Executive Style Meets Maritime Substance in Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton (with Live Photos)
Ulysse Nardin (the watch manufacturer, not its eponymous founder) turns 175 years old in 2021 and among the new timepieces it’s rolling out to mark the occasion is one that uniquely merges the two horological worlds it’s best known for in its modern incarnation: nautical design and seaworthy utility inspired by its marine-chronometer history, and a distinctly avant-garde brand of fine technical watchmaking. The Diver X Skeleton, a limited edition of 175 numbered pieces, incorporates both elements, to immediately take its place at the vanguard of the expanding Diver collection.
As its name implies, the watch is a hybrid of sorts that takes elements from both its Executive Skeleton and Diver families. The 44-mm-diameter, blue PVD-coated case is microbeaded on its sides and satin-polished on its lugs and features a rubber protector around its water-resistant crown. The unidirectional dive-scale bezel is made of blue Carbonium, a material first introduced in 2019 on Ulysse Nardin’s Freak X model.
Carbonium is a high-performance, super-lightweight material used in the production of airplane fuselages and wings for the aeronautics industry. It’s is also prized for the sustainability of its production process, which uses high pressures and temperatures to compress offcut carbon fibers (as small as 7 mm) into a robust, resilient material and results in 40 percent less environmental impact than other carbon composite materials. The process y...
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