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Ulysse Nardin

During that time, UN only exported movements from Switzerland to the US ....

 

I was told there ware some massive tax restrictions that made exporting complete watches to the United States very costly. As a consequence, many manufacturers founded subsidiaries in the States that manufactured the cases, so the imported movements were encased locally. UN had its subsidiary in New York, so the stamp on the inner side of the case appears to be genuine. The company name was "UN chronometer Co.", so the watch itself was not necessarily a certified chronometer.

The movement seems to be a 9.25''' AS 1320, or the larger AS 1364. Ulysse Nardin did not make own wristwatch movements at that time, only pocket watches. So the movements used were supplied from dedicated movement manufacturers like A. Schild, ETA, and many others.

Marcus

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ULYSSE NARDIN Chronometer Automatic

 
By: Andrea : October 31st, 2017-20:21
Dear All, I would like to know if someone has the possibility to help me to find some information regarding this Ulysse Nardin. I know it has an automatic movement (no idea if real or not) and it should be located in the period between 1950-1959. If someo...  

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By: chippyfly : November 1st, 2017-04:20
If you email UN with pictures of your watch including the movement with the S/N, they will likely give you as much information as they can except to whom the watch was first sold. I did that with my two 1958 and 1997 UN's and received quick replies. Best ... 

During that time, UN only exported movements from Switzerland to the US ....

 
By: Marcus Hanke : November 3rd, 2017-14:52
I was told there ware some massive tax restrictions that made exporting complete watches to the United States very costly. As a consequence, many manufacturers founded subsidiaries in the States that manufactured the cases, so the imported movements were ...