The Ulysse Nardin Video Logbook: The Freak
Since 1846, Ulysse Nardin has continued to introduce iconic timepieces full of wonderful ingenuity and extraordinary technical achievement. Part of this achievement comes from the company’s determination to master every aspect of the craft in-house. For this ongoing video series about the Swiss watch brand, WatchTime sat down with CEO Patrick Pruniaux and Stéphane Von Gunten, Ulysse Nardin’s Head of Research and Development, to talk about the brand’s approach to innovation, and it’s most disruptive watch, the Freak:
Today, the first automatic watch in the Freak collection is the Freak Vision. Among the game-changers: a super-light silicium balance wheel with nickel mass elements and stabiliz-ing micro-blades and a new case design made even thinner by a box-domed crystal. Time is still indicated in the ?Freak? manner that sets the collection apart: by the baguette movement itself, a ?flying carrousel? rotating around its own axis. Yet the design components are completely different. The new 3D carved upper bridge is inspired by a boat?s hull. The new box-domed sapphire allows for a thinner middle and bezel. Finally, the entire case itself is new – lugs, bezel, the rubber inserts on the side – making for a look that is much more open and generous.
Ulysse Nardin is a pioneer of innovations in timekeeping, not least for its unprecedented mastery of silicium, which it introduced to Haute Horlogerie in the first Freak timepiece, in 2001. Now...
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