No Reserve
20Σ︎
Ulysse Nardin
Ref. 380-88
Monopusher Chronograph
A rare and interesting white gold single-button chronograph wristwatch with guarantee card and presentation box
Estimate
$2,000 - 4,000•︎
Sold For
$10,160
Lot Details
Manufacturer
Ulysse Nardin
Year
Circa 2004
Reference No
380-88
Case No
No. 014
Model Name
Monopusher Chronograph
Material
18K white gold
Calibre
Manual, cal. UN-38, 21 jewels
Bracelet/Strap
Crocodile
Clasp/Buckle
18K white gold Ulysse Nardin pin buckle
Dimensions
37mm Diameter
Signed
Case, dial, movement, and buckle signed.
Accessories
Accompanied by Ulysse Nardin guarantee card dated March 27th, 2004, original receipt, instruction manual, service booklet, leather wallet, polishing cloth, fitted presentation box, and outer box.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
• 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.