LIMITED EDITION OF 18 PIECES EACH
The Ulysse Nardin Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel is now available with four new dials.
OSMIUM
With a dial made from osmium – which is not only the world’s heaviest metal but also the rarest and densest, most stable element – this version of the Free Wheel has a white gold case which frames the diamond-like osmium crystals. Osmium, atomic number 76 in the periodic table, is a trace element found in alloys mostly in the platinum group and used by manufacturers when extreme hardness is required.
AVENTURINE
The deep blue aventurine dial is reminiscent of the starry night sky glittering with reflections of the stars. A form of translucent quartz, the name “aventurine” derives from the Italian a ventura, which can mean “by chance” or simply “let the adventure begin”. Also used in the Ulysse Nardin men’s Blue Aventurine Genghis Khan 789-80, this mineral’s aventurescence provides a shimmering effect often seen by sailors contemplating the ocean’s surface in the dark of night.
STRAW MARQUETRY
Made using a rarefied, 17th-century technique once practiced by nuns in convents, straw marquetry has been revived with new glory and used by Ulysse Nardin to adorn the face of this Executive Free Wheel model. Lightweight straw means there is no issue of pressure on the dial and barrel cover. The face design uses shiny, black-dyed straw every stalk cut and prepared by specialized artisans. Naturally resistant to the effects of time and capable of catching light to create a stunning visual effect, straw marquetry is a master craft in and of itself. Straw is split with painstaking precision, dyed with textile dye then applied onto the dial and the barrel cover. It is a distinctive way to explore precision in a pattern design. Not only does this ancient method bring poetry to a complicated timepiece but it also protects these crafts from extinction.
CARBONIUM GOLD
Composed of aeronautical-grade carbon fibers, Carbonium is approximately twice as light as aluminum. The carbon and pre-pregnated resin composite is made with ecologically-sourced components, making a markedly smaller impact on the environment than any conventional carbon composite. Carbonium Gold is a product of the intimate fusion of carbon filaments and gold particles within a thermosetting matrix. The resulting gold-veined effect is bold and elegant.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in 18kt rose or white gold, measures 44mm. It has an AR-coated box-domed sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss manual-wind Ulysse Nardin in-house calibre UN-176 with 23 jewels, 18,000 vph and a power reserve of 170 hours (7 days). Escapement wheel and balance spring done in silicium. Functions are: hours, minutes, anchor flying tourbillon with constant escapement, and a power reserve indicator at 4 o’clock.
Dials are available in Osmium, Aventurine, Straw Marquetry or Carbonium Gold.
They come on a black/blue alligator leather strap with a deployant.
MSRP is Osmium: 102.000 Euros. Aventurine, Straw Marquetry and Carbonium Gold: 99.000 Euros
