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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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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

Sponsored: Gerald Charles Introduces Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon

Introducing a new age of technical aestheticism, Gerald Charles debuts its Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon. With a unique design created with the expert oversight of the brand’s creative director, Octavio Garcia, the timepiece is a return to the original Maestro flying tourbillon released in 2005. Taking hints from the brand’s rich history, the new release is...

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Mar 21, 2023 by WatchTime

Celebrating World Ocean Day, Ulysse Nardin Launches the Diver Lemon Shark

In honor of World’s Ocean Day this week, Ulysse Nardin has launched its latest aquatic-inspired timepiece, the new Diver Lemon Shark. The watch is a yellow-accented, limited-edition version of the nautically rooted brand’s entry-level Diver 42mm, first launched in 2018, its name and colorway derived from the shark species that inspired it. The Lemon Shark...

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Jun 8, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Hiding in Plain Sight: Introducing the Ulysse Nardin Freak X Razzle Dazzle

After wowing at Watches & Wonders with statement pieces from its Blast and Diver X collections, Ulysse Nardin has returned its focus to perhaps the most emblematic of its modern product families, the Freak. The new Freak X Razzle Dazzle follows up the most recent Freak X models of nearly a year ago, the Freak...

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May 12, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Executive Style Meets Maritime Substance in Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton (with Live Photos)

Ulysse Nardin (the watch manufacturer, not its eponymous founder) turns 175 years old in 2021 and among the new timepieces it’s rolling out to mark the occasion is one that uniquely merges the two horological worlds it’s best known for in its modern incarnation: nautical design and seaworthy utility inspired by its marine-chronometer history, and...

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Apr 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Modern Chimes for Modern Times: Ulysse Nardin Strikes Gold with Blast Hourstriker

Ulysse Nardin’s most riveting release from 2020 was the Blast, introduced at last summer’s Geneva Watch Days, which married a skeletonized self-winding tourbillon caliber with an avant-garde, stealth-aircraft-inspired case configuration. At Watches & Wonders this week, the Le Locle-based brand took the Blast to its next — and thus far highest — level of high-horology...

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Apr 9, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Bones Bedecked: Ulysse Nardin Revisits the Skeleton X with Diamonds in New “Sparkling” Duo

Ulysse Nardin unveiled its Skeleton X collection in 2019, and its latest members, added this year, are aptly named the Skeleton X Sparkling, as both new models feature an array of diamonds on both their bezels and openworked dials. The first, in white titanium, has a mother-of-pearl decoration on the barrel and comes on a...

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Feb 15, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Tantalizing Tourbillon Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Dynamic Dive Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Ulysse Nardin Diver Net: A Concept Watch Born Beneath the Ocean

Ulysse Nardin, a watch manufacturer known since its inception in 1846 for its close connection to seafaring, has in recent years demonstrated a commitment to ocean-related environmental initiatives. Its latest concept watch represents not only the manufacture’s most aggressive effort yet in combating marine pollution, but also a true first in the watch industry: the...

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Nov 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

PORTFOLIO

Open-Dial Season: 5 Watches With Skeleton Dials

Skeletonization, in which the dial and all non-essential materials are removed from the movement construction, is one of modern watchmaking’s most enduring trends, with roots dating back to the mid-20th century. Each year, dozens of brands unveil skeletonized timepieces that range from over-the-top and garish to pleasantly subtle. Here, we’ve gathered five noteworthy timepieces that have embraced skeletonization to great effect.

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Sep 17, 2020 by WatchTime

Traveler’s Upgrade: Ulysse Nardin Introduces Reworked Dual Time Models

Ulysse Nardin has been making watches specially suited for world travelers since at least 1994, when it introduced its patented, user-friendly second-time-zone function in the original Dual Time models. The watches have undergone some evolution since then, the most recent and most striking of them coming just this year, with three new editions incorporating the...

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Sep 10, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Blast of Diamonds: Ulysse Nardin Introduces an Exclusive Blast Edition That Sparkles

At the Geneva Watch Days event in late August, Ulysse Nardin unveiled a new collection called Blast. A week later, Ulysse Nardin has introduced another Blast reference, positioned as a high-end jewelry timepiece, whose openworked, automatic tourbillon movement, as well as its case, are embellished with geometrically-cut diamonds in a motif reminiscent of a mosaic.

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Sep 6, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Ulysse Nardin Fires Up its Collection with the Blast, a Skeletonized Self-winding Tourbillon (Updated with Live Photos)

Ulysse Nardin is one of 17 haute horlogerie watch brands participating in this week’s Geneva Watch Days, an exhibition of new timepieces taking place throughout the Swiss city. The Le Locle-based manufacture is taking the opportunity to introduce an entirely new collection, called Blast, whose attributes include a new, self-winding, skeletonized caliber with a flying...

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Aug 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Song of Ice and Fire: Ulysse Nardin Freak X Magma and Ice Editions (New Live Photos)

Ulysse Nardin presented its Freak X model, a more traditional (relatively) and accessible (ditto) evolution of the avant-garde, original 2001 Freak in 2019. This year, the brand — renowned these days for both its historical connection to marine chronometry and its bravura technical innovations — unveils two new versions of the Freak X: a polar-white...

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Jun 25, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Under the Sea: A Look at Five Watches with Oceanic Inspiration

Underwater worlds and their inhabitants are frequent themes in the watch world and also play a role in art, architecture and the media. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we look at watches influenced by the oceans and their endangered flora and fauna.

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May 22, 2020 by Maria-Bettina Eich

PORTFOLIO

Bring On the Water! 11 Watches Built for Water Sports

In addition to diving, water sports include sailing, surfing and even fishing. The appropriate watch can be a topic of conversation during breaks but also provides valuable time-related information. As Spring begins to usher in Summer, here are 11 water-sports watches worth checking out.

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Apr 1, 2020 by WatchTime

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Outlaw Connoisseur: “Mayans MC” Actor Antonio Jaramillo Talks Watches

Antonio Jaramillo, who co-stars on FX’s motorcycle club drama “Mayans MC,” whose third season is set to debut this fall, went from selling watches at Tiffany & Co. to acting in stage plays, TV and movies. But the Mexican-born actor has continued his pursuit of horological knowledge while assembling a small but eclectic timepiece collection....

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Mar 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

2019: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

10 Notable Dive Watches That Surfaced in 2019

As we approach the end of 2019 and prepare for 2020 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at some of the past year’s...

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Dec 24, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Ulysse Nardin Goes Shark Hunting With Three New Diver Chronographs

Last week, maritime-focused Swiss watch manufacturer Ulysse Nardin launched the latest expansion to its Diver collection, the revamped Diver Chronograph 44mm. This latest update to the collection comes on the heels of the release of the Diver X and Lady Diver watches, which debuted last month, and the 2018 release of the time-only Diver 42mm...

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Dec 15, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH TO WATCH

Surfing with SEALS: Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive “One More Wave” Edition

Ulysse Nardin first became a supplier to the United States Navy in 1905, and the Swiss watchmaker has rediscovered that connection in recent years, creating historically inspired naval tribute pieces. This week, Ulysse Nardin unveiled a new timepiece with a unique connection to the U.S. Navy's most elite unit, the SEALS, and to a charitable organization founded by members of that community. Here's what you need to know about the Diver Deep Dive "One More Wave."

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Oct 3, 2019 by Mark Bernardo
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