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Ulysse Nardin<\/a> has at all times been the outlier amongst Switzerland\u2019s outdated guard, and the Freak remains to be one of the best argument for that repute. When it appeared in 2001, it broke each rule: no dial, no crown, no arms, and but it informed time. As an alternative of arms, the motion itself rotated to mark the hours, pushed by Dr. Ludwig Oechslin\u2019s radical mechanics and the primary actual use of silicon in watchmaking.<\/span><\/p>\n Virtually twenty-five years later, the Freak stays one of many few watches that may nonetheless cease a collector mid-sentence. It didn\u2019t simply change what a watch may seem like\u2014it modified how watchmakers considered their craft. And now, as a part of a yearlong tribute to conventional m\u00e9tiers d\u2019artwork, Ulysse Nardin has turned to enamel so as to add a brand new dimension to its most audacious creation.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n The brand new <\/span>Freak S Enamel<\/strong> editions\u2014supplied in vibrant turquoise blue and deep ruby pink\u2014carry the model\u2019s in-house enamel workshop, Donz\u00e9 Cadrans, to the forefront. Every rotating hour disc is hand-enamelled on 18k white gold, fired a number of occasions at 800\u00b0C, and polished by hand to a mirror sheen. It\u2019s not a dial within the standard sense; it\u2019s a shifting, mechanical part, always rotating, alive with colour and movement. Solely 50 items of every colour will probably be made.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/picture><\/div>\n