Tales from the crypt: In-depth review of the Ulysse Nardin GMT Perpetual
Simply the Best? Ulysse Nardin GMT Perpetual in-depth review by Marcus Hanke (COMMENT: I wrote this review in 2004 and originally published it in three parts - download times were not as quick as they are today. Unfortunately, only part 3 can still be acc...
Great review
i remember reading it a few years back and it stuck in my mind ever since.
Now this is PuristS!
Thanks Marcus for bringing this back here. Your thorough review with lots of information about a watch is the good tradition of PuristS. Very, very nice to see this here now. Kudos to you, and Ulysse Nardin. You just made me want one of these! Best, Ken
What a review!
After this I’m off looking at UN perpetuals straight away. And for your other reviews from the past! Thanks for a great enrichment to Easter!
Not the first time I have read this review :-)
Ulysse Nardin makes the most user friendly perpetual calendar watch. The complication in general is one I admire in watchmaking, but I'm not sure I will ever own one. I don't have a need for calendar functions on a watch. But they sure are beautiful to lo...
Thank you for reposting
All these years later, the UN/Oechslin perpetual calendar design is still arguably the best. Without having extensive time with one, I can’t suggest how it could be improved. Imagine you were in charge of updating the mechanism for its 25th anniversary, a...
Mémoires
Dear Marcus, I started my adventure in Ulysse Nardin in January 1998 as product manager. I was in contact with Pierre Gygax end of 1997 to join the Rolf’dream Team. Perpetual Ludwig calendar was on the way to became the best perpetual watch in the market....
Thank you kindly for the design!!
And I really mean this. When I met Ludwig Oechslin for the first time, to start my work on the Trilogy book, he was still living in Lucerne. It was a wonderful visit, but I recall him stating that he was not really satisfied with the Perpetual GMT's desig...
Dear Marcus.
This is superb! It was a fantastic knowledgeable review when it was first published, and has remained the best review of this piece ever since. A tour de force! Thank you for re-posting in its complete form.
Simple is a good word to describe setting this perpetual.
Makes for quick adjustment after sitting for a while. It does take a few days on the wrist to understand they layout then it becomes quite easy to glance down and read. Thanks for all the details, Marcus.
Thanks so much!
Recently I started to look at UN again. I sold my Sonata and Aqua perpetual a few years ago and am now feeling the regret. Perhaps it’s time to rejoin the club!