Active 1974 – 2009
Mr. Christiaan van der Klaauw (1944) was born in Leiden, the city where the Netherlands’ greatest scientist of all times, namesake and inspiration Christiaan Huygens started his studies in 1645. Completing his education at the Leidse Instrumentenmakers School (LiS) and a clockmaking course, Van der Klaauw moved from Leiden to the city Joure in 1967. There, he joined a horologist specializing in Friesian grandfather clocks, immersing himself in the rich tradition of timekeeping.In 1974, Christiaan van der Klaauw established his own atelier, unveiling his first clock adorned with astronomical complications. He received in 1989 an honorable membership of the Swiss Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI), whose members include watchmaking greats such as Vincent Calabrese, George Daniels, François-Paul Journe and Franck Muller. His innovative prowess shone in 1992 when his Pendule Variable clock claimed the prize for the most innovative watch design in Basel, Switzerland.Two years later he started with his first wrist watch, the CVDK Satellite du Monde which he presented in 1996. The watch showed the time, day and date, as well as the moon phase, day and night indicator and the place on earth where it is exactly noon at the time you are looking at your watch. It remains an amazing and elegant watch even today. In 1999 he presented the masterpiece CVDK Planetarium, equipped with the smallest mechanical planetarium in the world. He retired in 2009.
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Headquarters Location: Netherlands
Type of Movements Used: Automatic
Pricing Range: €€€€ (26k-250k), €€€ (3k-25k)
