Manufacturer
Ulysse Nardin
Le Locle maker of marine chronometers and, later, of pioneering silicon-component watches.
Ulysse Nardin founded his business in Le Locle in 1846. The firm became a leading supplier of marine chronometers to navies around the world and won numerous observatory prizes.
Under Rolf Schnyder from 1983 it introduced astronomical wristwatches designed by Ludwig Oechslin and, in 2001, the Freak, an early use of silicon escapement components.
- Country
- Switzerland
- City / centre
- Le Locle
- Founded
- 1846
- Status
- Active (Kering, then independent ownership)
- Key people
- Ulysse Nardin (1823–1876); Rolf Schnyder; Ludwig Oechslin
Innovations & specialities
- Marine and deck chronometers
- Astronomical wristwatches (1980s)
- Silicon escapement parts in the Freak (2001)
Works by Ulysse Nardin in the catalogue
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Pocket Watches · circa 1880
Ulysse Nardin pocket watch, circa 1880 (Antiquorum Lot 374-168)
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1880
Ulysse Nardin pocket watch, circa 1880 (Antiquorum Lot 374-197)
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1920
Ulysse Nardin Chronometer, circa 1920 (Antiquorum Lot 374-162)
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1920
Ulysse Nardin Chronometer, circa 1920 (Antiquorum Lot 374-169)
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1920s
Ulysse Nardin pocket watch, circa 1920s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1940
Ulysse Nardin Chronometer, circa 1940
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1955
Ulysse Nardin Chronometer, circa 1955
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1975
Wristwatch by Ulysse Nardin, Switzerland, 1975
German Clock Museum
Wristwatches · circa 2010's
Ulysse Nardin Marine Diver Chronometer, ref. 263-33, circa 2010's
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · circa 2022
Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronograph, ref. 1533-150/43, circa 2022
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
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