

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The unique CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius. The beautifully engraved dial bears the signature of Kees Engelbarts, the famous master hand-engraver. Only one watch will be made of each zodiac sign. A ‘pièce unique’.

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This is the ultimate way to carry the universe closely to your heart. Our in-house designed module gives you the smallest mechanical heliocentric planetarium in the world. It displays real time the solar orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

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The planetarium is customized with colored hand painted planets. It also shows you the minutes, hours, date and month. The result is a magnificent spectacle that continues to fascinate in all its complex mechanical beauty.

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This is astronomical watchmaking at the highest level, intricately designed and executed. Our Planetarium is one of the most complicated watches in our collection, a fitting tribute to the grand masters of planetarium design such as Nicolaas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Christiaan Huygens and Eise Eisinga.

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This smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world is located at the 12 o’clock position.

The Sun Ⓖ is positioned exactly in the middle of the Planetarium. The planet closest to the Sun is Mercury. Mercury is followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

The planets orbit around the Sun as follows:

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• Ⓗ  Mercury - 87.97 days
• Ⓘ  Venus - 224.70 days
• Ⓙ  Earth - 365.24 days
• Ⓚ  Mars - 686.98 days
• Ⓛ  Jupiter - 11.86 years
• Ⓜ  Saturn - 29.46 years

The CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius.
The dial is formed by one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac.
The beautifully crafted dial was made by Kees Engelbarts, the famous master hand-engraver.
Only one watch will be made of every Zodiac sign.
As such, this watch is a so-called ‘pièce unique’ and by its very nature a collectors item.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: ATELIER 

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Model:  CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius - Unique

Movement Type: Automatic mechanical
Calibre: CVDK1196,
35 jewels, twin barrel,
Power-reserve; 96 hour max., complication;
CVDK Planetarium module.

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Functions
Hours, minutes, complication; date, month, 
Planetarium; the watch is equipped with the smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world,
showing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the Sun.
Case
Rose gold, Ø 40 mm
sapphire crystal,
sapphire crystal case-back.
Dial
Hand engraved,
rhodium plated Planetarium with customized colored hand painted planets.
Strap
Black leather.
Buckle: Logo engraved rose gold buckle.


Exclusive model - Unique piece

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Christiaan van der Klaauw – Real Moon Joure 40Y Edition

Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – Astronomical Masterpieces Real Moon Joure 40Y Limited Edition NEW

Christiaan van der Klaauw, the only atelier in the world that is completely devoted to the design and the production of exclusive, hand-made astronomical watches, celebrates 40 years of astronomical complications with the limited edition model the CVDK Real Moon Joure 40Y.

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This horology masterpiece represents a special interpretation of the rotating 3-dimensional real moon indicating the true moon phase.  The moon rotates around the earth every 29,530588853 days. A hand-made 3D miniature moon indicates the moon phase so accurately that it deviates only one day in 11.000 years. It is the most accurate 3D moon phase in the world ever incorporated in a mechanical watch.

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The automatic movement equipped with twin barrels has a power reserve up to 95 hours. The rotor is based on the theme of the Real Moon series, in which the Moon is shown in detail. The Real Moon Joure 40Y will be limited to 40 watches.

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Technical details

 Model: CVDK Real Moon Joure 40Y Steel

 
 Reference:  CKRJ3384

Movement
CVDK7382, automatic winding
35 jewels, twin barrel
Power-reserve: 96 hour max
Complication: CVDK Real Moon Joure module
Functions
Hours, minutes
Complication: 3D moon phase;
the watch is equipped with the most accurate 3D moon phase in the world
Case
High quality steel, ø 40 mm, sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal case-back
Dial
Blue sunburst with the 40 years anniversary shield,
signed by Christiaan van der Klaauw, white rhodium plated indexes
Strap
Black alligator leather.
Buckle: Logo engraved steel folding clasp.

Edition
Limited edition: 40  

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