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Ulysse Nardin reimagines two well-known models with aventurine

Diver Starry Night as well as Marine Torpilleur Moon Phase Aventurine Watch Now Introduced



Ulysse Nardin has redesigned the calls of the Diver Starry Night and Marine Torpilleur Moonphase Aventurine with aventurine, motivated by the famous independent watchmaker’s marine chronometers.



What is aventurine? How has been it born?

Often the legend about aventurine is the fact in the 13th century, around the Venetian island of Murano, home of the famous glassmaker, a craftsman accidentally infuse copper shavings into a gift basket of molten glass, hence creating aventurine. Stone a glass means " accidental".



The processing on this fragile material requires carpenters with extensive experience. 1st, cut thin slices on the aventurine block. Ulysse Nardin’s dials only use parts that are completely homogeneous, without any air bubbles and consistently dotted with copper glitter glue.



Ulysse Nardin: two star-studded new wrist watches

Marine Torpilleur Moon Phase Aventurine

Through the 19th and 20th generations, Ulysse Nardin enjoyed some sort of reputation as the master regarding deck chronometers for navies around the world. The accuracy of such instruments is crucial for figuring out longitude and determining a new ship's position on the large seas. The brand won many awards for its excellence at that time and supplied its developments to more than 50 navies, geodetic institutions and observatories.



This maritime background led Ulysse Nardin to create the iconic marine chronograph watch, reflecting his technological capabilities. In 2017, a fresh generation of chronometers, Ocean Torpilleur, was born. This wrist watch adopts the technical and also aesthetic specifications of ocean chronometers, including grooved bezels, Roman numerals, dual surfaces and rhodium-plated hands.



The new Marine Torpilleur Moonphase Aventurine watch (priced at €13, 800) will be exclusively limited to 300 parts. Its 42 mm steel case sparkles with a orange aventurine dial reminiscent of evening sky.



The actual movement is powered from the UN-119 in-house movement, entirely designed and assembled simply by Ulysse Nardin Integrated Companies, and is equipped with a si hairspring and a DiamonSil avoid wheel and pallet pay. This patented treatment, which usually combines silicon with man made diamonds to make the movement resistance against wear and impact, was used on the Freak inside 2007.



Twin counters indicate the power hold at 12 o'clock, a tiny seconds dial at 6th o'clock, and a moon period dial, which adds to the classiness when appearing in a starry night. The watch is water-repellent to 50 meters along with comes with a blue alligator natural leather strap and folding form.



diver starry night

The new Diver Starry Night features a charming and amazing dial inspired by the shades of the Milky Way. To generate this watch, Ulysse Nardin craftsmen overlapped two china, one made of iridescent mother-of-pearl and the other of pink aventurine glass.



The Diver Starry Night watch is set with expensive diamonds on the bezel (0. 7 carat) and 11 hour or so markers (0. 12 carat), continuing the brilliance with the Diver Starry Night. The particular mechanical core UN-816 movements is equipped with silicon lever in addition to escapement wheel.



This polished satin-finished metal diver's watch is water-repellant to 300 meters and possesses a diameter of 39 mm, making it suitable for just about all wrist sizes. This watch comes with a finely textured darker blue rubber strap or even a white alligator leather straps, and the hands and 10 o'clock position are layered with white SuperLuminova, supplying excellent readability even in the particular dark.