www.ulysse-nardin.com
Founded in 1846, Ulysse Nardin was named after its founder, Ulysse Nardin, an accomplished watchmaker. Nardin first trained in horology under his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin, and perfected his skills under the tutelage of Frederic William Dubois and Louis JeanRichard-dit-Bressel, two master watchmakers whose fame extended beyond the mountains of Neuchatel, Switzerland. In 1983, Ulysse Nardin was purchased by Rolf W. Schnyder, its current President. At about the same time, Schnyder also discovered Dr. Ludwig Oechslin, a scientist, inventor, historian and watch-maker extraordinaire. In a unique relationship of professional cooperation and personal friendship, Schnyder and Oechslin created timepieces that had never before existed. The specialized watchmakers have been carefully selected. They are working in a quiet environment to fully concentrate on the task they have been assigned to. Even though all of them are highly trained, certain specialist devote themselves to the exclusive service of complicated mechanisms such as minute repeaters for instance, as this kind of work requires specific skills. Most of our watchmakers can however handle a broad variety of movement types, which promises them a varied work instead of a rather boring one. We consider it important to keep their moral high, for even in Switzerland qualified watchmakers are rare. Today, Ulysse Nardin continues to develop and produce specialized timepieces of the highest technical level in limited editions. Using the company’s patented inventions, these often include complications offered by no other watchmaker, such as the renowned Trilogy of Astrolabium, Planetarium and Tellurium; the Jaquemart Minute Repeater and the Hour Striker San Marco.