Christian Van Der Klaauw Watches

Christian Van Der Klaauw has been creating exceptional masterpieces since the year 1974. His works depicts a clear reflection of his interests in astronomy, and is a combination of timeless design and perfect craftsmanship. He made a major break through in his career of watch making in the year 1992 when he received a gold medal for his creation the “Pendule Variable” as the most innovative design at the Basle watch fair. His current innovation and creative ideas has led him to create and develop high quality watches.

The basic principle on which Christian Van Der Klaauw watches work on is the Klaauw-Benzinger movements, which are modified from the ETA- 2824-2 movements. Most of his watches have the hand engraved rotor which is made out of 18 carat gold and the movement of the rotor is termed as hand Guilloche. His collection includes an interesting range of unique watches, which are really a class apart for their rarity, elegancy, and their astronomical features and functions. The names are Venus 2006, the Pendulum, the Ariadne, the Eclipse, Real Moon, and the Orione and so on. Each model is exquisite piece of work having their own distinct features such as crocodile leather straps, hand crafted needles, and cases of 18 carat gold, sapphire, or stainless steel. His astronomical knowledge is perfectly depicted in the Venus showing the earth & Venus orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting the earth. Other astronomical features described in his work also includes the heliocentric revolutions of the planets in the Planetarium 2000, the sun and moon positions circling the dial and the day light indications in the Moon Dial CK1 and so on.

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