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 is the latest watch with a charitable component released by Ulysse Nardin since the Diver Deep Dive ?One More Wave? ? unveiled in Fall 2019 prior to the onset of the pandemic ? and, interestingly, the last watch from the brand to also feature black with yellow accents.

The Lemon Shark was first teased at the start of this month at a press event in the Florida Keys, where Ulysse Nardin debuted the model alongside two partner organizations: OCEARCH, a nonprofit that helps scientists collect and access difficult ocean data such as shark population information; and Florida International University and its Medina Aquarius Program, leaders in ocean research specifically in regards to shark studies. Ulysse Nardin has taken ocean preservation, and more specifically shark preservation, as a key sustainability initiative in recent years, and with this new model strives to showcase the work of its partner organizations.
The watch’s 42-mm, black-DLC-coated steel case is water resistant to 300 meters and designed in the same sporty style seen in previous Diver 42mm watches. Interestingly, despite its relative...