Ulysse Nardin Marine Mega Yacht Sets Sail at Watches & Wonders Miami
Watches & Wonders Miami takes place concurrently with the Miami Yacht Show, so what better place for Ulysse Nardin ?whose historical connection to the sea and maritime navigation few brands can match ? to launch its latest high-horology nautical masterpiece, the Marine Mega Yacht" Here’s what we learned about this luxurious platinum-cased timepiece, limited to just 30 pieces.
Ulysse Nardin Marine Mega Yacht
The Marine Mega Yacht is a follow-up to 2016’s Grand Deck Tourbillon, but whereas that groundbreaking timepiece channeled the look of classical wooden sailboats, this one is influenced by the more sleek, high-tech look of contemporary luxury yachts. The teakwood pattern of the earlier watch’s dial here gives way to a combination of white gold and blue grand feu enamel, with the bow of a luxury vessel depicted emerging from misty, foaming ocean waves. As it did for the Grand Deck, Ulysse Nardin teamed up with inventive complications guru Christophe Claret to develop and build the Mega Yacht. Among its technical talking points are a flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock, which rotates once every 60 seconds, whose specially designed propellor blades resemble those used on luxury vessels. The flying tourbillon is shaped like a ship’s propeller.
The watch’s manual-winding mechanism is designed to simulate the raising and dropping of the anchor on a boat. Its power reserve ? a respectable 80 hours ? is displayed by a small, plowshare-desig...
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