Ulysse Nardin

Replicating the old ships marine chronometers that UN was known for. Many of the U.S. Navy Ships prior to WW2 had them as standard kit. Of course each ship would be fitted with 3 of them, in order to have a second one as a backup and the third in service....  

… with such a great and relevant (more importantly) backstory!

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with a great marine background !

Mine says hi. ...  

I have a couple marine chronometers from WWII. Very similar dial design. The last Hamilton is a modern watch that can be converted to a desktop clock, like a chronometer. The Khaki Navy Pioneer LE. ...  

Will see if I can find a pic. Cheers, Tim

Enter text And with a Hamilton Deck watch, that a friend brought by. Cheers, Tim ...  

Nice to meet another collector of these marine chronometers.

Thanks for the pics. M4

Wish UN still had these vibes

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Thank you for posting this beauty. Such history!

The standard issue watches were white lacquer. They had the date at 6.

The enamel dial 150th Anniversary Ltd. Edit. models were just blued steel, whereas the serially produced regular lacquer dial watches came with lumed blued hands. Cheers, Tim

Thanks for posting it and mentioning the fact that UN supplied Marine Chronometers to the US Navy. I just happen to have one from WW2 that I thought I would share as my first post on WPS. Here's a few photos to start. I am certain that many visitors to Wa...  

I very much look forward to interacting with this esteemed group!

In fact I have a photo of my watch next to it. It a good one mind you, but it is recorded. I’ll have to see if I can find it again. You are correct, I’m the same fellow. Those days with UN were quite fun, Rolf was a character of note. Together with Ludwig... 

Cheers and see you soon! Huy ...