Ulysse Nardin

Here is the official press text on the new and elegant "Classico":



The Classico gent’s timepiece represents the perfect union of Ulysse Nardin’s tradition of producing aesthetically superb timepieces with mechanical excellence.  This elegant dress watch has a self-winding chronometer certified movement (COSC) with a 22 ct gold rotor visible through the exhibition case-back. 

The 40 mm case size serves to emphasize the pure elegance of the dial design with its applied indexes and date window.

The model is water-resistant to 50 meters. Each case is individually numbered.

The white gold execution is offered with a genuine oven-cured enamel dial in our legendary translucent Ulysse Nardin blue.



Technical Data.

Movement    Caliber UN-815
Power reserve    Approximately  42 h
Winding    Self-winding
Functions        Chronometer C.O.S.C. , hour, minute and seconds hand. Date at 3 o’clock.
Case     18 ct rose gold or 18 ct white gold
Crown     water-resistant
Diameter    40 mm
Water-resistance    50 m
Crystal        Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Case-back        Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Bracelet    Alligator leather strap with 18 ct gold folding buckle

It looks like a Fantastic piece, indeed.

To be seen in the flesh.... As fast as possible!

Best,

Nicolas

the clear winner is the off white face lol
cheers

... but I think I have seen another enamel dial colour as well. But the press text is only speaking of a blue enamel dial, so I maybe was wrong, and only remembered the green/red/white enamel dials of the San Marco chronometer.

Regards,
Marcus

1.  What is the thickness?
2.  The UN 815 caliber, is it one of the ones with the Dual Ulysse escapement, or one of the ETA bases?
A

If I recall correctly, it has no Dual Ulysse escapement. No idea about the thickness neither. During the brief moments I had it in my hands, I thought it is rather thin and elegant.

Regards,
Marcus

is it black face or mocha?
they all look beautiful
cheers

nt

ETA based or not. Any ideas on the MSRP?

The movement is an ETA 2892A2. Sorry, no price info available yet. I assume the watch will be available in fall.

Regards,
Marcus

NT

That UN translucent blue is beautiful!  Can't wait to see one in person.  Any pics of the back?

-MW

The rear sight shows the same view as of many other UN watches: a well finished 2992 with a gold rotor.

Yes, the enamel variant is absolutely striking!

Regards,
Marcus

Thanks Marcus.  I thought they might have done something different.  Nothing wrong with a 2992+Gold rotor!

-MW

the blue dial looks superb, but seems to be just a larger version of the old San Marco enamelled dial. it would be a shame if its ETA based as i thought they would have progressed past that stage now with their new movements.

Graham

The "Classico" is not a watch for movement fetishists like ourselves, but more a "beginner's drug" to acquire new UN fans. In this respect, the "Classico" could be the elegantly golden counterpart to the Marine Chronometer, and as such the watch asked for by Charles, in his interesting post regarding UN's strategy against the crisis. I think it is clear for all of us, that a "Classico" with a Dual Ulysse escapement and an in-house movement would be a lot more expensive; a wrong signal at that time, in my opinion.

Regards,
Marcus