Ulysse Nardin teamed up with master gem setters from Art Setting in Geneva to create lavishly opulent version of their Iconic Tourbillon Free Wheel. Enter the Sparkling Free Wheel.
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Best known for their ties to the nautical world, people would often associate Ulysse Nardin to marine chronographs and dive watches. However, the Swiss watch brand made waves with their uniquely designed Tourbillon Free Wheel, a masterful reinterpretation of traditional watch construction. While the base models of their Executive collection use a fairly typical skeletonised design, the Tourbillon Free Wheel took the concept further, raising the watch movement?s most crucial components such as the barrel, power reserve and tourbillon regulator, and displaying them above the dial. Already a sight to behold, the brand recently decided to up the ante by incorporating 2,251 diamonds into the watch?s design.
Swiss Snow Fall

To make this dream a reality, Ulysse Nardin enlisted the help of master gem setters at Art Setting. The Genevan gem setters employed a technique known as ?snow setting? in which diamonds of differing sizes are arranged side-by-side, completely covering the watch?s surface, to mimic a freshly fallen blanket of snow. The complexity of snow setting is carried out only by the most skilled of artisans and requires an astounding 120 hours for each of the 8 exclusive timepieces.

Each diamond is ind...