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Ulysse Nardin
Ref. 2053-132
Freak Out Titanium
A fine and unusual titanium wristwatch with carrousel tourbillon and dual direct escapement
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 200,000€15,300 - 25,500$15,400 - 25,600
HK$478,800
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Ulysse Nardin
- Year
- Circa 2015
- Reference No
- 2053-132
- Case No
- No. 18
- Model Name
- Freak Out Titanium
- Material
- Titanium
- Calibre
- Manual, cal. UN-205, 19 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Kevlar
- Clasp/Buckle
- Titanium Ulysse Nardin deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 45mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
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Catalogue Essay
The Ulysse Nardin Freak is perhaps the most unconventional timepiece yet the most iconic timepiece introduced by the firm in 2001. With the gear train repurposed to depicting the hour and minutes, it was also amongst one of the very first to utilize silicon in its escapement.
After its successful inception, the firm upgraded the Freak by implementing more silicon components to the escapement to reduce stress and inefficiency caused by friction. In the following year, Ulysse Nardin introduced the “Freak Out Titanium” in conjunction with the “Blue Cruiser” with a 7 day power reserve manually-wound in-house caliber UN-205 and further enhanced by a carrousel tourbillon fitted on the tail end of the gear train.
The present example Ulysse Nardin Freak Out Titanium numbered no. 18 from circa 2014 is preserved in attractive overall condition.
After its successful inception, the firm upgraded the Freak by implementing more silicon components to the escapement to reduce stress and inefficiency caused by friction. In the following year, Ulysse Nardin introduced the “Freak Out Titanium” in conjunction with the “Blue Cruiser” with a 7 day power reserve manually-wound in-house caliber UN-205 and further enhanced by a carrousel tourbillon fitted on the tail end of the gear train.
The present example Ulysse Nardin Freak Out Titanium numbered no. 18 from circa 2014 is preserved in attractive overall condition.
Ulysse Nardin
Swiss | 1846Founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland, Ulysse Nardin is a widely acclaimed Swiss watch manufacturer that earned recognition for its precision chronometers during the early to mid-twentieth century. Ulysse Nardin himself was a trained watchmaker under the guidance of his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin, as well as master watchmakers Frederic William Dubois and Louis Jean Richard-dit-Bressel. Collectors in particular seek this brand's oversized vintage chronograph wristwatches, including the reference 7536-2.
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