20Σ
Ulysse Nardin
Ref. 380-88
Monopusher Chronograph
A rare and interesting white gold single-button chronograph wristwatch with guarantee card and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
• With vintage aesthetics and dimensions, the 37mm white gold Ulysse Nardin 380-88 is a small but mighty single-button chronograph.
• The caliber UN-38, based on the Techniques Horlogères Appliquées (THA)-designed caliber 45MC found in the Cartier Tortue Monopoussoir, was designed by a young François-Paul Journe, alongside Denis Flagolet and Vianney Halter.
• The dial is a crisp white, with elegant contrasting black Breguet numerals referencing the earliest chronograph wristwatches.
• From a prominent collector of independent wristwatches, please see lot 21 for the pink gold variant of this timepiece.
• The caliber UN-38, based on the Techniques Horlogères Appliquées (THA)-designed caliber 45MC found in the Cartier Tortue Monopoussoir, was designed by a young François-Paul Journe, alongside Denis Flagolet and Vianney Halter.
• The dial is a crisp white, with elegant contrasting black Breguet numerals referencing the earliest chronograph wristwatches.
• From a prominent collector of independent wristwatches, please see lot 21 for the pink gold variant of this timepiece.
Ulysse Nardin
Swiss | 1846Founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland, Ulysse Nardin is a widely acclaimed Swiss watch manufacturer that earned recognition for its precision chronometers during the early to mid-twentieth century. Ulysse Nardin himself was a trained watchmaker under the guidance of his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin, as well as master watchmakers Frederic William Dubois and Louis Jean Richard-dit-Bressel. Collectors in particular seek this brand's oversized vintage chronograph wristwatches, including the reference 7536-2.