Ulysse Nardin

Our visitor Hertie kindly permitted me to show his pictures of this great 1972 design watch, which is a well sought-after gem made by Ulysse Nardin. Hertie's pics are marvelous, and show all detilas of this timepiece! Case dimensions: ca. 36 x 31mm, weigh...  

Thanks for sharing, Markus!

Is this a Zenith caliber?

... and Zenith was but one of the brands experimenting with the 36,000 A/h frequency. The dogma was: the quicker, the more accurate, but the problems with lubricants being centrifuged away from the arbors and pallets at this speed brought most manufacture... 

Thanks Marcus on the valuable info. Appreciate.

NT

and even cooler if we know how quartz was strong then Great piece Thank you for sharing Best Damjan

the 60s and 70s offered some of the most gorgeous designs thx for sharing J

... last time I noticed one being sold at Ebay, it went for 1,500 Euros. The condition was worse than the piece shown by Hertie above. However, today, a similar case construction would cost a substantial sum, and for the 4,500 Euros, such a watch would be... 

i had the chance of buying one a few years ago and regret not buying it, but thats life. a real retro looker(a bit like me ) G

I acquired this many moons ago, come with it's original hang tag and COSC chronometer paper... Cheers, Tim...