Ulysse Nardin
Tourbillon Volant Bleu, Reference 799-90 | A limited edition platinum skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch | Circa 2010
Auction Closed
November 10, 01:01 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Dial: skeletonized, diamond, sapphire
Calibre: cal. CC149 manual winding, jewelled
Case: platinum, sapphire crystal display case back secured by 6 screws
Case number: 22/99
Closure: platinum Ulysse Nardin double-folding clasp
Size: 43 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: yes
Accessories: Ulysse Nardin warranty card, Certificate of Limited Edition, Certificate of Origin and original invoice
Producing seafaring and nautical instruments has long been a staple of the Ulysse Nardin brand identity. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the brand received numerous medals for its marine chronometers. These were essential for the safe navigation of vessels, and the company found numerous partners and clients around the world. Famously, during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904, Ulysse Nardin provided chronometers to both sides of the conflict.
The company has kept in touch with its naval roots throughout the years, as well as its focus on timekeeping and horology. Indeed, these elements are very much part of Ulysse Nardin’s brand identity today, and are evident in the reference 799-90. Featuring a skeletonised dial with components and sapphire adornments in a rich royal blue, the design certainly calls back to the ocean. High watchmaking is also at work here, with the bottom half of the dial visually dominated by the “floating” tourbillon, which seems to hang in mid air, surrounded by two sides of sapphire crystal and with no visible points of attachments.