Ulysse Nardin

I understand what exact date is best to be set by combination of Month and a moonphase but I'm not sure if I'm in the right year.

Now if I could only find Telirum - and be able to afford it )))))

... or better, I modified and actualised a drawing that I had made earlier:



This drawing shows the correct constellations as shown on January 1st of 2008, 2009 and 2010. You can use them as a reference when setting your Planetarium, so you have a starting point.

Hope this helps,
Marcus

Love you - thank you soo much - watch was set in year 2004 - I went 5 years back  just in case and then had to go 9 years forward. Many thanks. Now I have to set my Galileo since I allowed it to stop for 7 month and my finger is already bleading - literaly :)))))
Now I need to find telirum and Im happiest man on earth(probably with a finger cancer :)))))

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:44:41 -0800

... and suffered ...

I fully understand your pain, Leon! I was crazy enough to give in the wish to check the planetary constellation at a certain historical date back in the 1880s. I gave up winding somewhen in the 1940s already, and when I had reached the correct actual date again, I had a bloody blister on the finger. The problem is the small size of the crown, that, even when pulled out, does not permit a good grip by two fingers, but it can only be wound by moving one finger's side along it.

However, I recall having received a mail by a fellow Trilogy enthusiast several years ago, who showed me a simple tool used by watchmakers for such cases: It was a rod with a rubber end, that fits over the crown. With that, it is possible to revolve the crown without any physical damage to the fingers. Ideally, there would also be a crank, but I fear that the gears inside the watch might not survive the torque caused by it.

So, I wish you a good hunt for the Tellurium, so you finally have a complete collection of UN's astronomical watches - for now ...

Anyway, I would love to see some pictures showing your two watches together!

Best regards,
Marcus

When I bought my "Trilogy of Time", Patrik Hoffman was nice enough to come out and set the watches for me, saving me the blister.  They have been on the winders ever since.

... However, changing the setting for one or two years is not really a problem. So there is no real need to keep them running all the time, but it is convenient; especially, if you want to wear the watches just occasionally. If the timeframe that needs to be corrected is more than several years, things can become painful, though.

Regards,
Marcus