The X factor
Ulysse Nardin tourbillon timepieces continue to shake things up
published : 30 Oct 2020 at 04:00
‘We were born to shake up things and challenge ourselves,” Ulysse Nardin CEO Patrick Pruniaux once said. “The Freak X and the Skeleton X aren’t just inspired by adventure. They are the call.”
In answering its call, the Swiss brand had a blast in redesigning Skeleton Tourbillon. It actually took 18 months, from conception to creation, in materialising the new Blast collection.
Its designers drew inspiration from aircraft and Earth’s extremes, from the Antartica to the Pacific…