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Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin is a Swiss luxury watch brand. Ulysse Nardin was founded in 1846 and has been operating without interruption since then. In 2014 the Keuri Group (Gucci, GP) acquired Ulysse Nardin. The most successful watch collection after the founding years, which also gave rise to Ulysse Nardin’s reputation, is the marine chronometer line.

Ulysse Nardin watches have introduced several innovations to the market, such as the Trilogy of Time in the 1980s with three different astrological timepieces: Astrolabium Galileo Galilei (displays local time, solar time, orbits and eclipses of the sun and the moon, positions of several major stars). The Planetarium Copernicus. The Tellurium Johannes Kepler. In 1996, Ulysse Nardin produced a Perpetual Calendar, which In 1999 was combine with the GMT± complication. Today, the Ulysse Nardin El Toro is the newest timepiece of that line. In 2001, the Ulysse Nardin Freak Blue Phantom offered a 7-day power reserve with a carrousel tourbillon and the Dual Indirect Escapement (with silicon to increase time for lubrication intervals). Shortly after the Ulysse Nardin Freak Diavolo with 8-day power reserve, a flying seconds tourbillon and Silicium technology hit the market. In 2002 Ulysse Nardin launched the Genghis Khan, a westminster carillon tourbillon jaquemarts minute repeater, with four gongs, each with a different tone. In 2003 Ulysse Nardin introduced the Sonata, based on the technical movement and features novel alarm setting with a countdown indicator and the patented dual time system with an instant time zone adjuster. In 2009 Ulysse Nardin launched the Moonstruck, which simulates the rotation of the Moon around the Earth, as well as the apparent movement of Sun around the globe. The Ulysse Nardin Stranger hit the market in 2013 , it features an in-house developed musical mechanical watch utilizing a silicium based technology from the UN-690 movement, it also plays the melody “Strangers in the Night”.

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Craftsmanship With Sportiness: Meet the Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton White

With Ulysse Nardin‘s latest execution of the Diver X Skeleton, the time-honored Swiss manufacture introduces a robust yet highly stylish diver’s watch that showcases technical prowess and sporty chic. Its titanium case measures 44mm in diameter and is water-resistant to 200 meters. The case houses a genuine movement with a skeletonized design in the shape...

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Jan 27, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Beginning the Year of the Rabbit with Seven Symbolic Timepieces

January 22nd marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and thus will kick off the Year of the Rabbit. The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac are representative symbols of Chinese history, mythology, and customs. More than any other of the animals in the zodiac, the rabbit is closely associated with luck and bringing...

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Jan 22, 2023 by Caleb Anderson

Ulysse Nardin Adds a Dual Time Model to the Marine Torpilleur Collection

Deeply rooted in marine chronometry history, the Marine Torpilleur watch family, first launched in 2017, is a magnificent example of Ulysse Nardin’s DNA. The collection is distinguished by beautiful and wide dials, legible Roman numerals, a railway-minute track, and, of course, manufacture calibers that are reliable and precise. This year, it welcomes a new member...

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Oct 25, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

A Brief History of the Mechanical Watch’s Fight Against Magnetism

In our latest visit to the global WatchTime archives, a look at how watchmaking has countered the threat of magnetism over the years, from using metals like palladium in 1915 to silicon in 2015. Magnetism has been the mechanical timekeeping’s nemesis through the years. It is to the mechanical watch what Prof. Moriarty is to Sherlock...

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Sep 18, 2022 by WatchTime

Navigating Through the Years: Hands-On with the Ulysse Nardin Marine Torpilleur Chronograph

For its 175th anniversary last year, Ulysse Nardin introduced an impressive fleet of Marine Torpilleur limited editions. In this latest visit to our esteemed archives, WatchTime sets sail with the Marine Tourpilleur Chronograph, which also has the added complication of an annual calendar onboard. The French term torpilleur stands for a small boat designed to...

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Sep 17, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

Ulysse Nardin Re-Releases Diver Chronograph Great White 44MM Limited Edition with New Conservation Partners

Entering the market with its latest shark conversation effort, Ulysse Nardin this summer re-introduces its latest in the Diver Chronograph Great White 44 MM Limited Edition. Featuring a 44mm sandblasted titanium case and a water resistance of 30 bar or 300m, the model saw its initial launch last year, then in in partnership with OCEARCH....

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Aug 26, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

FEATURE

Progress Through Technology: 10 Tourbillon Watches with High-Tech Designs

Audi’s "progress through technology" motto also applies to the importance of the tourbillon for watch design, because this eye-catching complication greatly enhances a timepiece’s visual appeal. From our Special Design Issue, here are 10 highly technical tourbillon watches.

