Ulysse Nardin

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Thanks for all the info.

Marcus, actually according to the Catalog the Maxi Diver is only rated to 200 meters, where the 40mm diver is rated to 300 meters.  Don't know why the difference.   The GO dealer is throwing in a Go rubber strap for free with the purchase.  The UN Dealer is throwing in a nice teak wood 4 watch case.  The UN with SS bracelet cost about $1000 less than the GO. 

Actually went and looked at both the GO and UN yesteday.  HAve to say the UN, both the diver and chronometer, smiled at me more than the GO.  The GO has a great case, bracelet, and the movement which you can see through the back is really great.  A great company GO is.   But, the UN just has a much more interesting and pleasing to the eye dial.  Unique, sporty, and classic vintage all in one.  THe Bracelets are very comfortable as well.   And the lum is what really sold me. 

Seems on a lot of the watch forums, any watch that has a ETA movement instead of a 100% in house movement is critized.  Well here are my thoughts.  ETA makes some good reliable proven movements, and they make different grades of movement.  Now, of course I like the highly decorated unique movements that some manufactures make themselves.   But, there are some really nice watches with ETA movements.  A lot depends on the company.  Does the company just take a produced completed ETA movement and throw it in a case, seal it up and sell it?  Or do they get parts kits of a movement from ETA and then inspect each part, polish, decorate, fine tune and file any rough spot, and maybe add a few extra parts of thier own.

From what I understand UN has the ETA 2892 movement with 21 jewels.   But then they add their own seconds hand and pwere indicator and an additional 7 jewels.   The movement is only the parts, which then UN inspects, polishes, fine tunes etc. and perfects.

THere are some god companies like Omega, Breitling, IWC, UN, and Panerai that really fine tune the ETA parts and have great quality.  I read though that ETA in the near future will stop sending out parts kits and only produce completed movement.

To me it is not much different than in the custom gun world.  Many fine makers of 1911 pistols, but most do not make all their parts.  They start out with a stock Springfield or Colt.  Then by parts from Ed Brown, Wilson, etc.. THen they fine tune, file, maybe produce and few parts themselves, and then complete..

Same way with Custom Motorcycles.   No one would argue that OCC makes some of the finest custom choppers out there.  But they get there parts from other manufactures. 

Also, as one member told me, one thing nice about a simple ETA movement is that you can have just about any competent watchmaker around the world work on them.

Well,  after all the comparison, though I really do like the GO, think I will have to go with the UN.

Also, a little testiomny, I first heard of UN several years ago when a friend of mine I worked with in Cambodia had a UN GMT +.    He went swimming all the time with it, skydived with it, travelled through asia with it, wore it dueing many shooting competitions and while training Cambodian military and it helpd up real well for him.  So that kind of got me to looking at UN Watches.