Four Wheels: Ulysse Nardin Unveils New Executive Free Wheel Limited Editions
Ulysse Nardin is a watch maison of many talents, on both the technical and artistic side of high horology. The La Chaux-de-Fonds-based brand puts both areas of expertise on display with four new executions of its Executive Free Wheel tourbillon timepiece, each limited to just 18 pieces and featuring an eye-catching artisanal treatment on its dial and barrel cover.
The defining element of the Executive Free Wheel, which is housed in a 44-mm case, is its innovative movement, developed entirely in-house, whose exposed gear trains and bridges appear to float in midair on the dial side and whose barrel stores a power reserve of seven days, displayed in an indicator at 4 o’clock. The manual-winding Caliber UN-176 is equipped with the Ulysse Nardin Anchor flying tourbillon and a constant-force escapement. Ulysse Nardin Executive Free Wheel Osmium Limited Edition
One of the Executive Free Wheel limited editions sports a dial made of osmium, the world’s heaviest metal and also its rarest, densest, and most stable element (atomic number 76 on the Periodic Table). Osmium is a trace element found in platinum alloys and used in manufacturing to produce parts that require extreme hardness. Framed in a case made of white gold, the blue-tinted dial is enhanced by the diamond-like osmium crystals on its surface.
The dial is made of osmium, the world’s heaviest metal.
Ulysse Nardin has previously used aventurine, a form of translucent quartz, in its Blue Aventurine Genghis ...
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