Ulysse Nardin CEO Patrick Pruniaux was in America last week to help the company christen its new Marine Mega Yacht during the Watches and Wonders show in Miami. (Pictured above with Cellini President Leon Adams) The watch’s complicated movement and ornate decoration show off some of the Swiss manufacture’s specialties to great effect. “It’s one watch, but it does a...

An extension of the Marine Grand Deck Tourbillon watch launched by Ulysse Nardin in 2016, this new complication model christened the “Marine Mega Yacht” follows the tradition of the Marine collection and the passion for all things nautical that has been a constant feature of the Ulysse Nardin Manufacture ever since its foundation in 1846. While the earlier model celebrated...

Slim and sleek on the wrist, the very contemporary Diver 42mm models are designed for the deep but just as much at home in the city. Led by the Diver blue shark, they join the new school of shark-inspired diving watches launched by Ulysse Nardin late last year. The new Diver 42mm “three-hand” fleet reinforces the relaunch of the Ulysse...

Wheels in Motion For nearly two centuries, Ulysse Nardin has combined imagination, technology and engineering to redefine the world of mechanical watchmaking. That tradition began with watchmaker Ulysse Nardin, who helped transform nautical navigation from his workshop in Le Locle, Switzerland, where he produced some of the world's most reliable marine deck chronometers. Revered for their accuracy in rough conditions,...

The pioneering partnership between Ulysse Nardin the United States Navy began in 1905, when the Washington Naval Observatory organized a competition for “Precision Torpedo Boat Timepieces.” The goal of the competition was to supply the U.S. Navy with the best available on-board chronometers. These precision timepieces, given to superior naval officers, were meant to provide the torpedo boats with an...

Free-floating components under space-age crystal: Ulysse Nardin’s most spectacular innovation to date literally turns watchmaking upside down. In sumptuous white or rose gold, with a brand-new movement that seems to defy gravity and a startlingly innovative box-domed sapphire that took months to research and develop, the Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel soars high above all expectations of what contemporary watchmaking craft...