On Feb 1, Ulysse Nardin marked the Lunar New Year with the launch of Blast Moonstruck — a sequel to earlier astronomical timepieces created by engineer and master watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin.
His academic background further includes receiving a doctorate in philosophy, theoretical physics and astronomy from the University of Bern in 1983.
From that year until 1990, Oechslin developed for Ulysse Nardin, first, the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei and then two other watches for a trilogy that has remained a benchmark in terms of astronomical complications. His studies on monumental astronomical clocks earned him the Prix Gaïa in 1995.
Like all watches incorporating elaborated astronomical information, the Blast Moonstruck serves as a miniaturised extrapolation…
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