Ulysse Nardin Freak One Navy Blue

Ulysse Nardin presents the new Freak ONE NAVY BLUE, a core collection piece in an alluring deep indigo that nods to both the brand’s history as creator of the world’s finest marine chronometers and its disruptive force pioneering contemporary watchmaking.

The watch picks up the Freak ONE’s base characteristics: a 44 mm titanium case finished with satin-polished black DLC and a bezel forged in Carbonium®. Ulysse Nardin introduced Carbonium® in 2019 as a low-carbon-impact material with an uncommonly high strength-to-weight ratio. The case is water-resistant to 30 metres.

As integral to the Freak collection, the design defies convention with no hands, instead using the tip of the flying carousel Calibre UN-240 Manufacture movement to indicate the minutes and a blue rotating disc with an engraved sunray pattern to show the hours. Its oversize silicon oscillator and balance spring create further visual drama, while the escapement wheel and anchor – the watch’s beating heart – are coated in DiamonSil®, another pioneering material patented in 2009 that offers additional resistance and durability by combining silicon and synthetic diamond.

The watch is equipped with Ulysse Nardin’s innovative and highly efficient Grinder® automatic winding system, which will charge the watch up to its maximum 90 hours of power reserve. The setting device is recessed into the case back, while the watch is finished with a pair of rubber straps made of 30 per cent recycled production waste.