Every day the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. But you can know more about the whole system daily with astronomical watches by Christiaan van der Klaauw. With his newest creation, an Astrolabe watch, Christiaan van der Klaauw proved again his exceptional professional skills in the field of making extraordinary watches. Measuring everything from the position of the planets, the constellations, worldwide sunrises, sunsets, solar and lunar eclipses, each model is handmade by Christiaan himself resulting in a very limited edition of each. Unveiled at the 2006 Basel World, his most recent invention, the "Venus”, features a very animated dial with separately rotating Earth, Moon and Venus orbiting the Sun amidst the Constellations. It sells from Watch Buys for $19,800.

Self-lauded as the smallest planetarium in the world, the obviously named "Planetarium” features a heliocentric revolution of the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and is available from Watch Buys for $23,700. Noticeably complex, the "Astrolibium" measures celestial bodies and constellations. I just can’t get myself to write the intricate details full of twists and turns here. For detailed info read for yourself here. A variation of the Astrolibium, the "Mondial CK1" is customized according to your location on the globe, featuring a sunrise/sunset gauge for the rest of the planet. It's far better and more expensive at $16,200 from Watch Buys than your simple-minded moonphase.

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