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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Le Locle, Switzerland

Ulysse Nardin

Partially verified

Marine chronometers and precision deck watches

History

Le Locle firm that specialised in marine chronometry and precision observation watches, supplying navies and observatories and accumulating a substantial record in observatory timing trials.

Major innovations

  • Sustained series production of marine chronometers and deck watches to naval specification

Known markings

  • 'Ulysse Nardin Locle & Genève'
  • Naval issue markings on supplied instruments

Serial numbers

Naval and observatory supply records exist in institutional archives; dating usually requires both maker and institutional sources.

Collecting significance

Provenance documents and unrestored original dials are the key research points.

Photographs

Yuvraj Singh appointed as Ulysse Nardin watch brand ambassador
Yuvraj Singh appointed as Ulysse Nardin watch brand ambassador — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Museum chronometry collection catalogues
  2. Auction catalogue literature

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.