VIDEO: Full speed ahead with Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Chronometer Torpilleur
For years, Ulysse Nardin has been something of an insider’s brand with a solid heritage and catalogue boasting some legitimately impressive horology (we’re looking at you, Freak). Their strongest line has, in my opinion, always been the historically inspired Marine collection, based on the brand’s historic marine chronometers which date back to the middle of the 19th century. These days the Marine watches are less about navigation and more about a mix of everyday classicism with a sporty edge. Dressy Roman numerals paired with integrated lugs and rubber straps. The recently released Marine Torpilleur evolves this concept further and is a watch designed to appeal to a broader audience. Like the torpedo boats it was named after, the Torpilleur packs a hefty punch in a slim, deceptively simple package. The case is significantly simplified, paired with a very handsome dial and powered by the brand’s own silicone-packed calibre. All this offered at quite a competitive price point. It’s a watch intended to get UN’s name out there, and, combined with headline grabbers like the Marine Regatta and the InnoVision 2, the Torpilleur is well placed to play a key role in the rise of Ulysse Nardin. Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronometer…
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Editor’s note: For a watch that sits in Tudor’s Heritage collection, the BB Dark is awfully modern thanks to its unrelieved black-on-black colour scheme. It offers a “tacticool” take on the perennial favourite and makes the question, “how many Black Bays is too many?” that much harder to answer. The story in a second: It’s time you met the dark horse of the Black Bay family After four years of tantalising, tactical releases culminating in the near perfect surprise announcement of the Black Bay Black last year, we weren’t expecting a new Black Bay in 2016. Well, we were wrong. Tudor gave us not one, but three completely new takes on its modern classic (and updated all the existing models to boot). So now, in addition to the colourful trio of red, blue and black we’ve got the mighty bronze, the petite 36 and today’s subject, the midnight hued Black Bay Dark. The case The first thing you notice about the Dark is how apt the name is. It’s a starkly monochromatic watch, the black and white colour scheme only relieved with the occasional flash of red. Of course the dial and bezel are big parts of this picture, but it’s the…
From vintage to a one-of-a-kind piece celebrating Springfield’s finest, Darren’s watch collection is top notch. NAME: Darren OCCUPATION: Professor of Law at Northwestern University and Attorney for start-up businesses and entrepreneurs HANDLE: @dmgreen11 FOLLOWERS: 10.7k LOCATION: USA Hi Darren, first question. What’s your daily watch and why? I tend to wear my watches two days at a time, so I don’t really have a consistent daily wear. I do, however, have a couple of go-to watches for travel and other situations where I may be banging around a bit: my ZRC Grands Fonds (the recent re-release) and my Damasko DK11. The ZRC is just about the perfect “homage” diver in my view, and the Damasko packs more technology and innovation in the movement and case than watches costing 10 times the price. And, to my eye, both are flat out killer in the looks category. What are you working on at the moment? I typically split my time each week teaching at Northwestern and working with early stage businesses to help them form, grow, raise money etc. I will be taking a group of law and masters students out to San Francisco shortly to meet with a bevy of venture…
Caveat. Two-tone never truly went away. There’s always been a hardcore for whom the power dressing dream of ‘80s excess never died. And now it looks like they were right all along, as the beguiling combo of precious and plain metals is back with vengeance in 2017. Is it because these watches offer a stronger value proposition in a penny-pinching climate, or maybe because their target market is too young to remember when they were cool the first time around? We’re not sure, and frankly, we don’t really care. We just know they look cool. Tudor Black Bay S&G While two-tone has been lurking in the corners of trend status for a little while now, I suspect the Black Bay S&G will be the watch that pushes it into the mainstream. After all, if it’s good enough for Becks… $5990 Rolex Sky-Dweller It would be impossible to talk two-tone without bringing up Rolex’s Rolesor. This is what Rolex call any watch cased with a mix of steel and precious metal. And while people have been losing it over the steel and white gold Sky-Dweller, we’re pretty into this crisp white dial and yellow gold combo. $21,700 Girard-Perregaux Laureato This Laureato…
