Ulysse Nardin - Freak Cruiser Flying Tourbillon

Ulysse Nardin - Freak Cruiser Flying Tourbillon Limited Edition NEW

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Dropping anchor in the avant-garde oceans of the world.

Conceived in 2001 by the most advanced minds, the Freak is returning to its home port after sailing the high seas of cutting-edge technologies. As spectacular as ever with its Carrousel-Tourbillon, the new Freak Cruiser is hoisting its sails and taking to the waves, the natural home of Ulysse Nardin. Completely redesigned, it is surrounded by waves with a bezel dressed in aquatic fluting and a floating anchor in the form of a swing bridge. It’s a bold step into the future !

Never before has a watch accomplished such a conceptual and technological leap forward for watchmaking – a feat that remains unrivalled even today. Stripped of its dial and hands, the Freak Cruiser is designed so that the movement revolves on itself. Linked to the center of this unusual vessel, the lower bridge indicates the hours, while the upper bridge – bearing the gear train, the balance spring and the exclusive Dual Ulysse silicon escapement – shows the minutes. Named the Carrousel-Tourbillon, this system, which defies the imagination, is entirely free-floating, as it no longer includes the center pin that previous incarnations bestowed with the sapphire crystal to support the entire structure.
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The Dual Ulysse escapement also takes watchmaking to revolutionary new horizons. Its architecture abandons the traditional anchor and anchor wheel, and instead locates two silicon impulse wheels at its center. Each one is equipped with 18 active teeth which engage in turn, activating an alternator which transmits its energy directly to the balance staff — first in one direction, then in the other. This structure, which requires no lubrication, ensures that the force is always released in the direction of the balance rotation, thereby minimizing friction.

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With a diameter of 45 millimeters, mounted on an alligator strap with deployment buckle, the Freak Cruiser is as awe-inspiring as any treasures hidden on the seabed, available in 18-karat rose gold and 18-karat white gold. When slipped over the wrist, it will transport you to the oceans of your dreams.

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Freak Cruiser – its movement indicates hours and minutes.
Its flying tourbillon offers a power reserve of 7 days.

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Ulysse Nardin - Freak Cruiser Flying Tourbillon Limited Edition 
Ref. 2050-131 18-karat White Gold

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Ulysse Nardin - Freak Cruiser Flying Tourbillon Limited Edition 
Ref. 2056-131 18-karat Rose Gold

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Technical Data

Ref. 2056-131 18-karat Rose Gold
Ref. 2050-131 18-karat White Gold

Movement 
Caliber UN-205
Movement indicates the time
Flying Carrousel
Power-Reserve  7 days, slip-spring
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 v/h)
Moment of Inertia:  8 mg*cm2, adjusting over 4 screws
Hairspring: Silicon, exclusive Ulysse Nardin design
Escapement: Exclusive Dual Ulysse escapement in silicon, non-lubricated
Orbite: 1 revolution in one hour
Winding: Manual winding over the back of the case
1 full rotation is equivalent to 12 hours of power reserve
Functions 
H/M displayed by the rotation of the movement
Time Setting: Unlock device and turn bezel
Case 
18-karat rose gold or 18-karat white gold
Diameter 45 mm
Crystal Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Bracelet 
Leather alligator strap with deployment buckle


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Greubel Forsey - Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain

GREUBEL FORSEY - Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain NEW

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Greubel Forsey presents the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain with natural titanium movement

Greubel Forsey presents the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain with natural titanium movement housed in a regal 5N red or white gold round case. The sober, pared-down architecture forms a superb backdrop to the regulator, Greubel Forsey’s third invention, the Tourbillon 24 Secondes mechanism, supported at 6 o’clock by a barely detectable transparent sapphire bridge. The ‘floating’ tourbillon; long central tripod for the hour and minute hands; and multi-level dial featuring raised sapphire chapter ring, all combine to endow this timepiece with a striking sense of depth.

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The metallised hour indexes of the chapter ring are finished in red or white gold, depending on the case material, while markings on a blackened track underneath signal the minutes. Twelve o’clock stands out for being not only the sole numeral (in red or white gold) but also for being raised, descending separately from the chapter ring.

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A quest for aesthetic and a technical balance guided Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey while creating the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain, as evidenced in the spatial configuration of components, both display-side and on the back. Darker details on the display – such as the power reserve indicator at 4 o’clock, small seconds at 9 o’clock or the 24 seconds tourbillon at 6 o’clock – contrast with the light grey of the natural titanium movement and integrated titanium bridges, which feature superlatively hand-finished straight-graining, frosting and highly polished bevels.

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At 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock, two gold plates, hand-engraved with the philosophy of  Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, adorn the caseband. Turning over the Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain, three NAC-treated anthracite bridges can be glimpsed through the sapphire crystal display back, revealing the full extent of Greubel Forsey’s expertise in extremely fine hand-finishing: Mirror polished bevels (many of which feature internal angles), mirror-polished countersinks, straight graining and snailed decoration on the mainspring barrel.

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There are also discrete nods to tradition on this contemporary timepiece, for example the domed olive jewels and heat blued screws, which pay elegant homage to master watchmakers of the nineteenth century. A hand-stitched alligator strap with a folding clasp in 5N red gold or white gold completes the timepiece.

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Technical details
The movement comprises 268 components, 88 for the ultra‐light 0.39-gram tourbillon cage alone, and is powered by two coaxial mainspring barrels in series providing an optimal power reserve of 72 hours.
The oscillator, beating at 3Hz / 21,600 vibrations per hour, features a variable inertia balance with Phillips terminal curve.
The mainplate and bridges are in natural titanium and are hand-finished with straight-graining and mirrorpolished bevels. Bridges in nickel silver with nickel-palladium finish are frosted and straight‐grained with hand-polished bevels. The tourbillion bridge is in transparent synthetic sapphire while the tourbillon cage is in titanium.
The hour and minute chapter ring is in synthetic sapphire while small seconds dial and power reserve indicator are in gold. The 5N red gold or white gold case measures 43.5mm in diameter by 15.2mm high and features synthetic sapphire crystals, domed on the dial side and a a flat display back. The black alligator strap is hand‐stitched with a 5N red gold or white gold folding clasp.

The Tourbillon 24 Secondes
This timepiece houses Greubel Forsey’s third fundamental invention, the Tourbillon 24 Secondes, a highlyefficient, fast‐rotating – 24‐second revolution – tourbillon cage inclined at 25°, which minimises negative effects of gravity on the oscillator, particularly in stable positions.

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For more information:
Angela Landone - Tel. +39 02 4391 1039
angela.landone @ greubelforsey.com

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