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. The collection featured timepieces with a new, self-winding, skeletonized caliber with a flying tourbillon; a multifaceted case design inspired by the lines of stealth aircraft; and a new ?one-click? folding clasp. A week later, Ulysse Nardin 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.
Sparkling Blast Ref. 1720-400BLE-3A/00
The new Sparkling Blast is limited to three pieces and has a 45-mm-diameter, white-gold case, with either a white-colored rubber strap or a deep blue-colored alligator strap. Each watch is adorned with a total of 211 hand-faceted diamonds across the case, crown, bezel, indexes, and hands; 85 of those diamonds are uniquely cut, giving the timepiece a total weight of 13 carats. The X-shaped cage on the openworked dial is also set with an array of diamonds, directly embedded into the architecture of this ?shape-within-shape-within-shape? of the watch face, to highlight the large ?X? framed inside the rectangle, itself framed inside the circle of the bezel.
The X-shaped cage on the openworked dial is set with an array of diamonds.
Ulysse Nardin says that the design of the case middle and its distinctive triple lugs borrows its ?aligned edges and serrated triang...
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