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Ulysse Nardin
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2019
A younger, urban-focused reinvention of the Freak's mechanical ethos in a bold, openworked case with a fully skeletonized movement.
- Category
- Modern openworked sport watch
- Designers
- In-house design studio
- Case materials
- Titanium, carbon composite, rose gold
- Sizes
- 42.7mm, 45mm
- Dial
- Fully skeletonized dial exposing the movement architecture
- Crystal
- Scratch-resistant sapphire
- Strap / bracelet
- Rubber strap
- Movements
- Calibre UN-172
- Movement type
- Automatic
- Power reserve
- 48 hours
- Water resistance
- 100m (10 ATM)
- Key references
- 1183-181-3A/02
- Price band
- $16,000–$25,000
The house
Ulysse Nardin
A pioneer of silicon escapement technology in modern watchmaking, historically renowned for marine chronometers before reinventing itself with the avant-garde Freak.
- Founded
- 1846
- Founder
- Ulysse Nardin
- Headquarters
- Le Locle, Switzerland
- Signature materials
- Silicium (silicon) components, Carbonium composite, DiamonSIL
- Signature movements
- In-house UN-118, UN-230 Grinder automatic winding calibre, silicon escapements
- Notable designers
- Ludwig Oechslin