A great name and a fantastic blue dial grace this Ulysse Nardin men’s automatic watch.
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
Ulysse Nardin were founded in 1846, and are credited with being the first to mass produce wrist watches in the 1880’s. Now their watches range from £6,800 to over £300,000. with their Freak models being very inventive. However based on the production dates on when this movement was made we are plumping for circa 1965 as a likely date of production for this watch.
CONDITION
It is wise to be careful when buying vintage Ulysse Nardin watches. Their history during this period is not particularly well documented, and as they used widely available movements you will find several watches that have a UN dial but no other markings. We would advise staying clear of these, but this watch is 4x signed – dial, caseback, crown and movement so we are completely happy with this one. The movement is marked as a Ulysse Nardin N 11 JB – not the NB 11 JB they used in a few Chronometers which ran at 36,600bph, just to be clear. This runs at 21,600pbh, and was based on the AS1886. It has 25 jewels, day and date and is all running very nicely. The dial is a lovely blue, not quite captured in our photographs particularly well. The leather strap is new, and could be swapped for a different colour if preferred.
This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.
Please see the HD video for more detail. All photos and videos are part of the description and are of the actual watch unless mentioned. We do not photoshop any pictures, and the images are copyright of birthyearwatches.com and should not be used without permission.
SIZE
Width with crown 36.4 mm
Width without crown 34.8 mm
Between lugs 19 mm
Lug to lug length 39.7 mm
Case Thickness 11.9 mm
All sizes are approximate. The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.
Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses. If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries. Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us. Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.
From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon. By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.