Ulysse Nardin: the seed bears fruitBasel 2008 impressionsby Marcus Hanke It was a good decision to present the fascinating concept watch “InnoVision” far from the frantic watch fairs, in August 2007. Otherwise, its real importance might have been lost among all the various novelties shown there. The InnoVision was - and is - a concept watch in purest sense; a technology demonstrator, integrated into the proven testbed of the “Freak”. Combining the advantages of the radical...

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Ulysse Nardin InnoVision 10 technological innovations united in one watch perfectly sum up Ulysse Nardin’s vision on the future of mechanical watchmaking. Pioneering. Ulysse Nardin has presented quite a number of “World’s Firsts“ in the past years, and many of them have used the „Freak“ as a showcase. The “Freak“ was the first watch with a silicium escapement. It was commercialized in 2001. Some Freak prototypes housed the first hairspring m...

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Tweaked by the Freak: Techno-Innovation Revisited by Meehna Goldsmith © April 2008  In the intervening centuries since Abraham-Louis Breguet invented the tourbillon and developed the overcoil bearing his name, not much had progressed in horologic technical achievement.  Watchmakers continued to display their skills by hand constructing complications and mastering polishing techniques.  At Basel in 2001, Ulysse Nardin boldly dared to question this tradition.  Their introdu...

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