Ulysse Nardin

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 ...  

The Sonata Silicium makes the regular version look dull IMHO. Nicolas I know you own one, sorry. - SJX...  

but 'Limited Edition' in the bezel spoils a lot of the beauty. Geo

... 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 ...  

Your lense is clearly different from mine. - SJX

... 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... 

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... 

... 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... 

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a dealer has offered me a model with the engraved limited edition. is it worth buying ... he is offering it as the same price

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...