The Monaco Yacht show is the world’s largest mega yacht exhibition, where luxury yacht builders from around the world reveal their creations. This year, the event will take place at Port Hercule in late September, under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The Monaco Yacht Show is an ideal opportunity for Ulysse Nardin customers to explore the glamourous, exciting world of super yachts, with the MYS a perfect partner for the Swiss watchmaker, whose seafaring heritage stretches back to 1846.
The Ulysse Nardin Marine chronometer created for the event is an exquisite timepiece of impeccable pedigree, created in a limited edition of 100 pieces.
In 2016, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Marine Collection, a Marine Chronograph incorporated an annual calendar for the first time. A mechanical annual calendar typically requires up to thirty components. But in pursuit of the principle of simplicity, Ulysse Nardin watchmakers managed to streamline the system to a mere 7 elements. Simple to use, beautiful to behold, this timepiece is the epitome of innovation in the service of practicality, as it requires a date adjustment only once a year. The timepiece houses the UN-113 caliber, a movement – including the silicium escapement and balance-spring – made entirely in-house. With its COSC-certification, the precision self-winding movement combines the annual calendar function (with date-setting both forwards and backwards) with a 60-hour power reserve and is revealed through the crystal case-back.
Only 100 pieces of the timepiece will be produced, a fact to which the “Limited Edition” engraving on the brace-let’s titanium insert can attest.
A celebration of the Monaco Yacht Show is revealed in several details on the white lacquered dial with its distinctive blue Roman numeral indexes – a feature of each timepiece in Ulysse Nardin’s Marine collection - particularly the “Monaco 2017” inscription. The dates of the event is highlighted in blue, instead of black, on the date disc.
As can be expected for a timepiece with such an illustrious maritime heritage, the Marine Chronometer Annual Calendar Monaco is water resistant to 100 m, its 43 mm stainless-steel case equipped with a fluted bezel and a rubberized screw-down security crown. A rubber strap with a folding clasp and titanium element keeps it firmly in place.
