The Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler watch

The Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler Limited watch is a poetic tribute to great scientific minds who have sought to expand the understanding of time, space, and the relationship of earth to other celestial bodies.  As one of the three profound members of Ulysse Nardin's acclaimed "Trilogy of Time" series, the Tellurium Johannes Kepler Limited watch embodies in horlogical expression the essential elements of Kepler's proposed ideas about the relationship of earth to the solar system and the moon, concepts which were refinements upon the revolutionary ideas pioneered by Nicolaus Copernicus. 

The Tellurium Johannes Kepler watch presents the earth, as seen from directly above the North Pole.   Seen spanning the dial above  the "earth" is a flexible steel spring, which stretches from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn; it bends according to the relative perception of light and darkness across the globe, using the sun which is represented on the bezel at 12 o'clock for a reference point.  This unique spring also indicates the time and place of sunrise and sunset.  The moon orbits the earth, and rotates to show the perception of our natural satellite as seen from the earth, and the dragon head and tail indicate the eclipses of the sun and moon.  The perpetual calendar completes one full rotation per year, and is in full accord with all of the corresponding zodiacal information. 

In all, the Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler Limited watch presents a complex yet perfectly integrated interpretation of the earth's relationship within the solar system, which is  accurate, complete, and philosophically profound.  As a highlight to this, earth's land masses are depicted in beautiful cloisonne enamel, a painstaking process of which involves firing layers of colored enamels within narrow borders of gold wire to produce distinct images or pictures.  Nearly extinct in today's world, the art of cloisonne enameling is safeguarded by Michel Vermot and a handful of artists whose precious skills are carefully cultivated by Ulysse Nardin.  The Tellurium Johannes Kepler watch's remarkable mechanics are animated by the selfwinding UN-87 caliber, whose extensively hand engraved bridges and winding rotor can be viewed through the sapphire caseback.  Produced in a limited edition of 99 pieces, and offered exclusively in a finely polished 43mm platinum case, the Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler Limited watch is a remarkable piece of haute horlogerie whose significance far transcends mundane schedule keeping.