The escapement was in development for eight years. It has a circular frame with a pallet fork in its center. This pallet fork is held in place by two blade springs, each less than a micron thick: that’s one tenth the width of a human hair. The blades are perpendicular to one another and snap back and forth as the escapement oscillates; UN likens the metal’s movement to that of a snapping hair clip. There is no pallet staff needed, and the pallet arms pivot back and forth due to the tensile energy of the blade springs. The redesigned pallet fork requires less energy from the balance wheel in order to reach its tipping point, which means that the oscillations of the balance can maintain a constant rate. Every part of the escapement is made of silicon, which makes it both lightweight and more durable.
The Ulysse Anchor Tourbillon comes in a 44-mm gold case, in the UN Classico design. It is available in white gold or rose gold; 18 pieces of each edition will be produced. It has a nonreflective sapphire crystal and a sapphire caseback, through which you can see a series of elegant bridges. The watch is water resistant to 30 meters. It comes on a brown or black leather strap with a pin buckle. In rose gold it costs $89,400; in white gold it’s $93,600.
UN watches are very special and this is no exception. Absolute horological masterpiece!
In love with the colllection. :))
Very beautiful. However, the new model, UN Anchor Tourbillon, remembers the Girard Perregaux 1966 Petite Second, which is no longer produced or descontinued.