Collection ofAstronomical Masterpieces
The most complex expressions of Christiaan van der Klaauw watchmaking, where mechanical astronomy, intricate complications and decades of specialist knowledge come together.
Astronomy inMechanical Form
The Collection of Astronomical Masterpieces represents the most technically ambitious side of Christiaan van der Klaauw. Planetary orbits, moon phases and other celestial cycles are translated into mechanical displays that move continuously with the passage of time.
Some complications follow periods measured in days, others in decades or even centuries. Their mechanisms are developed around the astronomical indication itself, bringing together specialised modules, manufacture movements and meticulous hand-finishing in the CVDK atelier.
The result is a collection rooted in traditional watchmaking, but defined by a subject that has guided Christiaan van der Klaauw since 1974: making the movement of the heavens visible on the wrist.
Grand PlanetariumEccentric
The most complex astronomical watch created by Christiaan van der Klaauw. Eight planets orbit the Sun in real time, from Mercury completing its journey in 87.97 days to Neptune taking 164.8 years. Driven by a CVDK manufacture movement, the complication brings the complete Solar System to the wrist.
Planetarium
A defining complication in the history of CVDK. The smallest mechanical heliocentric Planetarium in the world displays the real-time orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the Sun, transforming immense celestial cycles into a continuously moving mechanical display.
Venus
The Venus family places our immediate celestial surroundings at the centre of the dial. Venus, Earth and the Moon move around the Sun in real time, complemented by either an Annual Calendar or Zodiac indication depending on the model.
Real MoonJoure
A three-dimensional miniature Moon rotates to display the true lunar phase with exceptional precision. Its deviation amounts to only one day in 11,000 years, making it one of the most accurate mechanical representations of the Moon ever created for the wrist.
Mechanical Astronomy,Made in the Atelier
Behind every astronomical display is a mechanism developed specifically to reproduce its celestial cycle. From dedicated Planetarium modules to the CKM-01 manufacture calibre, the construction of each watch begins with the complication rather than treating it as an addition to a conventional movement.
Assembly, adjustment and finishing take place in the CVDK atelier in the Netherlands, bringing the astronomical mechanism and the watch surrounding it together as one coherent construction.
A CloserLook
Details reveal another side of astronomical watchmaking: miniature planets, hand-finished movements, distinctive materials and mechanisms designed to move at the rhythm of the heavens.