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Aug 13, 2022 by Alexander Krupp

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Faces of Time: 8 Watches with Unusual Time Displays

Many watches show “only” the time. But there’s plenty of latitude for creativity, as we can see on display in this selection of eight unconventionally designed timepieces from eight innovative watch brands.

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Aug 11, 2022 by Alexander Krupp

Black and Yellow: Ulysse Nardin Expands the Diver X Skeleton with Latest Limited Edition

Building upon the success of the Diver X Skeleton in blue unveiled last year, Ulysse Nardin now presents an update to the series via the Diver X Skeleton Black, a limited edition of 175 pieces in a sandblasted DLC titanium case that is water resistant to 200 meters. It has a diameter of 44mm and...

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Jul 14, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Green Rambles: The Magic of a Movement

While there are, without a doubt, collectors that focus on a single type of movement, I have learned to love them all. There is an almost intimate feeling when you turn the crown to wind the mainspring with a hand wound movement. It is like you are breathing life into the mechanism. The fact that...

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Jun 20, 2022 by Martin Green

Committed to Sustainability: Ulysse Nardin Introduces Diver’s Watch Made from Recycled Materials

With the Ocean Race Diver, Ulysse Nardin continues its commitment to sustainability. Limited to 200 pieces and water-resistant to 300 meters, the debutant is presented with a strap entirely made of yarn from recycled fishing nets, which the company sources from the French manufacturer JTTI. The eco-responsible approach also includes packaging from Helly Hansen which...

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May 25, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches, Wonders and Some of Our Highlights – WatchTime’s Editors Look Back

The “largest watchmaking summit ever held in Geneva,” Watches and Wonders 2022, closed its doors last Tuesday, with some brands having sold out their new pieces before the event concluded. “With nearly 22,000 unique visitors, including nearly 1,000 journalists who traveled to Geneva for the event, generating more than 30,000 overnight stays, this year’s salon...

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Apr 10, 2022 by WatchTime

Blast Moonstruck: Ulysse Nardin and Ludwig Oechslin Return to the Moon

Ulysse Nardin is launching a radically modernized version of one of its historical astronomical complications: the Moonstruck (Ref. 1063-400-2A/3A) in black ceramic. With this Worldtimer, housed in the geometrical ceramic case of a Blast, Ulysse Nardin reproduced as faithfully as possible the sun’s visible trajectory and the lunar cycles. The watch can best be described...

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Feb 1, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

Kering sells Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux

Breaking: UN and GP are being sold to the current management.

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Jan 24, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

2021, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Captivating Chronographs

By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldwide economic consequences — with high-profile retailers reopening and expanding, new auction records set, some large-scale industry events (like our own WatchTime New York) returning, and of course, a host of...

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Dec 26, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision

Ulysse Nardin unveiled the first automatic version of the game-changing Freak in 2018. However, the revolutionary Grinder winding system is just one noteworthy feature of the Freak Vision, which deftly blends the brand’s nautical history with its forward-thinking technical inventiveness. I give it an in-depth look in this review from WatchTime's March-April 2019 issue.

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Nov 30, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

World Series Special: 5 Watches and Accessories Inspired by Baseball

The 2021 World Series is in full swing as America’s Pastime takes its place at the top of the United States’ national sports pyramid at the end of October. Tapping into baseball’s historical mystique as well as the star power of its greatest players, several watchmakers have produced timepieces that celebrate this uniquely American game....

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Oct 30, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

A New Shark in Town: Introducing the Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronograph 44mm Limited Edition “Great White”

Ulysse Nardin has been quite busy in its 175th-anniversary year in terms of new releases, and that trend continues with the recent launch of the Diver Chronograph 44mm Limited Edition “Great White,” a creative take on a divers’ chronograph, executed in titanium and featuring an unusual white-and-gray colorway. The watch celebrates the Swiss brand’s latest...

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Oct 5, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Celebrating 175 Years, Ulysse Nardin Expands Marine Torpilleur Collection with Seven New Models

Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin turns 175 years old this year, and the brand has used the milestone to great effect, launching numerous new timepieces in commemoration, including the Diver X Skeleton, Lemon Shark, and Blast Hourstriker, among many others. This week, at Geneva Watch Days, Ulysse Nardin marks its founding year with its largest set...

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Aug 30, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Close-Up: Ulysse Nardin Introduces the Freak X Marquetry

Ulysse Nardin recently launched the Freak X Marquetry, the latest experimental take on the brand’s signature Freak X base design, touting it as the first watch to bring “silicium marquetry” to watchmaking. In effect, Ulysse Nardin has adapted a material used almost exclusively within the industrial electronics manufacturing sector to develop a novel aesthetic for...

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Jun 26, 2021 by Caleb Anderson
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