GALILEA MOONPHASE Mantel Clock Vintage 1980s Bernard Vuarnesson Full CALENDAR!!!

Description: I am selling this GALILEA MOONPHASE, Full CALENDAR Mantel Clock, Designed by BERNARD VUARNESSON, Paris, lifting the term MOONPHASE to a whole new level; it is in an IMPECCABLE Cosmetic AND Functioning condition, and comes with a ONE YEAR GUARANTEE! This beauty was made in the 1980s, when there was a lot of experimenting with applications of Quartz movements.It has been FULLY POLISHED with a special polisher, to get it back in a PRISTINE Condition.The movement is driven by an AA Battery and runs perfectly on time.This clock dates from the 1980s, when there was a lot of experimenting going on with quartz movement and their capabilities.This "clock" precisely reproduces the daily evolution of the moon phases during its 29,5 day cycle.The Galilea Moonphase clock captures the moon's many phases. A matte shield revolves around a detailed globe of the moon, showing which portion of the moon is currently in shadow.It shows you a 29.5 Moon month on the dish, right under the moon and there is even a calendar with month and months date, behind a see through window, on a moving dish, on the base, right underneath the hands, showing you the time.There are 3 adjustment wheels in total, to adjust the time, month (plus month date) and the time.There is a push knob above the 12 o'clock position, releasing the half shield, surrounding the moon, to rotate and set it in current position.Bernard Vuarnesson is a well known designer in Europe and even abroad his name is well known.Bernards wife Ariane founded his company Sculptures-Jeux 1973 after studying art at the Louvre school in Paris, together with her husband, Bernard Vuarnesson, who has an engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure du Bois (university college of wood) and a civil engineering degree from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers de Paris.From 1975 to 1980, Ariane and Bernard Vuarnesson were also involved as professors of outdoor playground design at Ecole d’Architecture Intérieure Camondo in Paris.From 1982, Bernard creations offer new functions and used combinations of systems enabling dimensions and aspect to be modulated at any time.This clock is a fine specimen what Bernard Vuarnesson Design stands for!This clock runs like it was made yesterday; perfectly on time thanks to its ORIGINAL quartz movement.This clock is comes with a NEW AA size battery, a VARTA one, the best there is!Everything is original.Used products have signs of use, but in this case, after the restauration, I have not been able to find any mentionable imperfections!Please judge the quality by taking a good look at all the photos and YouTube videos, mentioned at the top of this listing.Please keep in mind when judging the pictures, that photos showing you the details are extremely enlarged.This means that even small cosmetic imperfections are seen where you would not be able to notice them under normal circumstances.For instance: The use of flash and High Gloss surface makes even a fingerprint look bad.If you have any questions please feel free to email me.FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!!Dimensions:Weight (excl. the battery): 426 gramsHeight: 9.3 Inch -> 23.6 cmWidth: 4.6 Inch -> 11.6 cmDepth: 4.6 Inch -> 11.6 cmCombined shipping is possible. If you wish to use this option please send me an email.I pack in a well overthought way, only using NEW packing materials, such as NEW, STRONG, triple layered carton boxes, NEW polysterene chips, lots of NEW bubblewrap and NEW, cut mattress foam.Unpack Instructions and user Instructions are always enclosed.If you have any questions please feel free to email me.FREE Shipping is including insurance and Track & Trace!Please note that you have to sign for the package on delivery.In the case of a 1 year guarantee for the purchased item, this means that the seller will take care of repairing the buyers item, if there is a malfunctioning issue in the 1 year period.It does NOT mean that buyer can ship the malfunctioning item back within 1 year, getting a 100% refund, making the transaction undone.In the case buyer ships back the item for repair, the shipping costs to seller and back to buyer, after the repair, are on buyers behalf.

Price: 905 USD

Location: Toledo

End Time: 2025-01-01T05:00:01.000Z

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