I've always heard about the brand Christiaan Van Der Klaauw and their astronomy timepieces. Recently, I was lucky enough to be able to photograph some of the timepieces and to get to know the brand better, thanks to Sincere Fine Watches.
First up, the CVDK Planetarium - featuring a revolving planetarium showing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the Sun.
This example has an aventurine dial. Located below the 12 Claws Sun logo is the month, date wheel. Recently, CVDK did a limited edition with Sincere Fine Watch. The blog featuring the special blue dial is found here.
While the planetarium might be the pièce de résistance in the CVDK stable, an equally compelling proposition is the CVDK Ariadne. A full calendar timepiece that displays the Hours, minutes, small seconds, 24-hour indication, day, date, month, super luminova moon phase, chronograph; 12-hour counter, 30-minute counter, seconds counter, all in one timepiece.
As one could imagine, the blue dial version is probably the most charming of the trio.
But the grey dial is not bad either. To cramp all that indication into one dial? Well, it is quite legible actually.
Then there is the Real Moon Joure - dubbed "most accurate 3D moon phase in the world ever incorporated in a mechanical watch" by the brand.
The 3D moon sits at the 6 o'clock position.
The one I like the most is the Mother-of-Pearl dial version.
While most might think an MOP dial is more feminine, this CVDK Joure does not give me that feeling.
A close up shot of the 3D moon.
All the timepieces by CVDK comes with an automatic movement. And the rotor features the brands logo of the sun with 12 claws (Klaauws... get it?). And to top it up, each astronomical timepiece comes with a watch winder too. Now, how is that for an incentive?
For me, the Real Moon Joure with the MOP dial is my favourite. What is yours?
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