Jean
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Jan 11, 2009,17:47 PM
Why the hell did they put "limited edition" there- it ruins it.
Otherwise its beautiful...
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The brilliant Ulysse-Nardin Sonata Silicium
By: SJX : January 10th, 2009-07:45
I have always respected the achievements of Ulysse-Nardin and its owner, Rolf Schnyder. But at the same I have always found a good number of UN watches to be unattractive, the designs tend to be, well, odd. The Freak was unorthodox but it was extreme, so ...
I know!
By: Jean : January 11th, 2009-17:47
Wonderful pictures! It is such a pity that UN ...
By: Marcus Hanke : January 11th, 2009-05:55
... decided to hide the silicium components of the movement so effectively from sight. Thus it is barely possible to identify the silicium hairspring, let alone the anchor and other parts. After some long efforts, I could make this microscope shot of the ...
Oh no, these pictures were made with a cheap ...
By: Marcus Hanke : January 11th, 2009-07:12
... digital microscope I purchased via Ebay, some time ago. Due to the four white LEDs, lighting is flat, and the silly release button makes it nearly impossible to get a decently sharp picture. Those devices should have a means to release them via softwa...
great pics and review.
By: G99 : January 13th, 2009-11:22
i've never been a huge fan of the dial set up of the Sonata, but the silicium dial gives it several different personalities all at once due to its colour changing. i agree with all of your negative points, even the hands. the bezel engraving is a big no n...
No "limited edition" bezel engraving on actual series ...
By: Marcus Hanke : January 19th, 2009-14:20
... these are pre-production models, and often the designers use them to check out whether certain features, or engravings/prints look good in real or not. In this case, the "limited edition" engraving bezel apparently was considered not a very good desig...
pre production
By: tipsyt20002000 : March 5th, 2009-20:00
a dealer has offered me a model with the engraved limited edition. is it worth buying ... he is offering it as the same price
Do you have a pic of it?
By: amanico : March 5th, 2009-21:02
The only LE I know is this Silicium... would be curious to see that OR I misread your post aznd you spoke about the Silicium version. If you can get a Silicium version at the price of a non silicium, it may be interesting, if you're in love with this Sona...