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Ulysse Nardin. A Limited Edition 18k White Gold Automatic Wristwatch with Date, Dual Escapement, and Separate Barometer
Lot 328 Property of an American Midwestern Gentleman

Ulysse Nardin. A Limited Edition 18k White Gold Automatic Wristwatch with Date, Dual Escapement, and Separate Barometer

SIGNED ULYSSE NARDIN, CHRONOMETER, 1846-2006, REF. 1600-100, NO. 074/500, MOVEMENT NO. UN160-000571, CIRCA 2006

Closed17 December 2013

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Ulysse Nardin. A Limited Edition 18k White Gold Automatic Wristwatch with Date, Dual Escapement, and Separate Barometer
Signed Ulysse Nardin, Chronometer, 1846-2006, Ref. 1600-100, No. 074/500, Movement No. UN160-000571, Circa 2006
Cal. UN160 automatic movement, 52 jewels, 22k white gold rotor reading Ulysse Nardin 160, blue dial, applied Arabic numerals, luminous hands, oversized double date aperture at 2 o'clock on a lower blue plate, oval-shaped subsidiary dial with polished ring at 6 o'clock, oval-shaped water-resistant-type case, wide flat bezel, stepped lugs, screw-down crown, 18k pink gold strip engraved No. 074 screwed into the band, sapphire crystal display back secured by eight screws, 18k white gold Ulysse Nardin double deployant buckle, case, dial, and movement signed
43mm width (2)

Specialist note

Accompanied by an undated Ulysse Nardin Guarantee Card, undated Ulysse Nardin Certificate of Limited Edition, Controle Officiel Suisse Des Chronometres Watch Rate Certificate No. 402'529'119 dated November 14, 2006, wooden presentation box, product literature, Ulysse Nardin sealed book Making of a Masterpiece, leather folder, and outer packaging. Further accompanied by a Ulysse Nardin barometer, suspended in a marine chronometer wooden case with a lock and key. The barometer with a white dial, calibrated fan-form sector divided in to hPascals and inches and a subsidiary temperature dial calibrated for both Fahrenheit and Celsius.

The present watch is number 74 of a limited edition of 500 watches made to celebrate the 160th Anniversary of Ulysse Nardin. The watch features an in-house caliber created especially for this piece, the caliber UN-160, and has a power reserve of 50 hours.