Everyday Beauty:
Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Annual Chronograph

An experience review
by Marcus Hanke

Part I

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Everyday Beauty:
Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Annual Chronograph

An experience review
by Marcus Hanke

Part II

When I acquired this watch, I originally opted for the black dial with flat silver hands. The reason for my choice was that I already had the Marine Diver with a silver/white dial and blued hands, and consequently I wanted to avoid having two watches with a too similar style. Additionally, I thought that the black colour would more effectively hide the framework of the big date window, making it less apparent that there were two windows aside, separated by a bar.

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Everyday Beauty:
Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Annual Chronograph

An experience review
by Marcus Hanke

Part III

Compared with the rest of Ulysse Nardin’s production line, one has to state the Marine Annual Chronograph to be one of the least original Ulysse Nardins - technically at least. While most other UN watches make use of own mechanical developments, at least in the shape of indigenous modules, the Marine Annual uses a Dubois-Dépraz 4900 movement. Dubois-Dépraz is a company renown for modifications of standard (ETA) movements, and especially for modular complications. Its cal. 4900 is in fact an ETA 2894 chronograph movement, with an annual calendar/big date module developed by DD. An annual calendar is programmed to “know” the sequence of months with 30 and 31 days. The only need to manually adjust the mechanism is during the transition from February to March, when it is necessary to set the date display from 28 (or 29) to 01.

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60 years ago, Dave Piccione's father established the family business in Ohio, a shop for jewellery, watches and hand engraving work, which was meticulously executed by the father.

Meanwhile, the business has grown, and the Picciones intend to have a worthy celebration of the 60th anniversary. Therefore, Dave contacted Ulysse Nardin about a limited special edition, exclusive to Piccione.

What you see here is the result of a most peculiar cooperation between the Piccione family and UN, an extremely attractive watch, unfortunately limited to a small number only:



The Piccione 60 years anniversary edition is the well-known Perpetual GMT in the Sonata-style 18k white gold case, with matching hands. What makes this particular edition so attractive is its dial: A highly polished, glossy black lacquer surface mirrors the equally polished and faceted hour markers and oversized Roman numerals.


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