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Ulysse Nardin
Freak
Compare this collectionFreak
2001
A revolutionary watch with no dial, hands, or crown—the entire movement rotates to tell time, pioneering silicon escapement use in serial production.
- Category
- Avant-garde watch
- Designers
- Ludwig Oechslin
- Case materials
- Titanium, rose gold, Carbonium
- Sizes
- 43mm, 45mm
- Dial
- No traditional dial; movement itself rotates as the display
- Crystal
- Sapphire crystal, front and back
- Strap / bracelet
- Rubber strap
- Movements
- Calibre UN-230 (Freak X), Calibre UN-208 (Freak vision)
- Movement type
- Manual or automatic, carrousel-tourbillon architecture
- Power reserve
- 72 hours
- Water resistance
- 30–50m (3–5 ATM)
- Complications
- Flying carrousel-tourbillon
- Key references
- 2303-270/00, 2505-250/BQ
- Price band
- $30,000–$85,000+
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